Fireside at FemSTEM Africa: Fiona Nuwamanya
Join African Leadership University & H2i on
June 3rd for a Fireside at FemSTEM with Fiona Nuwamanya!
What is Fireside at FemSTEM?
Fireside at FemSTEM is an interactive conversation series held as part of the broader FemSTEM Africa event series.
During each Fireside, we sit down and chat with one incredible speaker. Speakers are distinguished women within the health entrepreneurship space who share reflections on their impressive career, learnings to date, advice for founders, and more.
Audience members are highly encouraged to engage by submitting questions!
This program is brought to you by African Leadership University, Health Innovation Hub (H2i) at the University of Toronto and Sustineri Attorneys, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation.
Meet the Speaker | Fiona Nuwamanya
Ms. Fiona Nuwamanya is a co-founder of Rocket Health Africa, the pioneer Telemedicine company in Uganda offering convenient doctor consultations through chat /voice /video calls coupled with last mile lab sample collection, testing, and pharmacy prescription delivery. Since inception, Rocket Health successfully delivered services to over 1M patients country-wide, served 15+ insurers, employed over 600 staff and developed leading technology solutions in Health Care. During her tenure, Rocket Health successfully completed a $5M series A fundraising round.
The company was recently aqcuired by MyDawa Group, a Kenyan e-healthcare firm. As the CFO, she participated in leading the company successfully into a seamless transition into the group.
She is also a co-founder at Africa Centre for Applied Digital Health (CADH), an enterprise building digital health solutions that leverage AI, Global Data Science standards, and other emerging technologies for practical operational, research, and commercial applications in Africa.
Ms. Fiona is a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School.
Fiona was awarded the Medium Small and Micro Entreprises CFO Award and overall ACCA Africa CFO of the year 2023.
FemSTEM Africa 2025 Program
Kickoff Event & Panel | April 1, 2025 | 8:00 – 9:30 AM EDT / 2:00 – 3:30 PM CAT (Virtual)
Pitch Applications Open | April 2, 2025 to April 29, 2025
Fireside at FemSTEM | April 22, 2025 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM ET / 2:00 – 3:00 PM CAT (Virtual)
Fireside at FemSTEM | May 13, 2025 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM ET / 2:00 – 3:00 PM CAT (Virtual)
Fireside at FemSTEM | June 3, 2025 | 8:00 – 9:00 AM ET / 2:00 – 3:00 PM CAT (Virtual)
FemSTEM Workshop & Hackathon (open to all) & Mentor Day (finalists) | June 23 & 24, 2025 (In-Person, Kigali)
FemSTEM Pitch Competition | June 24, 2025 (In-Person, Kigali)
What is FemSTEM Africa?
FemSTEM looks to inspire, engage and celebrate women entrepreneurs in the health space. This year’s FemSTEM Africa program is hosted by African Leadership University (ALU) and Health Innovation Hub (H2i), in partnership with Sustineri Attorneys and the Mastercard Foundation. The program is run as part of the broader Africa Health Collaborative’s Health Entrepreneurship (HENT) Pillar.
Women entrepreneurs and all those interested are invited to attend the 2025 event series, which will take place virtually with select components held in-person at ALU’s campus in Kigali, Rwanda.
Women-led ventures will also have the opportunity to apply to be a part of the culminating pitch competition, with a chance to win $25,000 CAD in cash prizes and $15,000 CAD in in-kind legal services.
This program is brought to you by African Leadership University, Health Innovation Hub (H2i) at the University of Toronto and Sustineri Attorneys, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation.