Kenyan Engineer Elly Savatia Wins Top Innovation Prize for AI Sign-Language App

Elly Savatia has won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for Terp 360, an AI-powered app that translates speech to sign language..

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Kenyan engineer Elly Savatia has won the prestiguous 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for his AI-powered sign language app, Terp 360. The innovative tool translates speech into sign language using 3D avatars, addressing the critical shortage of sign language interpreters across Africa.

Savatia received a £50,000 (approximately KSh 8.6 million) grant to scale his innovation.
The award was presented by the Royal Academy of Engineering at a ceremony in Dakar, Senegal.
Terp 360 utilizes a dataset of over 2,300 locally recorded signs, ensuring cultural and linguistic accuracy for its real-time translations.

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