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This is personal for me. I lost someone close to me because the cancer was caught too late. Not because the doctors didn't care. Not because the technology didn't exist somewhere in the world. But because it didn't exist where they were. That stays with you. The 'what if it had been caught earlier' never leaves. I can't change what happened. But I can build something that changes what happens next. MedScan reads brain MRI scans and classifies tumours in seconds. Built from scratch and this is version 1 No funding. No team. Just one engineer who decided that 'someone should build this' and 'I should build this' are the same sentence. daraja.ai #MedScan #AIforAfrica

We're not replacing radiologists. We're making sure a hospital with one radiologist can screen like a hospital with ten. daraja.ai #MedScan #AIforAfrica #HealthcareAI #AskBabel @WHO @BBCAfrica @CNNAfrica

That's why we built MedScan. Upload a brain MRI. Get a tumour classification in seconds. Glioma. Meningioma. Pituitary. No tumour. Confidence scored. Built from scratch by our team. This is model one. 🧵

The future of healthcare in Africa isn't more doctors. It's smarter tools in the hands of the doctors we already have. Africa has 1 radiologist per 1 million people in some countries. Patients wait weeks for scan results. By the time a tumour is detected, it's often too late 🧵

@wamweaaa This is exactly why we built Babel. 15 African language models. Free to use. No subscription. No token costs for the end user. We’d love to be part of that community. African-built AI should be accessible to Africans first. daraja.ai/chat

An issue I'm noticing with AI in Africa is the token costs for getting meaningful output are really high. A dev paid Ksh 80k can't afford to spend $200 on Claude Max. What if we had a community where we shared low-cost strategies for leveraging AI in our workflows? Y'all in?

Thank you to everyone who has helped us share Daraja and Babel. We built this for you and we are happy that you are using it. We will continue making it better day by day. daraja.ai/chat

They weren't the only one - hundreds of users across the continent have used Babel since launch and keep coming back. We didn't build an AI people use once. We built one they come back to. daraja.ai/chat #AskBabel #AIforAfrica @TechCrunch, @TechCabal

Users from South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, and the Mauritian diaspora in Europe have found Babel organically. No ads. No marketing budget. No influencer campaigns. They found us and stayed. One user sent over 100 messages in a single day! 1/2

@AVolatileAgent Thank you for the thoughtful questions. These are exactly the validation challenges we’re currently tackling. We’re running clinical evaluations and will share findings as they mature 🤝

Impressive work by @DarajaAI — MedScan for African neuroimaging is the kind of context‑aware AI we need. In ICU we see delayed neuro‑oncology access daily; how will the model handle local scanner variability, non‑tumour lesions and incidental findings? Rigorous local validation is essential. x.com/DarajaAI/statu…

Cancer is the third leading cause of death across Africa. Early detection saves lives but radiologists are stretched thin - some countries have fewer than 1 per million people. Today I'm releasing MedScan. It classifies brain MRI tumours in seconds. Built from scratch, for the continent that needs it most. This is just the first model. daraja.ai #AIforAfrica @TechCrunch, @TechCabal

@WHO, @AfricaCDC, @TechCrunch, @TechCabal, @TechpointAfrica, @AbuyasLife, @Adonijah_Ndege, @LarryMadowo

Introducing MedScan - our first medical imaging model. MedScan classifies brain MRI scans into glioma, meningioma, pituitary or no tumour with confidence scoring. Built from scratch by @DarajaAI, it’s the first step in building comprehensive AI-assisted diagnostics for Africa.

Ask about health. Ask about your rights. Ask about the weather back home. Ask about anything. Babel understands. In your language. Always. daraja.ai/chat #AskBabel 2/2 @TechCabal, @TechpointAfrica, @TechCrunch

We built Babel so you never have to switch languages to get answers. And today, Babel got smarter. You can now research any topic, get real-time information, and explore the world's knowledge - all in your language… 1/2

This weekend I shipped internet access to all 15 Babel language models. A Hausa speaker can ask 'Who won the Champions League?' and get a real answer - in Hausa. Not translated. Native. Oil prices in Kreol Morisien. World news in Swahili. F1 standings in English. daraja.ai/chat @TechCabal @TechCrunch #AskBabel #AIforAfrica

Babel now has real-time internet access across all 15 languages. Ask about Formula One results in English. Check oil prices in Kreole Morisien. Get the latest world news in Swahili. Research any topic in any language Babel speaks. daraja.ai/chat #AskBabel #AIforAfrica

Learn for free daraja.ai/chat?lang=engl… #AIforAfrica

And we’re just getting started daraja.ai/chat

Babel-Giza average response time: 8.5s. The average Babel translation confidence: 83%. Search-augmented query accuracy: real-time, sourced, cited. Languages live: 15. Countries covered: 32+. Days since launch: 15. We ship daily. daraja.ai/chat #AIforAfrica

Imagine, the power of AI… all of humanity's knowledge in your language daraja.ai/chat