Opportunity Information: Apply for 72061523RFI00001
The Kenya Digital Health Ecosystem Activity opportunity is a market-sounding request from USAID Kenya and East Africa (USAID KEA) aimed at understanding what implementers, technology firms, and other partners can realistically deliver to strengthen Kenya's digital health and health information ecosystem. It is issued as a Request for Information (RFI), meaning the immediate purpose is to gather input on industry capabilities, approaches, and interest rather than to award funding right away. The context for the RFI is USAID KEA's Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS), which highlights several priority areas for Kenya's development, including the need to address "inadequate systems" that slow inclusive growth and progress toward self-reliance. In the health sector, the central systems challenge described is fragmentation: many health information systems operate in vertical silos, making it harder to produce comprehensive, consistent, and accurate reporting across the health system.
The opportunity is grounded in the Government of Kenya's own priorities and investments. Kenya recognizes that information systems are essential for measuring health service performance and generating data that decision-makers can use for monitoring, planning, evaluation, and continuous improvement. In support of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the Government of Kenya has prioritized information and communications technology (ICT) as a key enabler. Over the past decade, Kenya and development partners have invested heavily in digital health tools and platforms, resulting in a landscape that includes multiple national and program-level systems such as Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems, Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), Logistics Management Information Systems (LMIS), the Kenya Health Information System (KHIS), the Kenya Master Health Facility List (KMHFL), and the Kenya Health and Research Observatory (KHRO), among others. The RFI signals that despite these investments, the overall ecosystem still faces interoperability, coordination, and data integration challenges that can undermine data quality and limit the usefulness of information for both clinical care and management.
From an operational standpoint, the notice is published by USAID Nairobi under funding opportunity number 72061523RFI00001, categorized as "Other" rather than a standard grant or contract solicitation. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, indicating broad openness to responses from different types of organizations. The posting includes an anticipated award ceiling figure of up to $20,000,000, which should be interpreted cautiously because RFIs often reference potential future funding levels without committing to an award; the main deliverable at this stage is information from the market. The closing date for submissions was October 10, 2023, and the opportunity is tagged under the health sector (CFDA 98.001). Additional technical details are referenced as being contained in an attachment (Attachment 1), which likely elaborates on USAID's specific questions to respondents, the envisioned scope of a future activity, and the priority technical areas within Kenya's digital health architecture.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as an early planning step toward a future "digital health ecosystem" activity that would help Kenya move from a collection of separate health IT systems toward a more connected, standardized, and decision-useful national ecosystem. The emphasis on vertical systems and comprehensive reporting strongly suggests that USAID is testing the market for solutions and partners who can support interoperability, governance, data standards, and system-wide integration aligned with Government of Kenya leadership and UHC goals, while building on (rather than replacing) existing platforms like KHIS and national registries such as KMHFL.Apply for 72061523RFI00001
- The Kenya USAID-Nairobi in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Kenya Digital Health Ecosystem Activity" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-09-11.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-10-10. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $20,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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