Dakar, Senegal — A new milestone has been reached for digital health in Africa. The Community Innovation Hub (CIH) and Askaan have formalized a strategic partnership aimed at transforming health systems through technological innovation.
This collaboration merges two complementary areas of expertise: Askaan’s know-how in public health (vaccination, nutrition) and CIH’s technical mastery in digital solutions.
The goal is clear: to use technology to tangibly improve health outcomes, anchoring each solution in the realities on the ground.
A synergy between field expertise and innovation
Through this partnership, CIH and Askaan combine their strengths to design and deploy digital tools that address the major challenges of today’s health systems.
Priority areas of intervention include:
- Vaccination and immunization.
- Community nutrition.
- Combating non-communicable diseases.
“This partnership aims to turn innovation into impact. By bringing technology closer to the realities of communities and combining it with solid operational expertise, we can co-create solutions that achieve more equitable health outcomes where they are most needed.”
— Assiatou Kama-Niang, Co-founder and Executive Director of CIH.
Dr. Fatou Ndoye, Director of Askaan, adds: “Our collaboration with CIH allows us to leverage digital tools to amplify our impact in public health. Together, we ensure that every intervention is data-driven, contextually relevant, and sustainable.”
Digital integration: Technology serving humanity
In this duo, CIH acts as a technical partner. The goal is not digitization for its own sake, but to support initiatives where technology provides real added value to governments and communities.
CIH acts as Askaan’s technical partner, supporting initiatives strengthened by the integration of technological and digital tools. Together, we aim to design and launch solutions that meet the health technology needs of the governments and communities we serve, ensuring that digital innovation has a real impact on health programs.
“We want technology to be a driver of tangible change, not just an add-on,” emphasizes Assiatou Kama-Niang. This translates into:
- Empowering healthcare workers.
- Strengthening information systems.
- Improving real-time outcomes.
Looking ahead
The CIH x Askaan alliance positions itself as a forward-looking model for digital health in Africa. By combining the human-centered approach of public health with the agility of digital innovation, the two entities aim for sustainable and measurable impact across health systems.
