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Building Tesfa: An AI Platform Predicting Health Risks in Conflict-Affected East Africa
Global Health

Building Tesfa: An AI Platform Predicting Health Risks in Conflict-Affected East Africa

When post-conflict regions like Ethiopia's Tigray lack the real-time data to anticipate emerging health risks, we built Tesfa, an agentic AI platform that turns fragmented conflict and health data into forward-looking risk predictions for NGOs.

Judy Gikuni · 10 August 2026 · 8 min read
From Multi-Day Reports to a 60-Second Conversation: The OI Lightagent
Tech

From Multi-Day Reports to a 60-Second Conversation: The OI Lightagent

To prove that an AI assistant could turn raw operational data into plain-English answers, Ona Insights built the OI Lightagent and tested it end-to-end against a complete demo modelled on Kenya's community health system — architected from day one to connect to any organisation's database, in any sector.

Fredrick Kyalo · Jun 24, 2026 · 4 min read
Transforming Community Health Data Ecosystem
Global Health

Transforming Community Health Data Ecosystem

The Living Goods Data Architecture in Kenya: A Blueprint for Modern BI. As a technical partner to the Ministry of Health, Living Goods plays a critical role in supporting the Kenyan government's Universal Health Coverage Policy.

Sharon Obanda · Apr 15, 2026 · 8 min read
Standardizing the understanding of African Health Supply Chains
Global Health

Standardizing the understanding of African Health Supply Chains

Strategizing Data Collection and Extraction. This inaugural piece in our Data Portals Blog Series focuses on the vital 'Extract' stage of data analytics projects — introducing a shared framework that enables comparable insights across 55 African countries for the first time.

Massamba Sow · Apr 8, 2026 · 6 min read
From Scattered Spreadsheets to Automated Multisector Monitoring in Ethiopia
Global Health

From Scattered Spreadsheets to Automated Multisector Monitoring in Ethiopia

When UNICEF Ethiopia needed to track more than 55 humanitarian activities across five sectors and three drought-affected regions, they turned to Ona Insights to replace manual reporting with an automated pipeline that runs from an offline field form to a live dashboard.

Fredrick Kyalo · 18 February 2026 · 7 min read