African Health Advisory · Est. 2009
Health systems
that work.
For the people who need them most.
Yemaya Group partners with governments, foundations and health institutions to strengthen health systems across Africa.
African Health Advisory · Est. 2009
For the people who need them most.
Yemaya Group partners with governments, foundations and health institutions to strengthen health systems across Africa.
Yemaya Group is an African health advisory firm founded in 2009. We bring together policy expertise, primary research, technology and community systems to address the structural challenges that prevent health systems from serving everyone equally.
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Years of practice across sub-Saharan Africa
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Countries and health systems engaged
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Faith leaders surveyed in a single primary research exercise
"Opportunities ahead cannot be unlocked by keeping to the same pace and using more of the same approach to health systems."
Dr. Nduku Kilonzo
Lancet Commission on Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Founder & CEO
Over 25 years in public health and health systems development. Former Executive Director, Kenya's National AIDS Control Council. Contributing Commissioner, Lancet Commission on Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Honorary Doctorate, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2026.
We bring communities into the design process because they understand their own context in ways that external advisors cannot replicate.
We conduct rigorous research and are transparent about what the evidence can and cannot support. We do not overstate certainty in complex systems.
A significant portion of our advisory work is confidential. Our clients trust us with sensitive questions precisely because we treat those conversations with the seriousness they deserve.
We are not a global firm with an Africa practice. We are an African firm with global reach. That distinction shapes everything about how we work.