Tuesday 21 October 2014

Some Cool Oromo Apps for Smart Devices

The following are a few of the Apps specifically designed for Oromo Smart-Phone users. The selections given below are for Android-based systems, but look for them in Apple’s App Store as well.
OromoDictionary
App Name:
Oromo Dictionary
Description:
If you want to learn Afaan Oromo or English, or you want to extend your knowledge, then the Oromo Dictionary is the ideal tool to help you understand and communicate. The Oromo Dictionary app translates Oromo to English or English to Oromo. It delivers reference contents from oromodictionary.com site. The app helps you by displaying a tip when you type the first few characters. For more detail, please visit www.oromodictionary.com
OromiaUK
App Name:
Oromia Radio UK
Description:
Oromia Radio UK to inspire, educate, empower and entertain Oromo Community in the UK and also globally. Promoting Oromo language and history, and social, economical and political challenges. Programmes include: daily news, radio documentaries, interviews, live radio chats, music, radio dramas, sport and poetry.
OMN
App Name:
Oromia Media Network OMN
Description:
The Oromia Media Network (OMN) is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit news enterprise whose mission is to produce original and citizen-driven reporting on Oromia, the largest and most populous state in Ethiopia. OMN seeks to offer thought-provoking, contextual, and nuanced coverage of critical public interest issues thereby bringing much needed attention to under-reported stories in the region. Our goal is to create a strong and sustainable multilingual newsroom that will serve as a reliable source of information about the Oromo people, the Ethiopian state, and the greater Horn of Africa region.
Gadaa
App Name:
Oromo GadaaMobile – Gadaa.com
Description:
Launched in 2004, Gadaa.com is an independent online media outlet serving the the Horn of African region and its Diaspora. Gadaa.com is also a source of vast information about the Horn of Africa’s largest nation, Oromo. The Oromo nation constitutes close to 50% of the peoples in Ethiopia.

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