By Nicholina Korto
Africa’s healthcare systems are confronting challenges that extend beyond funding shortages or infrastructural limitations.
Many of the continent’s most pressing system failures stem from weak operational structures, insufficient accountability mechanisms, and an unsustainable maintenance culture. Stakeholders across the continent agree that genuine progress requires more than high-profile launches or ceremonial ribbon-cutting events.
What is needed is a fundamental shift in the systems and behaviours that determine how hospitals operate daily. While medical equipment can be replaced, human lives lost to preventable failures cannot. This reality is driving a renewed demand for meaningful, data-driven reform.
Across the continent, technology is emerging as a powerful catalyst for this shift. Digital tools and smart systems are enabling hospitals to improve efficiency, strengthen accountability, and respond proactively to critical supply needs. Among the most urgent priorities is medical oxygen management.
Preventable deaths continue to occur due to stockouts, delayed refills, and compromised oxygen purity. These challenges highlight the need for modern systems capable of predicting consumption, monitoring supply in real time, and ensuring that no patient is placed at risk due to mismanaged oxygen infrastructure.
One of the leading innovations addressing these issues is the Mini Criotel by AMBRA Sistemi. This technology transforms conventional liquid oxygen tanks into intelligent assets equipped with real-time monitoring, instant alerts, precise consumption analytics, predictive budgeting capabilities, and automated engineer notifications. By significantly reducing human error and operational inefficiencies, the system marks a clear departure from traditional oxygen management models that offer limited visibility and depend heavily on manual oversight.
AMBRA Sistemi has strengthened its impact through strategic partnerships with global health organisations, including the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI). These collaborations are enabling the deployment of smart, data-driven systems that enhance hospital performance across Africa. Designed for simplicity, long-term sustainability, and strong technical support, the company’s solutions align with the region’s drive toward modernised, resilient healthcare systems.
In Africa, the implementation of these technologies is being championed by Faryond Ltd, the continent’s official representative of AMBRA Sistemi. Under the leadership of Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Daniel Kotei, Faryond Ltd has emerged as a leading force in the advancement of smart healthcare infrastructure. Dr. Kotei’s commitment to a technologically empowered health ecosystem has positioned him as a respected voice within global health circles. His contributions include significant involvement in the design, supply, and installation of oxygen telemetry systems at designated public health facilities as part of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI’s) oxygen systems improvement initiative in Eswatini, supporting national efforts to modernise oxygen supply chains. In Ghana, he has played a notable role in the USAID-supported medical oxygen project that strengthens system reliability, enhances the use of data for decision-making, and introduces technology-driven processes that improve patient outcomes.
Through Faryond Ltd, Dr. Kotei continues to advocate for a future in which Africa’s hospitals are equipped with intelligent systems that promote transparency, reduce preventable mortality, and drive more efficient resource utilisation. His work underscores a growing consensus that the continent’s transformation will be driven not only by new infrastructure but by smarter, more accountable systems that deliver sustainable, long-term impact.
As the conversation around health systems strengthening intensifies, the call to action extends to gas suppliers, manufacturers, health ministries, regulatory bodies, NGOs, hospitals, global development partners, and private-sector stakeholders. The tools required to modernise Africa’s healthcare systems are already available, and the continent stands poised to adopt them.
PHOTO: Dr. Daniel Kotei (Founder & CEO Faryond Ltd)
For inquiries or partnership discussions:
AMBRA Sistemi: info@ambrasistemi.it
Faryond Ltd (Africa Representative of Ambra Sistemi) : info@faryond.africa
