Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Stories

Kenyan AI app translating speech into sign language wins top African innovation award
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 23, 2025

Developed in collaboration with Kenya’s deaf and hard-of-hearing community, Terp 360 has recorded over 2,300 signs, including commonly used words and...

Kenyan innovator Esther Kimani wins Sh8.1 million Africa prize for AI-powered farming
Hanifa Adan  |  Jun 15, 2024

Kimani is the third woman in Africa and the second in Kenya to win this esteemed award, after Edmund Wessels and Anatoli Kirigwajjo from South Africa,...

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