Global health practitioner, government advisor and entrepreneur

Turning ambitious priorities into practical, measurable results.

I help governments and development partners strengthen health systems and deliver on their priorities. I also build ventures that open economic opportunity for African women.

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Excellence Anurika Joshua
  • UC Berkeley MDevEng
  • Mastercard Foundation Scholar
  • PMP certified
  • 50 Women Tech Titans 2026

Two worlds, one bias toward execution

I work across public-sector health and entrepreneurship. In both, the job is the same: bring data, people and systems together until the plan actually delivers.

Government advisory and delivery

Helping leadership set priorities, track them and follow through.

  • Health-sector strategy and priority reforms
  • Annual Operational Plans and performance reviews
  • Management routines and accountability
  • Decision support for senior leadership

Health systems strengthening

Making primary health care perform, and proving it with data.

  • PHC performance management and financing
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Dashboards and analytical products
  • Digital health and programme strategy

Building ventures

Designing and scaling organizations that create opportunity.

  • Women's economic empowerment
  • Digital skills and workforce readiness
  • Programme design and impact measurement
  • Partnerships across government, tech and civil society

Selected work

Recent roles and the problems I was brought in to solve.

Kaduna State Delivery & Insights Unit, 2026 to present

Strengthening the planning and performance architecture of a state health sector

Context
Government leadership needed clearer visibility of health-sector performance and stronger follow-through on priority reforms.
My role
Management Advisor. I support Annual Operational Plan development, implementation tracking and performance reviews across health MDAs, and use implementation and financial data to surface bottlenecks and delivery risks for senior decision-makers.

Clinton Health Access Initiative, 2025 to 2026

Leading primary health care performance management in Kaduna State

Context
Primary health care financing only improves outcomes when facility performance is measured and managed.
My role
Kaduna State lead for PHC performance management programmes, first as Program Analyst and then Senior Program Analyst in PHC Financing.
Impact
Led implementation of the State's redesigned Integrated Supportive Supervision (ISS) system for the 255 Apex facilities in the state and transitioned it to full state ownership before handover.

Techy Train Incubator, founded 2019

A skills-to-income pipeline for African women

Context
Too many African women are locked out of a digital economy that could employ them remotely.
My role
Founder and CEO. I led programme design, partnerships, multi-region budgets, impact measurement and a team of trainers and coordinators.
Impact
11,000+ women and girls trained across 35 African countries. The Tech-Up Girls programme alone reached 8,000+ girls with an 80%+ completion rate, and Tech-Up Naija was funded by a Nigerian Export Promotion Council grant.

UC Berkeley and Clinic+O, 2023

Community-centred primary health care innovation in Guinea

Context
Underserved Guinean communities needed primary health care technology designed around how they actually live and seek care.
My role
Managed a five-person interdisciplinary team applying community-centred design to advance Clinic+O's technology-driven primary health care model.
Impact
Supported the team to redesign the model for better efficiency to reach more people.
Portrait of Excellence Anurika Joshua

A builder of systems, opportunities and communities

Across both worlds, I enjoy building things that work.

I started as a Medical Laboratory Scientist in Nigeria, working before and during COVID-19. I saw what sits behind health data: overstretched facilities, gaps in supervision, and decisions made without reliable information.

That led me to UC Berkeley for a Master's in Development Engineering, specializing in Healthcare Transformations, and into health systems work with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Kaduna State Delivery & Insights Unit. Alongside that, I have been building ventures since my first small business in 2015.

  1. 2015Started my first business
  2. 2019Founded Techy Train Incubator
  3. 2022Medical Laboratory Scientist, University of Abuja
  4. 2023 to 2024UC Berkeley as a Mastercard Foundation Scholar and NSF Fellow; class speaker, Master of Development Engineering
  5. 2025Clinton Health Access Initiative, PHC performance management
  6. 2026Management Advisor, Kaduna State Delivery & Insights Unit

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Ventures I've built

Economic security and health outcomes are closely linked. These platforms were built to get African women work-ready and into paid work.

Excellence with Techy Train Incubator participants

Techy Train Incubator

11,000+ young women and girls trained across 35 African countries.

Everyday, income-generating digital skills such as administrative support, marketing and sales, built around workforce readiness rather than tools alone. Programmes include Tech-Up Girls, Tech-Up Ladies and Tech-Up Naija.

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Hire Emmie

Hire Emmie

A hybrid talent platform for skilled African women in digital work.

Connecting them with short-term, project-based and remote roles globally, in the everyday admin, sales and marketing work most hiring platforms overlook.

Recognition and press

Honours

  • 2026One of 50 Women Tech Titans, Women in Tech Nigeria
  • 2025Mastercard Foundation Scholars Impact Alumni Fund winner
  • 2025Executive Director's Community Impact Award, International House, UC Berkeley
  • 2024Davis Projects for Peace Award
  • 2024Class Speaker, Master of Development Engineering, UC Berkeley
  • 2023Mastercard Foundation Scholar, UC Berkeley
  • 2023NSF Fellow, Digital Transformations in Development
  • 2023UPS Women Development Hero Award
  • 2022African Women in Development Award, Donors for Africa
  • 2021Academy for Women Entrepreneurs alumna, U.S. Consulate Nigeria

And more. Request my full CV for the complete list.

Excellence speaking at an event

Speaking and facilitation

Keynotes, panels and workshops for health, development and leadership audiences.

  • Closing the loop from data collection to data use
  • What African-led health solutions look like in practice
  • Women's economic empowerment and health outcomes
  • Aligning institutions around a shared delivery agenda
  • Building ventures with a bias toward execution

Recent stages include UC Berkeley's Master of Development Engineering commencement, where I was class speaker, and the Nigeria Tech Summit.

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Let's build something that works

I'm interested in strengthening health systems across Africa, advising governments and development partners, and building ventures that can scale.

Thoughts on pen

Personal reflections on how I think, what I am learning, and how I see the world.

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