Women in Digital Health is a storytelling series from KeHIA and openIMIS that profiles and spotlights women contributing to health informatics and digital health across Africa. Each profile follows one woman’s path into the field, the work she leads today and the change she is working toward. HELINA’s community and network help carry these stories to a wider audience across the continent.
Vision
A digital health sector across Africa where women are as visible in leadership, innovation and policy as they are in the workforce and where the next generation of girls entering STEM can point to a woman who has already done what they hope to do.
Mission
Document and share the real, working stories of women advancing digital health across Africa and put those stories in front of the people who make up the continent's digital health field.
Purpose
Digital health and health informatics remain fields where women are underrepresented, particularly in innovation and leadership roles, even as more women enter STEM across the continent. KeHIA and openIMIS both work closely with women doing exceptional technical and policy work that rarely gets the same visibility. This series exists to close that gap in recognition one profile at a time.
Meet the Champions
Paidaishe Karen Zowa
Biomedical Engineer | HealthTech Innovator | Champion for Inclusive Healthcare
Harare, ZimbabweRead MoreOlutola Vivian Adewumi
Digital Health Leader | Network Builder | Youth Advocate
Based in the UKRead MoreJonia Bwakea
Digital Health Champion | Consensus Builder | Programme Innovator
Based in: Zanzibar, Tanzania Read MoreNaijeria Toweett
Problem solver | Digital Health Innovator | Efficiency builder
Based in: Nairobi, Kenya Read MoreDoreen Wamiti
Digital Health Solution Architect | Health Informatics Specialist | DHIS2 Expert
Based in: Nairobi, Kenya Read More