Data systems are becoming infrastructure.Build them responsibly.

We work alongside engineering and product teams to ensure that the systems they build, integrate and deploy are designed to hold up across governance, systems, people and data.

From architecture and development to integration and operations, we bring legal thinking into the design process.

DATA SYSTEMS PEOPLE INSTITUTIONS GOVERNANCE
Flagship · Digital Health →

We support the integration and governance of health information systems, with particular attention to sensitive personal data, interoperability, accountability and data protection. Our active projects demonstrate how regulatory and clinical governance requirements can be translated into workable systems and operational processes.
Resources · Digital Health
Digital Health Readiness Check Start the check → Interactive · 30 questions · about 10 minutes
Trusted Data. Connected Care. One-page overview · A4
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MZIZI operates at the intersection of systems, data and regulation, helping organisations move from complex requirements to systems that work in practice.

Our approach brings together systems architecture, data governance, regulatory compliance and operational design, translating complex requirements into practical infrastructure that supports data integrity, accountability and coordinated decision-making across interconnected organisations and stakeholders.

We understand the data.We understand the systems.We understand the law.We help bring them together.

The problem

Digital transformation is rarely just a technology project.

When systems change, data moves. When data moves, responsibilities change. New systems create new data flows, new risks, new legal obligations and new questions about ownership, access, security, retention and accountability.

Our underlying process architecture is industry-agnostic. We apply the same systems thinking to other complex and regulated environments, including agricultural finance, secure warehousing, market aggregation and digital legacy management. Our work in these domains encompasses the design and review of digital onboarding frameworks, asset continuity processes and multi-party governance models that reduce administrative friction while strengthening control, traceability and accountability.

Data protection|Governance|Systems|Legal|Risk|Implementation

Digital HealthFlagship vertical

Health data is becoming more connected. Governance has to keep up.

As health facilities, programmes and technology platforms increasingly connect and exchange information, the question is no longer simply whether a system is compliant. It is whether the entire data ecosystem has been designed to move information responsibly.

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For health programmes, from the first tool sketch to a system in national use.

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Health systems and tools we work on

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Work is grounded in the Kenyan Health Data Governance Framework, Kenya Cloud Policy, 2025 Kenya's Data Protection Act, 2019 and Digital Health Act, 2023, alongside sector guidance and partner requirements.

The next phase of digital health will require privacy and data governance to be designed into integration — not added afterwards.

Discuss a health programme with us
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Current work includes DPIA implementation across five major health information systems at national scale, working alongside a partner to the national health sector.
Who we serve

Working alongside government programmes, donors, implementing partners, technology vendors, health facilities and the legal and technical teams around them.

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Government Programmes & Public Sector

Supporting government programmes and public institutions navigating digital transformation, data integration, information governance and data protection.

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Health Programmes & Health Systems

Supporting the design, transition and integration of health information systems, data tools and data flows, with privacy and protection embedded throughout — for public programmes and private health facilities alike.

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Donors & Implementing Partners

Helping donors, development partners and implementing partners translate programme objectives into responsible data practices, systems and implementation frameworks.

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Businesses & Technology Vendors

Advising organisations and technology vendors developing, procuring, integrating or transforming data-intensive products, platforms and systems.

What MZIZI does

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DPIA & Data Risk

DPIAs that understand the system, not just the form.

A DPIA is most useful when it informs the design and operation of a system rather than becoming a compliance document produced at the end of a project.

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MZIZI's difference

Where law, data and systems meet.

We work across the gaps between these disciplines.

LAW Data ProtectionRegulationContractsGovernance DATA Data flowsData lifecycleData governanceData risk SYSTEMS TechnologyPlatformsIntegrationImplementation
How we work

From strategy to implementation.

We stay with the work through implementation, training and review.

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Understand

Understand the programme, system, objectives and data environment.

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Map

Map data flows, actors, systems, processes and dependencies.

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Assess

Identify legal, operational, technical and data risks.

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Design

Develop practical controls, tools, governance structures and implementation plans.

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Embed

Support implementation, training, review and continuous improvement.

Supporting government programmes and their implementation partners

A partner for programmes where data matters.

Large-scale programmes increasingly depend on data infrastructure, digital tools and interconnected systems. MZIZI works alongside programme teams, government programmes, donors, implementing partners and technology providers to ensure that data considerations are addressed from conception through implementation.

Programme design
Systems & implementation
Governance & assurance
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Our work

Built through real-world implementation.

Government Programmes & Health

Data protection and DPIA implementation across complex health information systems.

National digital health programmeMajor health information system
 Digital Products

Data protection and privacy-by-design advisory for digital products and platforms.

Technology platform
 Data Intelligence

Research, regulatory intelligence and practical data protection resources through DataHub Africa.

DataHub Africa
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Product experience

We do not just advise on digital products. We build and review them.

MZIZI has also supported the development and data protection architecture of digital products, including WOSIA, a Kenyan digital will platform.

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A product of MZIZI Africa

DataHub Africa

MZIZI's data protection intelligence platform.

DataHub Africa brings together legislation, regulatory decisions, guidance and practical intelligence to make African data protection law easier to understand and apply.

Explore DataHub Africa ↗ dataprotectionafrica.com
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The MZIZI approach

Practical by design.

Legal enough

Grounded in law and regulation.

Technical enough

Able to engage with systems, tools, architecture and implementation.

Practical enough

Designed for organisations that actually have to operate the system.

African enough

Built around African regulatory, institutional and operational realities: national data protection regimes, regulators' determinations, county and ministry structures, and the ways programmes are funded and delivered.

Insights

Thinking about the data behind the transformation.

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MZIZI insights appear alongside intelligence from DataHub Africa.

About

Why MZIZI exists

Data is becoming the infrastructure behind how governments deliver services, how organisations operate and how people access essential services. The quality of that infrastructure depends not only on technology, but on how data is collected, connected, used, protected and governed.

MZIZI exists to help organisations navigate that intersection.

Legal expertise+data expertise+systems thinking+implementation

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Building or changing a data system?Start with the data.

Whether you are designing a new digital product, integrating systems, transitioning data or implementing a government or health programme, MZIZI can help you understand the legal, data and operational implications before they become implementation problems.

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