The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has some projects which deal with communication for development in rural areas of Africa (with potential ICT4D tie-ins). Some documents are referenced on this site.
Website: http://www.fao.org/
Among programs that might deal with language and ICT include:
< WSIS | U.N. topics | ITU >
< EDC | Organisations (InterAfrican & International) | FSF >
