Born from scraps of paper.
Built by people who lived it.
Made to save lives.
TamamHealth began with one observation: across South Sudan, brilliant clinicians lose patients to broken paper systems — not to a lack of skill. We're here to change that.
Where it all started
In Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya, healthcare meant handwritten notes on scraps of paper, filing cabinets that couldn't survive the rainy season, and patients whose medical histories vanished between visits. Teny Makuach grew up watching this — and decided to fix it.
At Tufts University, he founded TamamHealth and designed the platform's core architecture: an offline-first engine built for the realities of African healthcare. He then connected with Toye Adebayo and Ekow Williams, and together they built the complete hospital information system that clinics across South Sudan now depend on.
APRIL 2026
$10,000 Healthcare Track Winner
Selected from over 300 startups, TamamHealth won the Healthcare Track at the Tufts $100K New Ventures Competition — validation from one of the nation's most respected university venture programs.
Meet the founders
Teny Makuach
Founder & CEO
Computer Science, Tufts University
Toye Adebayo
Co-founder & CTO
Computer Science, Tufts University
Ekow Williams
Co-founder & COO
Electrical Engineering, Tufts University
OUR MISSION
Every healthcare worker deserves tools that work when lives are on the line.
We're building the digital health platform that doesn't fail in low-bandwidth environments, doesn't require expensive infrastructure, and was born from firsthand experience with the cost of broken healthcare systems.
What we believe
Offline-first, always
Across much of Africa, internet isn't guaranteed — it's a luxury. TamamHealth works without connectivity and syncs seamlessly when networks return. Healthcare can't wait for a signal bar.
Lived experience
We don't build for communities we've never been part of. Our CEO grew up in a refugee camp. We design from understanding — not assumption, not research papers.
Radical simplicity
Healthcare workers across Africa are brilliant and overstretched. Every feature we ship must be learnable in minutes — not months. If it's confusing, we haven't finished designing it.
Open standards
TamamHealth integrates with DHIS2, supports HL7/FHIR, and works with national and regional health information systems across Africa. We don't build data silos — we break them.
Built for the real world
Integrated modules (EHR, billing, telehealth, pharmacy, lab, analytics)
Offline capability — Works without internet, syncs when connected
Competition winner — Tufts $100K New Ventures Healthcare Track
Co-founders from Tufts University (Computer Science & Electrical Engineering)
Our journey
Idea born
Teny begins designing the platform architecture — an offline-first engine built for the realities of African healthcare.
Team forms
Toye and Ekow join at Tufts, bringing distributed systems and electrical engineering expertise. Building begins.
Won $10K
Tufts New Ventures Healthcare Track winner — validation from one of the nation's top university venture competitions.
Serving Africa
Platform live in South Sudan clinics, transforming how healthcare workers document and deliver care.