Dr Ayitévi Firmin Elom Hounou-Adossi
Co-Founder & CEO
Medical Doctor · State Doctorate in Medicine (2019) · Residency in Public Health & Health Informatics, University of Lomé
A Togolese physician and entrepreneur, currently in his third year of residency in public health and health informatics at the University of Lomé. For several years, he has combined an initial clinical background with applied research and digital innovation in the service of public health.
Co-founder and CEO of efha Digitals since 2021, he leads a portfolio of digital solutions born from concrete field observations: Givers, the MAD Togo Challenge, TransfuSafe and its TransfusIO artificial intelligence module, evalab, and Lebenam, a platform against gender-based violence, awarded at Hack4Peace 2026.
Committed to training the next generation of Togolese scientists, he teaches public health and research methodology, and since 2018 has mentored more than 50 students and physicians in their research work. He is Secretary General of RASNUT and chairs the boards of Givers for Health and INCLUSIVE.
His work has been recognized internationally, notably through the Mandela Washington Fellowship, the Falling Walls Lab, the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the YALI/USAID program.