Connect Africa, a mobile and web application designed to empower individuals with disabilities, has been well received.

The app was launched two years ago and, so far, has more than 150 subscribers.

In an interview with nbc News, Connect Africa Founder Timoteus Nangombe says the app empowers visually and hearing-impaired people to access information on their own.

The app has features aimed at enhancing accessibility and communication as it translates spoken words into text and sign language, thus making access to information for the hearing and visually impaired easy.

He says there is a need to financially boost the app to enable Connect Africa to reach out to all 14 regions to sensitise people about the new development of access to information.

In the next two years, Connect Africa's desire is to reach out to at least 80% of persons with disabilities to enable them to access the app.