# Ernest Moyo > Epidemiologist and Health Data Scientist | Bayesian malaria mapping and AI for health in Africa Epidemiologist and health data scientist with 15 years in data, analytics and digital systems, nine of them in public health with ministries of health across Southern and East Africa. I work across the full life of a model inside a health system: data engineering, Bayesian and machine-learning modelling, validation, implementation and governance. Research Scientist with the Malaria Atlas Project (East Africa node, Ifakara Health Institute), PhD researcher in applied mathematics at NM-AIST, and Co-Founder and CEO of 7Square Inc. (founded 2021), which builds AI agents and decision platforms for African institutions. I trained as an actuary before moving into public health. - Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (East Africa). Nationality: Zimbabwean. - Email: ernestmoyo35@gmail.com - Website: https://ernestmoyo.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernest-moyo-96aa3813/ - GitHub: https://github.com/ernestmoyo - ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0295-2805 - Machine-readable CV (JSON Resume): https://ernestmoyo.com/cv.json ## Experience ### Co-Founder and CEO, 7Square Inc. 2021 – present · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania African AI and digital-transformation company building AI agents, decision platforms and data systems for governments, NGOs and companies. - Ships AI-enabled software, LLM agents used in daily operations, and decision dashboards for clients in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia and the wider SADC region. - Builds agent-native research tooling, including an MCP server for Malaria Atlas Project data. ### Member, Artificial Intelligence Technical Advisory Committees, Namibia Mar 2026 – present · Windhoek, Namibia Contributes to Namibia's National AI Strategy, leading on data governance, data quality, access and interoperability. ### Literature Review Consultant, Climate x Fungal Disease programme, University of Oxford (NDM / Big Data Institute) and Wellcome Trust May 2026 – present · Remote Co-designs the inclusion criteria, search strategy (PRISMA 2020 / PROSPERO) and an LLM-assisted screening workflow for a systematic review on climate and fungal disease. - Screened 3,101 records at stage 1; dual-screening agreement with a second reviewer was 89.5% (Cohen's kappa 0.77). ### AI Consultant, NGS Engineering Solutions Jun 2025 – present · Johannesburg, South Africa (remote) Designed the NGS AI Readiness Audit and its online diagnostic. - Five-dimension, 1-to-5 maturity model mapped to the NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 and the EU AI Act. - 2026: facilitation team for an AI programme for young entrepreneurs at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), South Africa. ### Research Scientist, Malaria Atlas Project, East Africa node (Ifakara Health Institute) Jan 2025 – present · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Builds Bayesian and machine-learning models (Gaussian-process, geostatistical, spatio-temporal) that combine household surveys, DHIS2 routine data, entomological and satellite data into malaria risk maps. - Supervises a team of five. ### Consultant, Malaria Treatment Market Research, Market Access Africa Aug 2024 – Dec 2024 · Tanzania Country-level analysis of malaria treatment markets and stakeholder influence pathways across governments, national malaria programmes, regulators and financing bodies. ### Senior Data Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute (host), NTD Modelling Consortium project with PAMCA and the University of Oxford Feb 2024 – Jul 2025 · Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Hosted by Ifakara Health Institute on a Neglected Tropical Diseases Modelling Consortium project run with the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) and the University of Oxford. Built predictive models for malaria and NTD elimination. - Designed and led the build of MosquitoDB, a vector-surveillance database, and its web decision-support tools. - Supervised a team of five. ### Regional Epidemiologist, Southern Africa, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) Jul 2021 – Dec 2025 · Windhoek, Namibia Staff epidemiologist from July 2021 to March 2024, then consultant to December 2025. - Led malaria risk stratification and transmission-driver analyses in Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa, with the Malaria Atlas Project and Swiss TPH. - Designed national malaria data-use strategies for Namibia and Zimbabwe, and designed and piloted focus investigations in Namibia. - Led malaria programme reviews in Namibia and Zimbabwe; supported Global Fund funding requests for Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola. - Supervised a team of eight. ### Head of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Delta Philanthropies and Higherlife Foundation Jun 2019 – Jun 2021 · Harare, Zimbabwe Ran monitoring and evaluation across Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Kenya and Burundi for rural transformation, education, WASH, nutrition, public health and disaster-relief programmes. - Led the UNICEF Spotlight Initiative baseline on violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe (2019-2020). - Managed 8 to 12 staff across four countries. ### Programme Officer, Malaria Elimination, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), with the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe Jun 2017 – Jun 2019 · Matabeleland, Zimbabwe - Led Zimbabwe's first national rollout of DHIS2 Tracker for malaria case and focus investigation. - Developed surveillance indicators and mapping guidelines; the focus-investigation guidelines were later adopted by other countries. - Trained