Who is Afyask?

 

 

OUR NAME, OUR PROMISE.

 

Afyask (pronounced Ah-fee-yah-sk)

 

The name comes from two words:

•    Afya – Swahili for health or wellness

•    Ask – English for to seek, to request, to inquire

 

Together: “To seek health.”

 

But we believe seeking health should not be a burden. No one should skip their medication , because the system failed them. So we built Afyask to be the answer to that search all in one place, all in one flow.

Afyask-Pharmacy Unified

 

OUR STORY 

 

Our founders working across health systems, pharmacy operations and technology kept encountering the same failure: patients with valid prescriptions who never received their medication. Not because the medicine did not exist. Because the system connecting prescription to pharmacy to patient simply did not work.

 

OUR MISSION

 

Every prescription filled as seamlessly as the visit that wrote it.

OUR VISION

 

A world where care and medication are never separated.

 

OUR CORE VALUES

 

    1. Seamlessness

 

 If the patient notices the handoff between prescription and pharmacy, we failed.

    2. Clarity

 

Patients, doctors, and pharmacists all see the same status no confusion.

    3. Speed

 

A prescription should move from doctor to pharmacy in under 5 seconds.

     4. Trust

 

We handle health data and medications with the highest security and compliance.

     5. Unity

 

We don’t compete with telehealth or pharmacy we connect them.

     6. Access

 

Geography, pharmacy deserts, or paper vs. digital should never block medication access.

     7. Integrity

 

We never sell patient data. We never fill in a prescription without verification. We never compromise safely for speed.

 

WHAT WE DO

 

For Patients

 

•    After a telehealth visit: Your prescription is automatically sent to a pharmacy. You do nothing except receive your delivery.

•    With a paper prescription: Take a photo, upload it to Afyask, and we handle the rest.

•    One platform. One payment. One delivery. Zero trips to the pharmacy.  

 

For Telehealth Providers (Doctors & Platforms)

 

•    One API integration connects you to Afyask’s pharmacy network

•    Real-time fulfillment status in your existing dashboard

•    Reduced prescription abandonment (better outcomes)

•    Transaction revenue from every prescription routed through Afyask  

 

For Pharmacies

 

•    Verified, ready-to-fill prescriptions with full clinical context

•    Direct integration with telehealth providers (no cold outreach needed)

•    Volume without customer acquisition cost

•    Real-time inventory syncing to avoid out-of-stock delays

•    For self-uploaded Rxs: images of the original paper prescription  

 

For Everyone

 

•    Transparency: You know where your prescription is at every step

•    Security: Your health data is encrypted and never sold

•    Choice: Delivery to your door or pickup at a pharmacy 

   

WHAT WE DO NOT DO

 

To be perfectly clear,

Afyask does NOT: 

 

    1. Diagnose or treat medical conditions  

 

Only licensed doctors can diagnose

 

    2. Prescribe medication 

   

Only licensed doctors can prescribe

 

   3. Dispense medication    


Only licensed pharmacies can dispense

 

   4. Manufacture drugs  

 

 We are not a pharmaceutical company

 

   5. Replace emergency services 

 

 Call 112 or your local emergency number for urgent needs

 

   6. Provide medical advice 

 

 For medical questions, contact your doctor

 

   7. Sell patient data  

 

 We Never, See as indicated on our Privacy Policy.

 

   8. Operate delivery vehicles 

 

 We partner with licensed carriers

 

We are a technology platform. We connect, route, and verify. We do not practice medicine or pharmacy.

 

OUR TEAM

 

Rashid Mringo - CEO & Co-founder
Abdulswamad Mzuzuli - CTO & Co-founder
Elise Matondo - COO & Co-founder