Proper Buddies.
One Cause.
Peredy and Timothy were proper buddies long before Sawazisha — brought together by a shared conviction that preventable morbidity is unacceptable. One drives the chemistry; the other leads the clinical validation.
Peredy Khwesa
CEO & CTO
BSc Industrial Chemistry · MSc Material Science · 2× Product Development
Peredy leads innovation from chemistry to clinical prototype — ensuring Waridi is built to last and built to work.
Dr. Timothy Kintu Mwanje
Clinical & Fundraising Lead
Medical Doctor (MBChB)
A medical doctor with deep insight into maternal health in East Africa, Timothy leads clinical validation, research partnerships, and the fundraising strategy that will take Waridi to scale.
The expertise behind every decision.
Waridi is shaped by a global advisory group spanning obstetrics, biomechanics, biodesign, medtech strategy, and frontline midwifery — from Kigali to Delft to Stanford.
Prof. Anthony Wanyoro
Full Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Kenyatta University
A leading authority in obstetrics and gynaecology in East Africa, Prof. Wanyoro brings decades of clinical insight into perineal trauma management and maternal care at one of Kenya's foremost institutions.
Midwife Marie Chantal
Matron
Muhima Hospital, Kigali
A senior midwife and matron at one of Kigali's busiest maternity hospitals, Marie Chantal brings frontline clinical expertise and deep understanding of birth realities in Rwanda's public health system.
Midwife Leon Clement
Matron
Kirehe Health Centre
Leon leads midwifery practice at Kirehe HC, providing essential perspective on rural and district-level delivery conditions — where the need for reproducible, low-cost interventions is greatest.
Dr. Roos Marieke Oosting
Assistant Professor, BioMechanical Engineering
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Dr. Oosting's research focuses on context-specific design of medical innovations to increase global access to healthcare. Her biomechanics expertise directly informs Waridi's material and structural design.
Prof. Charles Ameh
Head of Department, International Public Health
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
An obstetrician and gynaecologist with over 20 years in maternal and newborn health, Prof. Ameh is a prominent global public health leader shaping policy and practice across low-resource settings worldwide.
Dr. Mohit Singhala
Research Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
University of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh CREATES
Dr. Singhala specialises in healthcare innovation — haptics, medical robotics, and biodesign. His engineering lens helps translate Waridi's clinical insights into precise, manufacturable device specifications.
Dr. Fred St. Goar
Interventional Cardiologist & Medical Device Innovator
Mountain View, California
Physician-inventor of the MitraClip — one of the most impactful minimally invasive cardiac devices ever developed. Dr. St. Goar advises on translational strategy, bringing world-class medtech commercialisation experience.
Dr. Krista Donaldson
Director of Innovation to Impact
Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign
The mind behind the brilliant phototherapy machine that shifted neonatal care to LED therapy — a powerhouse in user research and human-centred design. Dr. Donaldson is currently Director of Innovation to Impact at the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, where she focuses on making design tools equitable and accessible globally.
Prof. Ismail Khaled Mostafa Kamel
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Charles University, Czech Republic
A prominent researcher with extensive published work on perineal trauma, episiotomy outcomes, and obstetric injury classification. Prof. Kamel's scholarship underpins several of Waridi's core clinical evidence positions.
Every Woman Who Has Given Birth
The True Experts
Every woman who has experienced childbirth carries knowledge no textbook can hold. Their courage, resilience, and testimony are the foundation that everything else is built on. This product exists because of them, and it is designed for them.
Join our clinical
community.
We work with a diversified clinical advisory group of midwives from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Lend your expertise to help shape the future of birth.