48 Hours of Code, Coffee, and Conviction: Securing 1st Runners Up
What a weekend! Securing 1st Runners Up at the recent 48-hour hackathon was an incredible testament to our team’s collaboration and technical conviction. Our project, AfyaBora AI, was born out of a relentless development sprint fueled by coffee and a shared desire to solve a pressing healthcare challenge.
The Core Vision
AfyaBora AI is a regenerative, data-driven medical scheduling and consultation ecosystem. It functions as a comprehensive healthcare marketplace dynamically connecting patients with the closest healthcare practitioners. Our goal was to ensure instant, affordable, and equitable access to necessary medical care for everyone, particularly during urgent situations where seconds count.
Technical Architecture & Machine Learning
Our solution bridges highly accessible hardware with advanced predictive machine learning. The system centers around user smartwatches securely connected via an API to a live network of real doctors and local hospitals.
We engineered a responsive, one-touch emergency button on these wearables. When activated, it instantly alerts the nearest medical facility, broadcasting the user’s precise geolocation and streaming critical real-time health data. At the core of our intelligent triage system is a natively integrated Random Forest Machine Learning model. We specifically chose this robust ensemble learning approach for its remarkably high accuracy in complex classification tasks and its unique ability to process high-dimensional, non-linear health metrics without risk of overfitting. The predictive model dynamically cross-references incoming patient vitals against extensive historical patterns to immediately categorize situation urgency. This automated evaluation heavily optimizes hospital resource allocation and equips on-call medical practitioners with critical, actionable insights even before the patient arrives at the emergency ward.
Meet The Team
This life-saving platform wouldn’t exist without our stellar team. Here are the brilliant minds behind AfyaBora AI:
Japhet Simeon Paul Kiragu Patrick Rotich Rhoda Wanja Kelvin Ndung'u Olivia Kyalo Musila PeterBuilding tech that saves lives in 48 hours was a phenomenal victory!
1st Runners Up Trophy
The AfyaBora AI team