Faisal Waiswa

Faisal Waiswa is a born & currently lives in Uganda. Raised in Jinja and Kampala, he received the B.Sc. degree (Biomedical Engineering) from Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Mulago in 2016. After graduation in 2016, he volunteered with the Ministry of Health in Uganda for a period of 1 year developing Mobile & eHealth digital technologies to be used by health workers at health facility as information sharing tools. In 2017, he join SPOUTS of water (Purifaaya) a social venture that uses ceramic water filters to provide clean & safe during water to families in Uganda. In 2017, he started a Digital Health Tech, Medical Street with friends from Makerere University with a mission of improving access and delivering medical products and supplies such as devices & equipment without doctors, health workers, professionals and providers having to leave their work station. He transitioned to the role of chief executive officer of medical street since 2018