Real-time alerts, polls & voice feedback on Kenyan public health decisions
Ordinary Kenyans have no formal channel to be informed, consulted, or heard on high-stakes public health decisions like hosting an Ebola quarantine facility that directly threaten their safety.
AfyaVoice notifies Nairobi and Kenyan citizens via push and SMS when high-stakes public health decisions (Ebola quarantine sites, vaccine drives, hospital closures) are proposed near them. Users participate in simple polls, record voice notes in Kiswahili or English, and view live dashboards showing how community input influenced final policy. Aggregated, anonymized reports are automatically sent to county health offices.
Nairobi residents and ordinary Kenyan citizens affected by top-down public health policies
Hyper-local geofenced alerts combined with offline-first voice feedback designed specifically for informal settlements and low-literacy users — no other platform focuses exclusively on public health with direct county-government delivery channels.
supportive and empowering
Simple phone-number signup with OTP via Africa's Talking, no email required
Location-based list of active public health decisions affecting the user's ward
Yes/No and 3-option polls with real-time community results
Record and submit voice messages that are transcribed and attached to proposals
See how many voices were sent to government and any official responses received
Seamless switching between English and Kiswahili
Critical alerts delivered via SMS for users with poor data
One-click petition creation linked to active proposals
Automatic transcription and sentiment tagging of voice notes
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| phone | text | No |
| ward | text | Yes |
| language | text | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| description | text | No |
| county | text | No |
| ward | text | Yes |
| status | text | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| proposal_id | uuid | No |
| vote | text | Yes |
| voice_url | text | Yes |
| transcription | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| proposal_id | uuid | No |
| summary | text | No |
| sent_to_gov | bool | No |
| gov_response | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/proposalsFetch active proposals near user
/api/responsesSubmit vote or voice feedback
/api/impactGet user's impact history and government replies
/api/webhook/voiceHandle Africa's Talking voice recording callback
/api/reports/sendGenerate and email PDF report to county officials
3 responses per month
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| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 420 | 7% | $820 | $9,840 |
| Month 6 | 2,850 | 14% | $6,825 | $81,900 |
Get notified instantly. Vote. Speak in your own language. See your community input reach county officials.
1. Run live demos at 5 barazas in Kibera and Mathare within first 10 days, offering 6 months free to the first 80 residents who join and refer neighbors. 2. Partner with 3 influential community health workers (CHWs) already trusted by county health offices and give them Advocate accounts. 3. Seed beta with members of active WhatsApp groups focused on COVID/Ebola lessons (target 300 signups in week 1).
Strong election monitoring brand
Only active during elections, no health focus
Always-on health-specific platform with voice and continuous government reporting
Official government recognition
One-way service, no polling or voice feedback
Bidirectional, real citizen sentiment aggregation before decisions are made
Network effects from ward-level participation density plus proprietary library of Kenyan county health officials' contact patterns and successful petition templates.
Article 43 of the Kenyan Constitution guarantees the right to health and public participation; post-COVID scrutiny of top-down decisions has created political will for visible consultation tools while smartphone penetration in Nairobi exceeds 85%.
Data protection concerns around health opinions
Full compliance with Kenya Data Protection Act, default anonymization, clear consent flows
Low willingness to pay among ordinary citizens
Freemium model with clear value for free users, focus on Advocate tier for NGOs and activists
Government ignoring generated reports
Start with sympathetic counties, publish response rates publicly to create reputational pressure
Success: At least 65% say they would use the service weekly
Success: 35% weekly active users and at least 2 county officials acknowledge receipt
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