Healthcare within reach — powered by digital health & AI.
Keki Mawe Inc is a Malawian health innovation organisation building digital health, artificial intelligence, nutrition and agriculture solutions that close the healthcare access gap. We design telemedicine platforms, AI-assisted diagnostic and data tools, iron-fortified nutrition products and nutrition-sensitive agriculture programmes — implemented with hospitals, government and global partners across Malawi and beyond.
Distance, data and nutrition still decide who gets to stay healthy in Malawi.
Specialists are concentrated in a handful of urban hospitals, health data rarely moves in real time between a rural clinic and the district office, and anaemia or malnutrition remain widespread among women and children. Keki Mawe Inc was built to close all three gaps at once — with AI and digital health tools that extend clinical reach and sharpen decisions, and nutrition and agriculture interventions that address the root cause of poor health.
Extend the clinic, digitally
Telemedicine, mobile health tools and interoperable data systems let a rural health worker bring in a specialist's opinion and report in real time — without a patient travelling hours to a referral hospital.
Co-create, don't impose
Every AI model, workflow and product is shaped with the health workers, clinics, ministries and communities who will use it — human-centred design and co-creation, tested where care actually happens.
Treat the root cause
Iron-fortified porridge, powders and biscuits, alongside nutrition-sensitive agriculture training, address anaemia and malnutrition at their source — alongside, not instead of, clinical care.
Digital health, AI and nutrition solutions, built for every link in the referral chain.
From AI-assisted diagnostics to national health information systems, telemedicine to nutrition-sensitive agriculture — every solution is designed to move a person, a clinic or a health system closer to better outcomes.
AI-Powered Health SolutionsDiagnostics & decision support
Machine-learning models and AI-assisted tools for triage, risk-scoring and diagnostic support, piloted with hospital and research partners across Malawi.
Digital Health SystemsMaHIS & DHIS2 integration
Health information systems architecture, dashboards and interoperability work — including coordination on Malawi's MaHIS platform and DHIS2 integration.
Telemedicine & TeleconsultationRemote clinical support
Connecting clinical officers and health surveillance assistants in under-resourced clinics with doctors and specialists remotely.
Nutrition ProductsIron-fortified & locally made
Iron- and folate-rich powders, biscuits and instant porridge, formulated with local food scientists to fight anaemia and malnutrition.
Nutrition-Sensitive AgricultureAgriTech & farmer training
Training and digital tools for smallholder farmers, linking better crops and food security directly to household nutrition outcomes.
Implementation Science & ResearchEvidence & evaluation
Applying implementation science, human-centred design and research methods to make sure solutions work in real Malawian health settings — not just in pilots.
Multidisciplinary skill sets, applied end to end.
Our team pairs technical build capability with the research and design discipline needed to make digital health actually stick in low-resource settings.
Flagship programmes on the ground in Malawi.
A sample of the work Keki Mawe Inc has led or supported directly with hospitals, government and community partners.
Community-rooted health & nutrition programming in Zomba
A community-based initiative combining health sensitisation, nutrition-sensitive agriculture training and digital tools to strengthen household and community health outcomes in the Zomba region.
Digital health consulting with the Christian Health Association of Malawi
Advising CHAM-affiliated hospitals on digital health systems, workflow design and technology adoption to strengthen care delivery across their facility network.
MaHIS & DHIS2 integration coordination
Working with Malawi's Ministry of Health to develop digital health solutions and coordinate the implementation and integration of MaHIS with DHIS2 for national-level health data.
James Tayali, Founder & CEO
James founded Keki Mawe in 2016 to tackle anaemia and malnutrition through iron-fortified, locally made food products, after an internship exposed him to the scale of preventable nutrient deficiency in the region. He has since grown Keki Mawe Inc into a health innovation organisation applying AI, digital health, biomedical engineering and human-centred design across Malawi's hospital and government health systems. He holds a BA in Public Health from UC Berkeley, an MPhil in Health Innovation & Biomedical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, a Master of Management Sciences from Tsinghua University, and is a PhD candidate in Business Leadership at the Malawi University of Science and Technology.
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A small, multidisciplinary leadership team.
Health innovation, field operations and engineering leadership, working together to design and deliver digital health solutions across Malawi.
James Tayali
Founder & Chief Executive OfficerPhD Candidate in Business Leadership (MUST) · MMS, Tsinghua University · MPhil, Health Innovation & Biomedical Engineering, UCT · BA Public Health, UC Berkeley.
Evelyn Chafumbwa
Chief of Field Operations & MarketingBachelor of Commerce in Marketing. Leads community engagement, field delivery and partner & funder communications.
Humphreys Madise
Chief Technology OfficerBSc in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Computer Science. Leads AI, software and digital health systems engineering.
Backed and implemented alongside trusted partners.
Our digital health, AI and nutrition work is carried out with government and implementation partners, and made possible with support from global funding and fellowship partners committed to health innovation.
Malawi
Christian Health Association
(MSF)
Foundation
Academy
Foundation
Project
Buni Banda