Clinical Infrastructure East Africa

Closing the
diagnostic gap
in East Africa.

We connect women presenting with chronic pelvic pain to confirmed diagnosis — eliminating the 6-to-10-year delay that defines endometriosis care across Kenya's public health system.

Average Diagnostic Delay

6–10
years

From first symptom presentation to confirmed endometriosis diagnosis in Kenya. Not a technology gap — an integration gap.

190M
women affected
globally
47
Kenya counties
to reach
1 in 10
Women affected
endometriosis, of reproductive age
6–10 yr
To diagnosis
Kenya & East Africa
47
Kenya counties
our replicable deployment unit
190M
Women globally
living with endometriosis today

01 · The Problem

The integration
failure.

Every component needed to diagnose endometriosis already exists in Kenya. High-resolution ultrasound, AI imaging tools, digital health records, insurance infrastructure — all present.

None of them connect. A woman presenting with chronic pelvic pain at a Level 3 clinic faces a 6-to-10-year journey to confirmed diagnosis — not because the technology is missing, but because no integrated clinical pathway exists inside Kenya's public health system.

Stage
What Happens
Time Lost
Primary visit
Analgesics prescribed. No imaging ordered. Recorded as dysmenorrhea.
0–6 months
Persistent symptoms
Referral to Level 4 by handwritten letter. No clinical history transferred.
6–18 months
Imaging attempt
Equipment downtime 40–60%. 2–4 week queues. Free-text reports with no structured output.
18–30 months
Inconclusive result
Referral to Level 5/6. National insurance does not cover at this tier.
30–48 months
Definitive diagnosis
Surgical confirmation at a national hospital — or out-of-pocket in the private sector.
6–10 years
The Core Insight

The technology exists. The integration does not. AI-assisted diagnostics, structured clinical records, tele-imaging, and insurance integration are all operational in other markets. In Kenya's public system, none of these components are connected to each other — or to each other's data. That is the gap Synclara is closing.

02 · About Synclara

Built from inside
the system.

Synclara is a Nairobi-based clinical infrastructure company. Our team brings together deep clinical expertise in women's reproductive health with direct experience operating inside Kenya's public health technology stack — its insurance systems, county health infrastructure, and diagnostic networks.

We are not building another app or an external tool that healthcare workers are asked to adopt. We are embedding a diagnostic standard directly into Kenya's public health system — one that becomes more embedded with every clinic, every county, and every case that passes through it.

Our model is county-by-county: prove the standard in one, replicate across all 47. Then carry the model country by country across East Africa.

01

Clinical Authority

Research background in women's reproductive health diagnostics. Clinical protocol design built to open hospital doors — not work around them.

02

Systems Depth

Deep implementation experience in Kenya's public health technology context. We understand the operational reality of the system we are building inside.

03

Infrastructure Thinking

We build for embeddedness, not adoption. The measure of success is structural dependency at the county health system level — not usage metrics.

03 · The Journey

Kenya is the
beachhead.
Africa is the market.

Every phase of Synclara's growth is gated by a real-world outcome, not a calendar date. We validate before we scale, and we scale before we expand.

The strategy is county-by-county, country-by-country. Kenya is where the standard gets set. East Africa is where it becomes the platform.

Now · 2026

Building the
foundation.

Clinical validation with private clinics. First structured diagnostic data. Proving the model works — in practice, not in theory.

2027

Embedding in
the system.

County health system integration. Public infrastructure embedding. The standard begins to set. Each county makes the next one easier.

2028–2031

East Africa
expansion.

Uganda and Tanzania deployments. A pan-African diagnostic data standard — established by Synclara before any competitor can enter the market.

2032+

The platform
leads.

Five-country coverage. Research and pharmaceutical data partnerships. The essential infrastructure layer for women's health in East Africa.

04 · Stay Connected

The window
is open.

We're in active development. If you're an investor, a health system partner, a clinician, or someone who believes the diagnostic gap in East Africa is solvable — we want to hear from you.

For direct enquiries

Investors, clinical partners, health system leads — reach us directly.

Location

Nairobi, Kenya