20+ years embedded in PEPFAR, Global Fund, and Gates Foundation environments — translating complex programme data into procurement decisions, donor evidence, and supply chain action across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Thobelani Mfengwana, MBA
Health Supply Chain & Analytics Specialist
HealthChain Analytics & Advisory
64% → 95% screening coverage
ANC syphilis screening — exceeded 80% target across 7 of 9 provinces · Gates Foundation Grant INV-067199
~2M RDT supply gap quantified
Procurement gap analysis submitted directly to NDoH · RT41 Transversal Contract amendment advocacy
Adopted by NDoH, WHO & SANAC
Power BI STI cascade dashboards — national policy review and strategic planning tools
R900M procurement managed
Vaccines, pharmaceuticals & medical equipment · Amathole District Municipality
20+
Years in public health supply chain — government, NGO, donor
95%
ANC syphilis screening coverage achieved · 7 of 9 provinces
R900M
Annual procurement budget managed · Amathole District
3
Major donor frameworks shaped — PEPFAR, Global Fund, Gates
HealthChain Analytics & Advisory
Senior TA consulting and fractional analytics leadership for global health implementers, donor agencies, and private sector health organisations.
Supply chain performance dashboards, commodity availability analysis, forecasting and quantification, LMIS data quality assessments, DHIS2 analytics, and PEPFAR DATIM / Global Fund PMR indicator reporting.
HIV · TB · Malaria · Diagnostics · Vaccines · Contraceptives
Explore →Procurement spend analysis, supplier performance monitoring, contract analytics, tender design, cost reduction tracking, and strategic sourcing advisory for health commodities — ARVs, diagnostics, contraceptives.
Donor-funded programmes · Private sector · Government
Explore →Executive dashboards for supply chain, procurement, and programme performance. Automated reporting replacing manual Excel processes. KPI scorecards, real-time data models, and donor reporting dashboards for PEPFAR and Global Fund.
NGOs · MoH · Implementing Partners · Private sector
Explore →Costing studies and unit cost analyses, budget impact analyses for new health technologies, cost-effectiveness evaluations, resource allocation modelling, and investment case development for donors and government decision-makers.
Global Fund · PEPFAR · Bilateral · Development banks
Explore →Available as: Fixed-term TA contracts (3–12 months) · Freelance project engagements · Fractional Analytics Manager (private sector) · Remote or on-site across sub-Saharan Africa
The real problem
Most PEPFAR and Global Fund programme teams are not short of data. They are short of the analytical capacity to turn that data into procurement decisions, donor evidence, and supply chain action.
Common challenges
Supply chain visibility is weak — stockouts persist despite data availability because no one is acting on the signals
Procurement decisions are made without spend analysis or supplier performance data
Dashboards exist but no one is confident interpreting or acting on them at programme level
Donor reports require quantified evidence the team struggles to produce consistently
Health economics expertise is needed but too expensive to maintain in-house
What changes
Supply chain performance frameworks and commodity dashboards that surface decisions, not just data
Procurement gap analyses and spend analytics that close the distance between data and buying decisions
Power BI dashboards adopted at NDoH, WHO, and SANAC level — reducing dependence on manual reporting
Quantified evidence packages adopted directly into Gates Foundation and Global Fund grant reporting
Budget impact analyses and investment cases that support donor funding mobilisation
A specialist knowledge, tools, and training platform for supply chain professionals, programme managers, and health analytics practitioners across Sub-Saharan Africa — built by a practitioner, not an academic.
What's available
Public Health Supply Chains
Quantification, forecasting, procurement, inventory — HIV, TB, vaccines, diagnostics
Health Analytics
Power BI, SQL, R, Excel — dashboard design, data quality, LMIS, reporting automation
Knowledge Translation
WHO guidance · donor requirements · national policy — translated into procurement action
Health Economics
Cost-effectiveness, budget impact, commodity costing — for programme teams, not specialists
July 2026 launch products
HIV Commodity Forecasting & Quantification Workbook
Excel template · $75–$125 · Procurement-ready
Forecasting & Quantification for HIV and STI Programmes
Online course · $99–$149 per enrolment · Self-paced
The difference
What I bring
20+ years in health supply chain and programme analytics
NDoH, DHIS2, Global Fund, PEPFAR, CHAI — I know the systems, the procurement cycles, and the constraints your team operates inside.
Analytics applied to real programme data
Power BI, DHIS2, SQL, R, Excel — used on HIV/STI surveillance, ANC commodity planning, and national procurement analytics. Not hypothetical examples.
MBA + Health Economics — rigour across both domains
Nelson Mandela University MBA and UCT Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics — academic depth backing every analytical output.
How I work
Programme outcomes, not technical outputs
Every engagement is designed to drive a decision or build a capability — not to demonstrate technical skill for its own sake.
Senior domain expertise, BI execution capability
Rare combination: 20+ years of supply chain and procurement domain credibility backed by hands-on Power BI, R, and SQL delivery.
Your independence is the goal
I invest in your team's capability — not ongoing dependence on external consultants. Every engagement includes knowledge transfer.
AI skills development
Building practical AI capability in programme teams — accessible, contextualised, and grounded in your actual workflows. Introduced as part of broader analytics engagements or as a standalone capacity-building offering.
Start here
Start with a conversation — no obligations, no jargon. We discuss what you are trying to solve and I will tell you honestly whether and how I can help.