Safaricom Plc

Tribe Lead - Health Tech, Public Sector Digital Transformation

April 2024 - Present | Nairobi, Kenya

Leading the digital health transformation initiative within Kenya’s largest technology company, working directly with government partners to implement nationwide healthcare digitization.

• Team Leadership: Direct a multidisciplinary team of 50+ professionals including product owners, software engineers, UI/UX designers, project managers, and solution architects
• Digital Health Public Infrastructure: Spearheading the establishment of Kenya’s national health information exchange as key technical partner to the Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health - Kenya

Senior Deputy Director - Division of Health Informatics

May 2023 - March 2024 | Nairobi, Kenya

Led Kenya’s national digital health strategy and implementation as head of the MoH’s health informatics division.

• Strategic Leadership: Co-led government efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) using digital health as a foundational pillar
• Policy Development: Instrumental in developing key legislation including the Digital Health Act (assented October 2023), Health Data Governance Framework, and Kenya Health Enterprise Architecture
• Community Health: Part of the team that worked on the national rollout of electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS), onboarding 25,000+ community health promoters and registering 1,000,000+ households

Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Moi University

Lecturer & Researcher

July 2017 - July 2023 | Eldoret, Kenya

Advanced health informatics education and research while contributing to significant USAID-funded digital health initiatives.

• Academic Leadership: Taught core health informatics modules including Foundations of Health Informatics, Health Informatics Standards and Terminologies, and Clinical Decision Support Systems
• Research Excellence: Co-Principal Investigator for PISBIC project (USAID-funded), a collaborative initiative between Moi University, Aga Khan University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Purdue University
• Research Focus: Specialized in effective use of technology for active dissemination and implementation of clinical practice guidelines

Additional Clinical Experience

Nuffield Hospital, Cambridge - Resident Medical Officer (May 2016 - June 2017)

Mercy Mission Hospital - Medical Officer (August 2013 - September 2014)

Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital - Medical Officer Intern (April 2012 - July 2013)

Education & Training

NYU School of Global Health

Data Science Research Fellow

January 2023 - May 2023 | New York University, New York City, NY

• Selected for inaugural NYU-Moi Data Science for Social Determinants (DSSD) Training Program
• Focused on artificial intelligence applications in healthcare and EHR data analysis

City, University of London

MSc. Health Informatics

September 2014 - October 2015 | London, United Kingdom

Commonwealth Scholar - Comprehensive program covering clinical records, healthcare decision-making, research methods, information architecture, knowledge management, data analysis, databases, and telemedicine.

Moi University - School of Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB.ChB)

January 2006 - December 2011 | Eldoret, Kenya

Comprehensive medical education covering basic sciences and clinical clerkships across all major medical specialties.

Consulting & Advisory Work

International Engagements

• WHO - Member of the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network Strategic Advisory Group (GDHCN SAG) (May 2025 - Present)
• UCSF/Government of Botswana - Enterprise Architect (January 2024 - July 2024)
• The UN Foundation - Telemedicine Policy Development Consultant (September 2022 - May 2023)
• World Bank/WHO - Health Informatics Consultant (February 2018 - November 2018)
• Afya Research Africa - Health Informatics Consultant (September 2018 - March 2019)
• National Cancer Institute - Kenya - Health Systems Consultant (May 2021 - August 2021)

Key Contributions

• Developed Botswana National eHealth Enterprise Architecture (CDC/TAP funded)
• Conducted comprehensive digital health landscape assessment for Kenya Health Observatory
• Evaluated Kenya’s interoperability maturity and eHealth guidance adequacy

Professional Affiliations & Leadership

• Licensed Medical Practitioner: Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) & UK General Medical Council (GMC-UK)
• Kenya Health Informatics Association (KeHIA): Active member supporting educational symposia and HELINA conference organization
• Kenya Medical Association (KMA): Immediate former co-convener of ICT Committee developing KMA’s technology strategy
• Ministry of Health Technical Working Groups: Member of eHealth TWG and Universal Health Coverage Health Informatics sub-committee

Honors & Recognition

Commonwealth Scholarship | Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, United Kingdom | August 2014