Summary
Emmanuel Mkambankhani is an experienced software engineer and digital health leader with 11 years delivering national-scale health information systems across Malawi. Currently Associate Director for Health Information Systems at EGPAF, he has led product and project teams to implement CRVS, birth/death registration, verbal autopsy integration, and system harmonization with government partners. Technically fluent in PHP, Ruby on Rails, Java, Hadoop and full-stack web technologies, he blends hands-on development with product management and quality assurance practice. His academic path—from a BSc and MSc in Informatics to a PhD researching speech recognition and NLP in healthcare—drives a rare combination of applied research and operational deployment. Notably, he has shepherded the adoption of emerging technologies for safer, sustainable digital health while maintaining strong data governance and interoperability.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Malawi - UNIMA
English, nyanja