The Founding Story
An engineer turned
cancer fighter.
Our Founder & CEO is an engineer by profession. A cancer fighter by passion.
His aunt, Winnie, was a Senior State Registered Nurse with decades of service at Mpilo Hospital in Zimbabwe — a career built saving the lives of others.
A few weeks before she passed, one question was asked: "How could you not have seen this cancer coming — with all your years of experience?"
"I did not see it coming ... until it was too late."
— Winnie , Senior State Registered Nurse
— Winnie , Senior State Registered Nurse
Africa's cancer crisis is a data infrastructure problem. No population-level cancer dataset exists for sub-Saharan Africa. Without data, governments cannot plan. Insurers cannot price. Patients cannot be reached in time. Mandiera HealthTech is the engineering solution.
The Three Gaps
91% vs 60%
Breast cancer 5-year survival: USA vs Africa. The gap is not treatment — it is the stage at detection.
13,000
South African women die of cervical cancer each year — almost entirely preventable with early screening.
ZERO
Population-level cancer datasets for sub-Saharan Africa. Without data, there is no prevention.
