Dr Keith Nkomo is a UK-trained health economist and Certified International Professional Strategist who has spent his career asking one question: how can Africa pay for better healthcare? For Botswana, he is developing a private-sector-led health financing model under Salutem Botswana, part of his previous regional body of work includes pioneering micro health insurance product in Malawi; and lower point-of-care costs in Zimbabwe through the novel realtime claims processing and settlement model, along with a first-of-its-kind transactional medical aid card backed by real time reporting and monitoring that makes comprehensive care and advanced therapies easier to finance.

His doctoral research on sustainable health financing for low- and middle-income countries, and his scoping review on financing models for Universal Health Coverage, sit at the intersection of health economics and public policy. With more than 15 years across health funding and banking, Dr Nkomo has headed the healthcare division of a Zimbabwe-listed company, chaired Zimbabwe’s National Tariffs Committee, and served as Consulting Director for Digital Transformation and Telemedicine (Southern Africa) at UAE-based Intrapharma.