Build With the Mama Tokens Stack — A Live Field Lab for Health-Tech Founders
This is not a generic accelerator. It is a working clinical infrastructure with ZimbosAbantu mobile clinics operating across Zimbabwe today, shared digital health rails deployed under formal MOUs, and a South Africa pilot in active development alongside the DPI Health Hackathon 2026. If you are building in maternal health, HIV/STI, NCDs, or health financing — this is a field lab, not a sandbox.
Founders can build on: programmable incentives on Stellar, AmmaWallet for offline digital payments, population-health analytics, a WhatsApp/USSD AI triage assistant, the SproutX CHW learning platform, and rugged edge field infrastructure nodes — all integrated and live in Zimbabwe.
What We've Already Built
Six platform capabilities are built, deployed under formal MOUs with ZimbosAbantu, and operating in a live clinical environment in Zimbabwe. Each one is available to Studio partners as an integration surface — no rebuild cost, no from-scratch setup.
Incentive Layer
Mama Tokens – programmable milestone incentives on Stellar
Configure funder rules, define eligible beneficiary populations, and issue milestone-linked tokens on-chain. The connective financing layer the entire stack routes through.
See in contextDigital Health Wallet
AmmaWallet – USSD health wallet + micro-aid rails
Offline-first, USSD-compatible wallet for unbanked beneficiaries. Receives tokens, disburses stipends, and connects to mobile payment networks — no smartphone required.
See in contextPopulation Health Analytics
Analytics – pseudonymised population-health dashboards
Privacy-first outcome and utilisation dashboards for funders and programme managers. Builds the actuarial evidence base for micro-medical aid products serving populations under USD 4/day.
See in contextAI Clinical Triage
AI Triage – low-bandwidth WhatsApp/USSD clinical decision support
Triage assistant tuned to ZimbosAbantu clinical protocols. Runs on WhatsApp and USSD. Routes patients, catches critical cases early, and integrates with CHW workflows.
See in contextLearning Management
SproutX LMS – offline-first CHW learning and certification platform
Low-data LMS for CHW certification and patient health literacy. Module completions link directly to Mama Tokens milestone verification — learning as a trigger for issuance.
See in contextSecure Field Infrastructure
Field Infra Node – rugged edge compute for mobile clinics
Edge nodes installed in ZimbosAbantu mobile clinic vehicles. Offline-first EHR, local token processing, and zero-trust sync — the foundation that keeps everything running without connectivity.
See in contextActive deployment
MAMAZWE – Zimbabwe
Full six-component stack deployed with ZimbosAbantu across mobile clinics serving peri-urban and rural communities. Maternal care, HIV management, STI treatment, and primary healthcare — live with real patients.
In development
MAMARSA – South Africa
NHI-aligned stack adaptation in active development via DPI Health Hackathon 2026. Focused on NHI complementary financing, MomConnect interoperability, referral tooling, and equitable access for the SA public health system.
Who This Studio Is For
We work with founders building in six domains. The most interesting opportunities often sit at the intersections — a founder working on STI self-sampling who also needs adherence incentives, or a health-financing tool that needs CHW-mediated delivery.
Maternal & Reproductive Health
- Nutrition support apps for pregnant teens and adolescent mothers
- Birth preparedness tools for first-time mothers in low-resource settings
- Postpartum mental health screening and peer support platforms
- PMTCT adherence support and infant follow-up tools
HIV / STI / NCD Management
- Self-sampling STI tools for community distribution
- Adherence support platforms for ART and PrEP
- Partner notification and contact tracing tools
- NCD risk management for people living with HIV
Health Financing & Insurance
- Micro-savings circles covering maternal care costs
- Conditional payment platforms for NHI referral pathways
- Community health savings and low-income insurance products
- Impact-linked financing tools for global health funders
CHW Tools & Digital Literacy
- Structured home-visit workflow apps with offline sync
- Patient digital onboarding for first-time smartphone users
- CHW supervisor dashboards and quality assurance tools
- Offline clinical data collection for mobile clinic deployments
AI & Clinical Decision Support
- USSD triage tools designed for low-literacy patients
- Risk prediction for preterm birth and adverse neonatal outcomes
- AI-assisted protocol adherence tools for CHWs in the field
- Behaviour-change messaging tuned to local languages and contexts
Analytics & Population Health
- District-level utilisation and gap analysis for NDoH or MoHCC
- Funder dashboards with verified, programme-linked outcome data
- Care pathway analytics tracking patients across referral chains
- Epidemiological modelling tools for mobile and community health
How You Can Plug In
Three distinct ways to work with the Mama Tokens stack. Most Studio partners start with one and expand as the relationship matures — but you do not need all three.
