In 2019, the Parliament of Uganda enacted the Persons with Disabilities Act which, among other things, requires all newscasts on public and private television stations to have a sign language ...

A Kenyan entrepreneur who designed an app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.

There exists a lack of fact-checking resources for deaf and hard-of-hearing communities today, even as mis- and disinformation online is on the rise. “[The] deaf community is particularly vulnerable ...

A Kenyan identified as Elly Savatia has won KSh 8.6 million from the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering for designing app that ...