Bolo: Swahili, Amharic, Igbo
Aakesh Patel Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Bolo: Swahili, Amharic, Igbo is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Aakesh Patel. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated October 7, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 102 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 7
- 2026 · v1.0.2
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About Bolo: Swahili, Amharic, Igbo
Find your voice in the languages of Africa. Bolo brings speaking practice, stories and everyday conversation together in a journey you can follow one stop at a time. TEN LANGUAGES Practice Amharic, Tigrinya, Somali, Oromo, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Egyptian Arabic, Swahili and Zulu. Build confidence for family conversations, travel and everyday life. RIDE YOUR ROUTE Follow a minibus journey through lessons and activities. From a Lagos danfo to the coast road between Lamu and Zanzibar, each route brings language practice into a cultural setting. SPEAK FROM THE START Hear a word or phrase, hold the microphone and try it yourself. Get pronunciation feedback and practice again at your own pace. TALK WITH BOLO Practice conversation with your parrot companion and try an in-app phone call with the market mother. Read and listen to storybooks, play language games and revisit your phrasebook. MAKE PRACTICE A HABIT Follow your progress, build your streak and earn Cowries. Visit Mama's Stall to spend your currency on available items and unlocks. START FREE IN EVERY LANGUAGE Zone 1 is free in every language. Continue through later zones with All-Access, or use Cowries to purchase individual stops in order. Optional currency packs are available as in-app purchases. ALL-ACCESS Choose a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription for access to all languages and journey zones, games and stories. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. AI speaking and conversation features require your consent. Microphone access is needed for speaking activities. Privacy Policy: https://bolo-africa.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.0.2 · Updated October 7, 2026
See your free trial offer when you need it: right after you set up, after your first lesson, and whenever you switch language. Improvements and fixes throughout the app.
App privacy
The developer, Aakesh Patel, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: User ID, Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data, Crash Data
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Audio Data, Other User Content
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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