Digital health consultant · Lagos
I build the systems
health data travels on.
Physician, technology executive and consultant. Fifteen years between clinical practice and health technology leadership — CTO, country manager, and now delivery lead on a state-scale health information exchange.
The Exchange Field
140+
clinics & pharmacies led
5
African markets
CTO
health tech, 2018–21
R4
FHIR native
Positioning
Most health technology in African markets fails on the boring parts — identity, interfaces, governance and operations. I am hired to get those right, as a clinician who has also run the engineering.
Practice
Five areas I am hired for
exchange
Health information exchange
Connecting fragmented facilities into one longitudinal record.
record
Electronic medical records
Selecting, deploying and rescuing EMR programmes.
signal
Telemedicine
Designing remote care models that hold up clinically and commercially.
lattice
Health data protection
NDPA 2023 and cross-border compliance for health data.
continent
Health systems strengthening
Making health systems work at population scale.
Solutions
Work that shipped
2018 — 2021
Talamus health technology platform
Technology leadership at a Nigerian health technology company, from business development to CTO.
CTO
Role
3 yrs
Tenure
Health tech
Sector
2015 — 2018
MedEnhanz CPD and e-learning platform
Clinical content systems and an e-learning platform for continuing professional development.
CPD
Domain
Platform
Output
3 yrs
Tenure
2024 — present
Lagos State Smart Health Information Platform (SHIP)
A state-wide health information exchange on HL7 FHIR R4.
State-wide
Scope
FHIR R4
Standard
5
Node types
2025
Project CHAT
WhatsApp AI triage MVP with a clinician dashboard.
RED/AMBER/GREEN
Triage states
Channel
Conversational
Latency
Blog
Recent writing
- Interoperability is an operating cost, not a project
1 September 2026 · Interoperability
- Six African markets, ranked for digital health market entry
20 August 2026 · Market commentary
- The patient matching problem nobody budgets for
17 August 2026 · Health information exchange
Consult
Work with me
Discovery call
A focused conversation to establish whether the problem is one I can help with, and how.
45 min · Paid
Digital health strategy session
Working session on product direction, delivery sequencing or market entry, with clear next actions.
45 min · Paid
Interoperability architecture review
Review of your FHIR profiles, identity strategy and exchange topology, with clear next actions.
45 min · Paid
Facility setup and regulatory advisory
Working session on regulatory navigation, structuring and commissioning for clinical facilities.
45 min · Paid
Advisory retainer
Introductory session for ongoing advisory to vendors, NGOs and state agencies delivering health information systems.
45 min · Paid