Our Mission
Built to close the gap between diagnosis and disengagement.
LenZA exists because patients don't leave HIV and PrEP care loudly — they just stop showing up, and the systems meant to notice often don't. We build the infrastructure that catches that moment early, at facility level, without requiring internet connectivity these programmes often can't rely on.
Team
Built by people who've done this work.
Mihir Patnaik
Founder & CEO
20 years of experience in software engineering, CRM platforms, and digital health solutions. Solo-built the entire LenZA platform — product, engineering, and architecture — while driving market development and strategic partnerships across sub-Saharan Africa.
Fatima Maha
Co-Founder, Commercial · LinkedIn
Leads LenZA's commercial strategy, driving business development, strategic partnerships, and market expansion across Africa. Works with implementing partners, healthcare organisations, and funders to connect LenZA with the programmes that need it.
Mbekuveh Dinga-Nyoh
Partner, Country Lead — Cameroon · LinkedIn
Health systems professional with experience as a consultant for UNAIDS. Leads LenZA's market entry and country strategy in Cameroon, guiding clinical adaptation to ensure the platform fits local healthcare workflows and provider needs.
Momentum
Where LenZA stands today.
Active pipeline and engagement across five countries, from a live pilot in Nigeria to partnership discussions in Cameroon, Uganda, Zambia, and South Africa.
Live Pilot — Nigeria
Supporting real patient workflows in HIV and PrEP care since July 2026, including 137,000+ patient records imported in a single production-scale operation.
Clinical Validation
"Brilliant, long overdue, better than TIER.net." — Principal Investigator, leading South African HIV research institution.
Cameroon Market Entry
Country Lead onboarded with a signed partnership agreement and a defined subscription-plus-implementation model.
Regional Presence
Active engagement across Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Cameroon, and Uganda — spanning government programmes, implementing organisations, and research institutions.
Market Context
The timing problem this solves.
Lenacapavir Rollout
Six-monthly injectable PrEP is rolling out across 9+ African countries — creating urgent need for long-cycle follow-up tracking that paper registers cannot handle.
PEPFAR Funding Transition
Existing digital health infrastructure is being disrupted — facilities losing support systems need affordable, offline-capable alternatives.
Legacy Systems Ageing Out
South Africa's TIER.net is being phased out, and facilities across the continent face similar gaps with ageing, fragmented patient tracking systems that were never built for today's scale.
Global Fund Commitment
A commitment to reach 3 million people with injectable PrEP by 2028 — programmes need tools to actually track them.
As injectable PrEP scales across Africa, the programmes delivering it need tools that track the complete patient journey — from first contact to sustained treatment. That's what LenZA is built for.
Built For
Organisations delivering HIV & PrEP care at scale.
Implementing Partners
PEPFAR implementing partners and HIV programme delivery organisations.
Government Programmes
National and provincial government health programmes.
Research Institutions
Clinical research institutions conducting HIV and PrEP studies.
NGOs & Community Organisations
NGOs, community-based and faith-based organisations running HIV prevention and treatment.
Partner with us.
Whether you're evaluating LenZA for a facility rollout, a research collaboration, or an investment conversation — we'd like to hear from you.