Roy Allela is the lead engineer and founder for Sign-IO, a glove that translates sign language to speech.
The technology has taken a key role in assisting people who cannot sign to communicate with those without hearing ability.
In 2019 won the Roy Africa Prize for Engineering- Royal Academy of Engineering LIF Fellow 1st Place -American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) ISHOW Winner Winner, Best Overall Innovation, Nairobi Innovation Week Winner Intel University App Challenge