About us

Our goal at Somalens is to help you transform your health, one conversation at a time.

We're revolutionizing healthcare communication with our cutting-edge chat assistant, designed to provide patients with instant, reliable, and secure support.

Our Team

Meet the people behind Somalens — a passionate team combining deep technical expertise with a commitment to inclusive, accessible health technology.

Ayeni Ayobami — Co-Founder & Technical Lead

Ayeni Ayobami

Co-Founder & Technical Lead

Ayobami Ayeni is the Co-founder and Technical Lead of Somalens, where he leads the engineering strategy and development of the platform's secure, scalable and user-centred technology. With more than seven years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer and technical leader, he has designed, built and modernised software platforms across enterprise, public-sector, fintech, edtech and SaaS environments. At Somalens, Ayobami combines deep technical expertise with a passion for using technology to improve access to personalised health support.

Joy Samuel — Co-Founder & Lead Product Designer

Joy Samuel

Co-Founder & Lead Product Designer

Joy Bachashe Samuel is the Co-founder and Lead UX Designer of Somalens. With over six years of experience in UI/UX design and a master's degree in Innovation and Information Technology, Joy leads the user experience and product design of Somalens. Her work focuses on transforming complex health information into simple, inclusive and accessible digital experiences. Driven by a belief that healthcare technology should work for everyone, she is passionate about inclusive innovation and women's health.

John Ademola — Chief Technology Officer

John Ademola

Chief Technology Officer

John Ademola is the Chief Technology Officer of Somalens, where he supports operational strategy, product delivery and the practical application of artificial intelligence across the platform. With over nine years of experience spanning machine learning, prompt engineering, natural language processing and retrieval-augmented generation systems, John specialises in transforming complex AI capabilities into intuitive, human-centred solutions. At Somalens, he helps bridge the gap between advanced health technology and the everyday needs of users.

Our Mission

Our mission is to bridge the gap between patients and healthcare providers, ensuring seamless communication and unparalleled care. We strive to deliver personalized experiences, foster trust, and improve health outcomes.

We have designed our platform with a range of key features that make it quick and easy to manage your health. Our health care assistant provides you with a companion to share your health concerns with and get answers. We offer a chat assistant powered by powerful AI algorithms to deduce your symptoms and proffer a quick diagnosis of what you are feeling, offer suggestions from quick home remedies, accessible medication and references to expert licensed physicians depending on the nature of your symptom. We also record the conversations so it can be revisited when similar symptoms occur.

Why Somalens?

Safety First

Patient confidentiality and data protection are our top priorities. Our chat assistant adheres to stringent security protocols, including:

  • HIPAA compliance
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Secure data storage

Speed and Reliability

Our chat assistant is designed to deliver prompt and accurate responses, ensuring patients receive the care they need, when they need it:

  • Instant responses to urgent queries
  • AI-powered symptom checking and triage
  • Seamless integration with EHR systems

Empowering Patients

We believe patients deserve transparent, accessible, and compassionate care. Our chat assistant empowers patients to:

  • Take control of their health journey
  • Access reliable health information
  • Connect with healthcare providers efficiently

Join the Revolution

Experience the future of healthcare communication with Somalens. Discover a safer, faster, and more reliable way to connect with patients and deliver exceptional care. Simply download the application from either Apple store or Android playstore.

How it works

The Somalens uses state-of-the art AI technology to deliver accurate diagnosis of patient symptoms through a chat assistant. The user simply inputs their symptoms or how they are feeling at a time and the chat assistant presents them with possible issues and their required treatment. This could range from home remedies, recommending rest, medication and in severe and complex cases, recommend the expertise of a physician.

The solution abides by data protection laws, provides quick and easy to understand responses to every patient request, its design is simple to use and easy to understand making it an ideal solution for people of all ages.