Out of a highly competitive pool of biomedical, biotech, and health innovations from across Uganda, our team made the cut — and we could not be prouder. SAFE AI-AFRICA, makers of SAFESeq, has been selected among the Top 15 startups in the BIOMIC Accelerator Program.
What makes SAFESeq different
SAFESeq is the first platform of its kind to unify 30+ professional-grade bioinformatics tools — gene prediction, CRISPR design, protein structure prediction, AMR resistance screening, molecular docking, phylogenetics, and more — into a single browser tab. No installs, no code.
It's also the first Africa-hosted genomics platform to expose its tools via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), meaning AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT can query it directly. Every result is interpreted in plain language by an AI assistant tuned to the local pathogen landscape, with deployment infrastructure that is sovereign by design, not as an afterthought.
About the BIOMIC Accelerator Program
BIOMIC is coordinated by The Lung Institute, Makerere University, funded by the Science, Technology and Innovation Secretariat of Uganda — Office of the President (STI-OP), and implemented in partnership with Hindsight Ventures. The program is designed to accelerate the commercialization of breakthrough biomedical, biotechnology, and health innovations in Uganda.
Being selected gives SAFE AI-AFRICA mentorship, networks, and resources — including compute and other technology credits — to take SAFESeq from a live product to national genomic infrastructure.