Integrate your product into our rails
Connect your domain solution — nutrition, mental health, NCD management, safe delivery — to AmmaWallet, the analytics pipeline, and the field infrastructure nodes without rebuilding what already exists. You bring the domain logic and clinical expertise. We provide connectivity to patients, CHWs, and the clinic network already operating in Zimbabwe.
Example use cases
- A nutrition app that issues tokens when dietary milestones are verified by a CHW
- A mental health screening tool that hooks into AmmaWallet stipend disbursement
- An NCD risk tool that feeds pseudonymised data into the shared analytics dashboard
Co-design pilots in ZimbosAbantu clinics or South African partner sites
ZimbosAbantu's mobile clinic fleet and CHW network are an active implementation environment — not a sandbox. If your solution is ready for real-world validation, we co-design the integration into live clinic workflows and pilot it with a real patient population under real operational conditions. South African partner site pilots become available as MAMARSA matures.
Example use cases
- A diagnostic tool deployed on the mobile clinic field node alongside the existing EHR
- A CHW app embedded into SproutX LMS training workflows and daily visit routines
- A referral management tool operating alongside the AI Symptom Checker in a shared patient journey
Co-create new incentive designs on top of Mama Tokens
If your solution involves behaviour change — adherence, screening uptake, referral completion, educational attainment — we co-create the tokenised milestone logic with you. You define the clinical milestones, the eligible population, and the redemption use cases that fit your programme. We handle the Stellar integration, funder configuration, and on-chain auditability.
Example use cases
- Adherence tokens for HIV treatment programmes with funder-configured release rules
- Referral-completion incentives tied to specialised maternal care or STI treatment pathways
- Educational milestone rewards linked to a specific CHW-delivered health programme
What We Offer
Studio partners get more than access to infrastructure. We are a technical partner with deep domain expertise and an active presence in the field.
Technical Architecture & Integration Support
We review your architecture against the existing stack, identify integration points, and provide hands-on support for API connectivity, field node deployment, and wallet integration.
Field Pilots with ZimbosAbantu
Access to ZimbosAbantu's mobile clinic network in Zimbabwe for real-world piloting. Patient populations, CHW workflows, and clinical protocols are real — not simulated. South African pilots become available as MAMARSA matures.
Compliance & Documentation Support
We help navigate data protection requirements, clinical data governance, and the documentation standards expected by global health funders, institutional research boards, and regulatory bodies in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Grant & Investment Narrative Development
Founders working in global health need credible implementation evidence and clear impact narratives. We support grant applications, investor materials, and funder reporting frameworks grounded in actual programme data.
Shared Infrastructure — No Rebuild Cost
Wallet rails, analytics infrastructure, field nodes, LMS content delivery, and AI triage are already built and deployed. Studio partners access them without rebuilding from scratch — dramatically reducing time-to-pilot and capital requirements.
Clinical & Community Health Network
Access to ZimbosAbantu's CHW network, clinic staff, and over 200,000 patients — and, in time, the South African partner network MAMARSA is building. Real users. Real clinical environments. Real operational feedback.
Expectations & Selection
This is a working field lab embedded in a clinical operation. ZimbosAbantu serves over 200,000 patients in peri-urban and rural Zimbabwe. Real CHWs use the tools. Real women depend on the clinics. The standard for what we accept into this environment is proportionate to that reality.
We do not select on pitch quality or team pedigree. We select on domain fit, product readiness, and operational seriousness. We take a small number of partners at a time — so that we can give each one the depth of attention required.
If your solution can genuinely improve outcomes for patients in these communities, and you are prepared to do the work required to validate that under field conditions — we want to hear from you.
Apply as a Studio PartnerWe look for founders and teams that meet all of the following:
- Your work addresses maternal health, HIV/STI, NCDs, health financing, or a directly adjacent domain — not general wellness or consumer health
- You have something real: a working prototype, an early product, or a validated concept that can be stress-tested under field conditions — not a pitch deck
- You can operate under real-world constraints: low or no connectivity, USSD and basic handsets, CHW-mediated delivery, peri-urban and rural environments
- You accept clinical data governance and patient privacy standards applicable in Zimbabwe and South Africa without exception or negotiation
- You are prepared to contribute improvements back to shared infrastructure where your work strengthens components that other partners or beneficiaries depend on
- You understand this is a selective working field lab, not a generic accelerator — we co-build and co-deploy with a small number of partners at a time
Ready to Build in a Real Clinical Environment?
Tell us what you are building, which part of the stack you want to use, and what you want to test in the field. We review submissions on a rolling basis and respond within five business days.