Health Care Africa

The wide smile and easy demeanor of Stephanie Koczela is quite disarming. However, her drive, passion and determination to change the face of healthcare in some of Nairobi’s highly populated, low-income areas shines through, as you engage with her and meet her teams at the company’s medical centres around Nairobi.

We meet for the first time with Stephanie at her company’s head office, located not far from Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, and the discussions start in earnest about Penda Health – the firm she helped co-found and has been running since 2012 – and many other issues of the time, such as the raging Covid-19 pandemic.

Attentive and engaging, Stephanie comes out as a leader who is truly passionate about the important role a functional healthcare system can contribute to better the lives of individuals and families in Kenya.

Having spent most of her early years in social impact projects in developing countries and Kenya in particular, Stephanie clearly embodies her company Penda Health’s mantra of providing healthcare that each patient can trust, with love at the core of each team member at the company, beginning with herself.