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About Us

Reliable energy for the healthcare communities depend on.

Ubuntu AfyaLink helps primary healthcare facilities and health businesses across Tanzania use energy more efficiently and keep essential services running through outages and climate disruption. Our goal: climate-resilient energy for every primary health facility we can reach.

Impact

Our impact so far

Lower reported monthly energy cost
42%
St. Therese Dispensary, Kisarawe
Read the St. Therese case

Who we are

So care continues when the grid does not

We design, install and support solar, battery and energy-efficiency solutions built around the critical loads of clinics, dispensaries, pharmacies and laboratories.

Mission

To help healthcare facilities reduce energy risk and operating cost through efficient energy use, resilient power systems, monitoring and practical climate-readiness support.

Vision

Every healthcare facility and business reliably powered, energy-efficient and climate-resilient.

Nurse taking vaccines from a solar-powered cold-chain refrigerator

Our story

Why we started

We have watched power failures interrupt night deliveries, spoil vaccines and halt diagnostics. Ubuntu AfyaLink began to fix those problems directly: assess each facility's energy and climate risks, cut avoidable waste, install reliable solar and storage, and support it locally.

Every system we build answers one question: what must keep running when the power does not?

Our values

What we stand for

Ubuntu

I am because we are. Resilient healthcare grows when communities, especially women and youth, help build and run it.

Kaizen

Continuous improvement. We cut waste and refine every system, install and process a little better each time.

Experimentation

We test, measure and learn. Ideas earn their place through evidence, not assumption.

Ownership

We own the outcome, from the first assessment to long-term service, and to the facilities that depend on us.

The Ubuntu AfyaLink difference

Built for healthcare, supported locally

Healthcare-specific design

Sized for clinical loads and cold chain.

Assess before we sell

Loads, outages and waste measured first.

Local installation & support

Our own team in Tanzania.

Measured, sourced results

Facility, period and source on every result.

How we work

From assessment to support

With PAYGo or Energy-as-a-Service.

  1. 1

    Assess

  2. 2

    Reduce waste

  3. 3

    Design

  4. 4

    Install

  5. 5

    Support

Leadership & team

The people behind it

Portrait of Anodi Kaihula

Anodi Kaihula

CEO & Co-founder

Leads strategy, partnerships and growth.

Anodi Kaihula on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Portrait of Dr. Albert Mageuzi

Dr. Albert Mageuzi

CTO

Leads system design and clinical-load engineering.

Dr. Albert Mageuzi on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Portrait of Idda Abel

Idda Abel

CFO

Leads finance, EaaS / PAYGo structuring and reporting.

Idda Abel on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Portrait of Elia Walles

Elia Walles

Product Manager

Product design and healthcare workflow execution.

Elia Walles on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Portrait of Aidan Conrad

Aidan Conrad

Accountant

Financial reporting and accountability processes.

Aidan Conrad on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
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Marry Yonaza

Head of AfyaBooking

Digital operations and patient flow systems.

Marry Yonaza on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)

Life at Ubuntu AfyaLink

The team in the field

AfyaLink team lead energising colleagues during a workshop
Young AfyaLink engineers collaborating at laptops
AfyaLink team reviewing documents in a meeting
Two young AfyaLink team members smiling during a planning session
The Ubuntu AfyaLink team with arms crossed
Smiling young woman from the AfyaLink team

Our partners

Organisations we have worked with

  • UNDP
  • Climate-KIC
  • Smart Lab
  • GOGLA
  • European Union
  • CAMCO

Work with us

Scale resilient energy across health networks

For investors, health networks and development partners.

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