First exhibition on technological innovation to be held in Yaounde Uni.

On the occasion of the first exhibition on technological innovation in the field of ICT, organized by the national agency of information and communication (Antic) technologies, developers of software and other applications present their projects. It will be in a contest, at the end of which the best will receive support.

These projects revolve around the development of software and mobile applications; Electronics and systems; applied mathematics and some of them have already caught the attention of CT.

One of the projects which called for attention is ‘Nkulbeyem’. This is a tutorial for learning the native languages of Cameroon. Developed in 2009, this program teaches how to read, write and speak Ewondo, a language of the central region. The first version is split into five lessons compiled into an audiovisual CD that installs itself in your computer or your TV. According to the designer, Jules Germain Mvondo, the tutorial is interactive.

He said that the second version, developed in 2012, also includes games that could occupy the learner for six hours in a row. Jules Germain Mvondo revealed that he wanted to evade the fact that Cameroonian youth who are not be able to speak a language of their country should learn from this platform. The only challenge that has restricted him he mentioned was the lack of finances. Otherwise he wound have launched the same program in other languages.

"For each national language, there is the need to mobilize linguists, historians, sociologists, Patriarchs, etc. and it requires on average 40 million," said the computer scientist. While working currently on the "Gho Ma la ', a language of the West, the Ewondo CD is available at 25 000 F.

Other applications, such as Geopharma (intelligent geolocation of pharmacy); the talking ringtone for access in a home control; the centralization of Cameroon weighing stations; facial recognition, will also be presented during the three days event at the amphi 700 in the University of Yaoundé I.