health staff from provincial to ward level. ### Group Business Analyst, TTCS Global (SAP Gold Partner) Feb 2011 – Jun 2017 · Southern Africa Business-intelligence dashboards and analytics for clients in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Zambia and Malawi. ### Trainee Actuary, Quantum Consultancy and Actuaries Aug 2008 – Sep 2009 · Zimbabwe Pension valuations and reserve calculations. ## Education - **PhD (in progress), Applied Mathematics and Computational Science**, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) (2025 – present) - Thesis: high-resolution malaria risk mapping with Bayesian and machine-learning methods (EpiWave framework). Vector Atlas scholarship; supervised by Prof. Nick Golding. - **MSc, Biostatistics and Epidemiology**, Midlands State University (2020) - **BCom (Honours), Actuarial Science**, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Zimbabwe (2010) ## Publications - High-resolution spatio-temporal risk mapping for malaria in Namibia: a comprehensive analysis. *Malaria Journal*, Oct 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-024-05103-w - Exploring the application of immunotherapy against HIV infection in the setting of malignancy: a detailed review article. *International Immunopharmacology*, Apr 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intimp.2022.108580 - Economic Openness: Zimbabwe Case Study and Roadmap. *Legatum Institute, Africa Prosperity Programme*, 2020. https://www.prosperity.com/media-publications/economic-openness-zimbabwe-case-study/ ## Selected projects - **map-agent**: MCP server that lets Claude Code query Malaria Atlas Project data (prevalence, incidence, interventions, vectors) in natural language. Independent project, not an official MAP product. https://github.com/ernestmoyo/map-agent - **EpiWave force-of-infection model**: Two-stage malaria force-of-infection framework: a mechanistic Ross-Macdonald model with Bayesian calibration in greta. Core of the PhD. https://github.com/ernestmoyo/epiwave-foi-model - **Sefer**: A discovery, naming and trust layer for AI agents: DNS for agents, sitting above MCP, A2A and HTTP. https://github.com/ernestmoyo/sefer - **SIRS: SADC Impact Risk Studio**: Disaster-risk decision prototype built on the INFORM Subnational Risk Model, presented to the SADC Disaster Risk Reduction Unit and partners in February 2026 (simulated data). https://github.com/ernestmoyo/sirs - **LegiWatch**: AI legislative-intelligence platform for Zimbabwe: track parliamentary bills, search ten years of publications and ask questions about legislation. https://github.com/ernestmoyo/legiwatch - **WardPulse**: Ward-level service-delivery intelligence for 78 wards across Harare, Chitungwiza and Epworth, Zimbabwe. https://github.com/ernestmoyo/wardpulse - **Pharmacogenomics Made Simple**: Turns raw laboratory genomic results into actionable, personalised medication reports for physicians, with deprescribing support. https://github.com/ernestmoyo/pharmacogenomics-made-simple - **MosquitoDB**: Continental vector-surveillance database and decision-support tools built for the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association. - **Zimbabwe national DHIS2 Tracker rollout for malaria**: Led the country's first national DHIS2 Tracker rollout for malaria case and focus investigation, with CHAI and the Ministry of Health and Child Care. ## Talks and recognition - Oral presentation accepted, ASTMH Annual Meeting 2026 (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Nov 2026) - Poster, ASTMH Annual Meeting 2025 (Toronto) (American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Nov 2025) - Participant, 'Built with Opus 4.7' hackathon (Anthropic, Apr 2026) ## Fellowships and service - Fellow, Legatum Institute, Africa Prosperity Programme (Oct 2019 – Jun 2021) - Expert Advisory Group member, Vector Atlas - Former Southern Africa representative, Young and Emerging Evaluators, African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) - Zimbabwe Coordinator, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN) ## Training - Introduction to Mathematical Models of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London (Sep 2026) - Malaria Atlas Project Train-the-Trainer, Malaria Atlas Project (2025) - DHIS2 Implementation and Management, Ministry of Health and Child Care Zimbabwe / CHAI (2018) - SAP Business Analytics and Intelligence, SAP (2017) ## Skills - **Bayesian and spatial modelling**: Gaussian processes, geostatistics, small-area estimation, force of infection, malaria risk stratification, greta, Stan, INLA, PyMC - **Epidemiology and public health**: malaria elimination, neglected tropical diseases, surveillance, programme evaluation, systematic review (PRISMA), health financing - **AI and agents**: LLM agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), retrieval and tool use, clinical decision support, AI readiness and governance (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) - **Data engineering**: R, Python, SQL, PostgreSQL / PostGIS, ETL and APIs, Docker, Git, Quarto - **Health information systems**: DHIS2 (Tracker), ODK, KoboToolbox, SurveyCTO - **Geospatial**: QGIS, ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine, remote-sensing covariates ## Languages English (full professional), Shona (native), Kiswahili (professional working), Portuguese (elementary) ## Countries worked in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda ## Open to - Modelling, data science and AI roles in global health, multilaterals and technology companies - Consultancies in malaria analytics, NTDs and digital health - Advisory roles on AI strategy and governance in Africa - Speaking on AI agents for science and public health _Last updated 2026-11-01. 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