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Senior-led. Specialist. Present throughout.
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Executive Leadership
Credentials
MSc Global Health Policy
University of Edinburgh, 2022
MBBS
University of Malawi, 2015
Dr. Benjamin Azariah Mosiwa is a systems strategist and institutional reform advisor with over a decade of senior experience working inside Malawi's health system and across African development institutions. He founded Astellic in October 2025 to provide the kind of grounded, intellectually rigorous advisory that the development sector consistently lacks.
10+
Years in African systems
9+
Countries engaged
4
Peer-reviewed publications
Full Biography
Dr. Benjamin Azariah Mosiwa is a systems strategist and institutional reform advisor with over a decade of senior experience working inside Malawi's health system and across African development institutions. He founded Astellic in October 2025 to provide the kind of grounded, intellectually rigorous advisory that the development sector consistently lacks: counsel that is embedded in institutional reality, not detached from it.
His career spans clinical practice at a major public referral hospital, government-embedded programme management in direct partnership with the Ministry of Health and Population, institutional policy research across four African countries, and global-level policy advisory at a leading international health organisation. This progression across the full evidence-to-delivery chain — from system-level clinical work to executive policy leadership — is rare. It produces a quality of diagnostic insight that most advisory firms cannot replicate.
He has designed and overseen the evaluation of complex, multi-country programmes; built adaptive MERL systems for donor-funded initiatives; advised governments on health financing frameworks and UHC planning; and supported evidence-to-policy translation processes for mental health, primary health care, and health system reform. He has worked embedded within the institutional machinery he now advises on — which means he understands why well-designed programmes fail, where data quality breaks down, and what implementation readiness actually requires in African public systems.
He has engaged directly with FCDO, USAID implementing partners, WHO, UNICEF, WFP, Gavi, and the Global Fund — supporting reform initiatives, contributing peer-reviewed research, and co-authoring policy publications that have reached health ministries and multilateral organisations across the region. His work has been presented at international health systems conferences in Japan, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
As Founder and CEO, Dr. Mosiwa is present throughout every Astellic engagement — from diagnostic design through to learning integration. The senior expertise does not disappear after the proposal is signed.
Geographic Reach
9+ African countries + United Kingdom
Malawi · Kenya · Nigeria · Zambia · Ethiopia · South Africa · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Japan (global engagement)
Methodological Specialisations
The methods through which Dr. Mosiwa produces analytically rigorous, operationally actionable results.
Adaptive MERL
Real-time monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning system design for complex programmes operating in dynamic contexts.
Data Quality Assurance
Verification frameworks, internal audit protocols, and DQA systems for donor-funded programmes and government data infrastructure.
Political Economy Analysis
Institutional incentive mapping, reform feasibility assessment, and stakeholder landscape analysis informing programme strategy.
Health Systems Analysis
Financing diagnostics, service delivery assessments, and PHC systems strengthening grounded in MoH institutional realities.
Programme Evaluation
Formative, summative, and impact evaluations across health, governance, and social systems — theory of change to results synthesis.
Institutional Diagnostics
Organisational assessments, capacity gap analysis, and reform readiness diagnostics for government ministries and implementing organisations.
Career History
October 2025 — Present
Founder & CEO
Astellic
Founded Astellic to provide the kind of institutionally grounded, evidence-to-delivery advisory that the African development sector consistently lacks. Leads all research, evaluation, and advisory engagements directly — including health systems financing diagnostics, adaptive MERL system design, data quality frameworks, and programme evaluations across multiple African contexts. Directs partnership strategy, business development, and quality assurance for the firm's full portfolio.
December 2025 — Present
Policy Advisor
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences / African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI)
Supports AMARI's multi-country policy translation work — bridging clinical research evidence and national mental health policy reform processes across Malawi, Ethiopia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Advises on evidence synthesis, policy brief development, stakeholder engagement strategy, and the design of policy translation pathways that move research findings into actionable government and donor commitments.
January 2025 — September 2025
Senior Manager, Policy & Advocacy
VillageReach (Global)
Directed VillageReach's global policy and advocacy function, covering primary health care systems, immunisation programme policy, digital health governance, and health financing strategy. Led the development of the organisation's 2025 flagship policy publication — a practical guide on building responsive primary health care systems for policymakers — disseminated across African health ministries, donor networks, and multilateral organisations. Engaged FCDO, USAID, WHO, and Gavi on policy positioning, programme design inputs, and advocacy strategy.
January 2023 — December 2024
Research & Policy Associate
African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP)
Conducted applied health financing research and led government capacity building engagements across Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia. Designed and delivered structured learning programmes for Ministry of Health officials on health financing frameworks, benefit package costing, public financial management, and UHC planning systems. Produced policy reports and evidence briefs directly informing donor-funded health reform programmes and national health sector plans.
2017 — 2021
Director of Programs and Strategy
Facilitators of Community Transformation (FACT), Malawi
Led FACT Malawi's health systems and digital health portfolio in direct institutional partnership with the Ministry of Health and Population. Oversaw full programme design, monitoring and evaluation, adaptive management, and stakeholder coordination across multiple USAID and FCDO-supported initiatives. Directed the integration of digital health tools into primary care delivery systems — including community health worker platforms and facility-level data systems — navigating the institutional, political, and implementation realities of the MoH environment from the inside.
