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. It should not require multiple apps, long drives, or endless phone calls. So we built Afyask to be the answer to that search all in one place, all in one flow.

Afyask-Pharmacy Unified

OUR STORY 

 

Afyask started with a simple observation and a frustrating personal experience as stated below;

     1. The Observation

 

Every day, thousands of patients finish a telehealth visit, receive a prescription, and then… nothing.

They are told:

“Take this prescription to a pharmacy.”

 

And then the system breaks.

•    Patients don’t know which pharmacy has the medication.

•    Doctors never learn if the prescription was filled.

•    Pharmacies lack clinical context to dispense safely.

 

       2. The Experience

 

One of our founders watched a family member struggle with diabetes.

Every month:

•    A telehealth visit

•    A prescription

•    A two-hour round trip to the pharmacy

Sometimes only to find the medication out of stock, The visit was easy. What came after was not.

We asked ourselves:

“Why should the hard part come after the doctor's visit?”

 

That question became Afyask.

We started building a bridge not a pharmacy, not a telehealth platform, but the connection between them and along the way, we realized that the problem wasn’t limited to telehealth. Millions of people have paper prescriptions sitting on their kitchen tables, waiting for a trip to the pharmacy that never happens.

So we expanded.

Afyask now accepts any prescription whether it comes from a telehealth visit or a physical piece of paper.Today, Afyask is the country's first platform that seamlessly connects both digital and physical prescriptions to pharmacy fulfillment and delivery.

 

OUR MISSION

 

To make every prescription whether digital or paper 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
Elise Matondo - COO & Co-founder