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Kenyan Innovator Wins £50K for Sign Language App

10/23/2025

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Kenyan entrepreneur Elly Savatia won £50,000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his Terp 360 app that translates speech into sign language.
Terp 360 translates English and Swahili into Kenyan Sign Language and plans to add more languages by mid-2027.
Access to services is hindered by a lack of sign language interpreters in Kenya.
Developed with input from the deaf community, Terp 360 uses motion sensors to capture sign movements.

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Kenyan entrepreneur Elly Savatia won £50,000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his Terp 360 app that translates speech into sign language.
Terp 360 translates English and Swahili into Kenyan Sign Language and plans to add more languages by mid-2027.
Access to services is hindered by a lack of sign language interpreters in Kenya.
Developed with input from the deaf community, Terp 360 uses motion sensors to capture sign movements.