Accra, Nov 4, GNA-The African Technology Forum (ATF) has demonstrated Africa’s rising potential in technology and innovation with the successful hosting of the 2025 ATF AI Challenge Awards Ceremony at University of Ghana, Accra.
On the theme “From Problem to Prototype: The Future of Healthcare Innovation,” this year’s Challenge showcased how young African innovators are harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to design practical solutions for pressing challenges in the healthcare sector.
Founded in 1988, the African Technology Forum (ATF) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to advancing science and technology across the continent.
A statement issued by Samuel Alomenu and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said through research, publications, and partnerships, ATF had built a global community of scientists, innovators, and professionals across Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
“The 2025 ATF AI Challenge tasked participants to develop AI-powered solutions based on problem statements submitted by leading health institutions, including Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and 37 Military Hospital. The goal was to create innovations that improve service delivery, reduce bottlenecks, and strengthen healthcare systems in Ghana”.
The statement said after months of training, mentorship, and technical development, 10 final teams were longlisted, and five outstanding projects were honoured at the Awards Ceremony for their innovation, impact, and potential scalability.
“Team Trailblazers presented NeuroQueue, an AI-driven Outpatient Department (OPD) scheduling and patient flow management system developed to tackle inefficiencies in manual scheduling, long waiting times, overcrowding, and poor prioritization of vulnerable patients at the Korle Bu Neurological Centre. NeuroQueue enables online patient registration with OTP verification, utilizes AI-powered batch scheduling through Groq/LLaMA models, and incorporates intelligent triage that assigns priority rankings (1–4) and severity scores (0–10).”
It said team Nexus presented Nexus, a smart AI-powered healthcare assistive device designed to revolutionize medical service delivery across both urban and rural settings.
“The device integrates speech recognition, AI-driven consultation documentation, vital sign monitoring, risk flagging, and cloud-based health record management into one compact, portable system”.
It said the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Team Self Vibe, led by Ibrahim Aziz and Ohene-Agyekum Addo-Agyekum, presented vAI, an intelligent AI-powered medical transcription system designed to automate clinical note-taking and address the loss of crucial clinical information during ward rounds, consultations, and family meetings. vAI captures, processes, and structures clinical conversations in real time, featuring voice-activated recording commands.
“Both Team Eureka and AlignX developed AI-driven systems to automate Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) interpretation and address key hospital challenges—manual reviews, reporting delays, and inter-observer variability. Eureka’s PFT Automated Interpretation System focuses on standardization and accuracy, using GLI-2012 reference equations to automatically classify ventilatory patterns, assess severity, and generate detailed reports through web and command-line interfaces. It emphasizes compliance, data validation, and reproducibility but is primarily a proof-of-concept tool meant for preliminary interpretation.
“In contrast, AlignX’s Auto-PFT takes a more clinical and deployment-oriented approach, offering an intelligent AI platform optimized for African healthcare settings. It not only automates interpretation but also includes interactive AI chat support and treatment recommendations”.
It said from the Nigerian front, both Team Paradym Shift and Blade Dev worked on Brain Tumor detection. Team Paradym Shift’s Brain Tumor Detection Web Application and Training Pipeline is an AI-powered solution designed to assist in the early and accurate detection of brain tumors from MRI scans. Built using Flask and a pre-trained TensorFlow Lite model, the system enables users to upload MRI images through a simple web interface, which then predicts the presence or absence of a tumor.
The Awards Ceremony honoured the Top 5 teams, Eureka(Kwesi Baffoe, Miriama Musa, Shelumiel Mensah), Self Vibe(Ibrahim Aziz, Ohene-Agyekum Addo-Agyekum), Trailblazers(Stephen Gyan Bimpong, Gerard Chukwudi George-Nweje, Godfred Tenkorang, Robert Quaye, Anthony Saah), Align X(Prince Mireku, Benjamin Sasu), and Nexus(Nelson Anyigba, Emmanuel Quartey), for their creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving excellence. The top three teams also received cash prizes, with Self-Vibe taking 3rd place, Nexus in 2nd place and Trailblazers getting the 1st place prize.
Each of these solutions proffered for the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and 37 Military Hospital impressed both hospitals so much that they are excited and eager to move on to the next steps towards piloting the prototypes with all Top 5 teams.
Since its inception, the ATF AI Challenge has focused on bridging Africa’s AI skills gap through training, mentorship, and collaboration. In 2024, the programme engaged 450 participants from 23 universities in Ghana; in 2025, it expanded to reach 1,000 participants across Ghana and Nigeria, deepening industry partnerships and expanding its regional footprint.
The Challenge continues to attract institutional and industry partners eager to explore how AI can enhance healthcare, agriculture, education, and transportation across Africa.
The ATF encourages organisations to support the initiative through funding, mentorship, and technical collaboration to expand its impact across the continent.
GNA
Edited by George-Ramsey Benamba