Who are we?

'Epelle-moi Afrique du Sud (French Spelling Bee South Africa) was born from a meeting between Roger Dickinson (CEO A Better Africa & Spell It SA) and Muriel Huet (Education Consultant & Director Épelle-moi Afrique du Sud). Together, they decided to set up this educational program, in order to promote the French language in Southern Africa, French being the fastest growing language on the African continent.

Please click on the picture below to watch our video.

Our objectives

1. Improvement of foundational and intermediate phase literacy levels in the major languages spoken in Africa

2. Remedial programming for students who have gaps and deficits in their reading, comprehension and spelling.

3. Building of the intercultural connections between children and youth from diverse communities and background.

4. Empower the youth (especially young women) through coaching training and public speaking skills workshops.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals that we are aligned with:

Our vision

Since 2019, we have worked with over 5000 young people over Southern African.

Our competitions include three categories:

- Senior Non Francophone Category

This category includes around 50 schools in Southern Africa. We are very happy to have about 1500 participants, coming from Malawi, Lesotho and South Africa (Gauteng, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape).

- Junior Francophone Category

We are working with the three French schools in South Africa, some public primary schools in Yeoville and other Francophone communities & associations from less privileged backgrounds (Africa Diaspora Forum) based in Troyeville and Bezvalley (Johannesburg).

- Senior Francophone Category

This category is fairly new and we are very proud to be able to reach more and more young people (around 100 students). This category is open to all French-speaking children from 12 to 16 years old.

This category is part of our EMI (Épelle-Moi International) project and competes against other countries at an international scale (online competitions).

Épelle-moi Afrique Australe is a founder member of EMI (Épelle-moi International) which includes the following countries:

• South Africa
• Ivory Coast
• Benin
• Canada
• France
• Mali
• Senegal
• Togo

Muriel Huet, our French Spelling Bee Director, has been elected as the General Secretary of this very active group .

Click HERE to go on EMI website.