2015 — 2017
Medical Officer
Ministry of Health — Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre
Clinical practice at Malawi's largest public referral hospital, providing acute care across internal medicine, paediatrics, and emergency settings. Contributed simultaneously to health system quality improvement initiatives — gaining first-hand, institutional-level insight into the data systems failures, human resource constraints, supply chain fragility, and governance barriers that characterise high-burden public systems. This clinical-institutional foundation underpins the diagnostic precision that defines his advisory practice.
Prior Consultancy Engagements
Full profile & CV at azariahmosiwa.com →The following engagements were completed by Dr. Mosiwa as an independent consultant or in a principal advisory role, prior to founding Astellic. They form the direct professional foundation for Astellic's advisory practice.
Mar 2026 – May 2026
Malawi
Policy Evaluation for Faith-Based SRHR Programming
Norwegian Church Aid / DanChurchAid
Evaluated the policy environment for faith-based organisations delivering SRHR services, mapping institutional barriers, stakeholder incentives, and reform entry points for advocacy strategy.
Dec 2025 – Mar 2026
Malawi
Sub-National District Implementation Planning — HSSP III
Ministry of Health, Malawi
Led sub-national costing and implementation planning for Malawi's Health Sector Strategic Plan III, translating national priorities into district-level operational frameworks aligned with MoH financing realities.
Nov 2024 – Apr 2025
Malawi
Midline Evaluation — Sondra Smalley Project
Mothers2Mothers
Conducted a midline evaluation of a community-based PMTCT and maternal health programme, assessing reach, quality of service delivery, and adaptive learning mechanisms against the theory of change.
Oct 2024 – Mar 2025
Malawi
Baseline Assessment — READY+ Programme
Frontline AIDS
Established baseline for a multi-country programme supporting key population-led HIV responses, designing the measurement framework, data collection instruments, and learning architecture for the programme cycle.
Oct 2024 – Dec 2024
Malawi
National Market Intelligence Analysis — HIV & TB Commodities
KELIN Kenya / CHeRA / ITPC Global
Produced a national market intelligence report mapping commodity availability, procurement channels, pricing dynamics, and supply chain vulnerabilities for priority HIV and TB products — informing regional advocacy and procurement strategy.
Apr 2024 – Jan 2025
Malawi
Family Planning–Primary Health Care Integration Assessment
Palladium / USAID PROPEL Health
Assessed the institutional and operational readiness for integrating family planning services into primary health care platforms, including supply chain, human resource, and health information system dimensions.
Nov 2023 – Feb 2024
Malawi
Endline Evaluation — HIV & Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme
World Education Inc.
Led the endline evaluation of a USAID-funded HIV and SRH programme, assessing outcome-level results against the theory of change and synthesising learning for programme closure and donor reporting.
Nov 2022 – Jan 2023
Malawi
Baseline Assessment — HIV & Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme
World Education Inc.
Designed and conducted the programme baseline, establishing performance benchmarks, data quality standards, and the adaptive monitoring framework for the full programme cycle.
2022 – 2023
Malawi
Total Market Approach Assessment for Condom Programming
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences / UNAIDS
Mapped the full condom market — public, social, and commercial sectors — assessing segmentation, distribution reach, pricing gaps, and the conditions required for a coordinated total market approach.
2022 – 2023
Malawi
Blantyre HIV Prevention Strategy
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences / Gates Foundation
Contributed to the development of a city-level HIV prevention strategy for Blantyre, analysing epidemiological data, programme coverage gaps, and implementation bottlenecks to inform strategic prioritisation.
Mar 2022 – Aug 2022
Zambia
Community Health Systems Strengthening
On Call Africa
Assessed community health worker deployment, supervision structures, and data reporting systems in Zambia, identifying institutional strengthening priorities for programme scale-up.
Mar 2020 – Jun 2020
Malawi
Policy and Prison Health Assessment — TB and Drug-Resistant TB
Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)
Conducted a legal, policy, and health systems assessment of TB and DRTB management in prison settings, documenting rights gaps, clinical care failures, and reform recommendations for litigation and advocacy use.
Selected Publications
Peer-reviewed article
Gender-Equitable Access to Tuberculosis Care and Prevention in Malawi
World Medical & Health Policy, 17(3), 306–318
Policy report
Building the Foundations for Responsive Primary Health Care: A Practical Guide for Policymakers
VillageReach Policy Report
Policy report
Market Intelligence Analysis for Priority HIV and TB Products in Malawi
KELIN Kenya
Peer-reviewed article
Emerging Public Health Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malawi
Public Health Challenges, 1, e40
Conferences & Presentations
Botswana
HELINA Conference
Digital health governance, data systems readiness, and implementation constraints in Sub-Saharan African health systems.
Japan
Global Symposium for Health Systems Research
Health financing reforms and evidence-to-policy translation across African health systems.
Zimbabwe
AFREhealth Conference
Health system resilience, emerging public health challenges, and institutional response capacity during the COVID-19 period.
Institutional Partnerships & Engagements
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