A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Masters of Science in Embedded and Mobile Systems of the Nelson Mandela African
Institution of Science and Technology
Health services play an important role of assisting people who seek medical attention within
the society. It can be argued that a healthy society can bring forth sustainable economic
development to its full potential while an unhealthy society cannot. However, a free movement
of people, labor and right to residence which was built across East Africa (EA) borders enabled
Tanzania and Kenya borders to have enormous interactions. Subsequently, increase the risk of
highly communicable diseases such as Tuberculosis and Sexually transmitted infections in
such a way that medical attention is unavoidable along the borders. The evolution of
smartphones and propagation of mobile applications (App) in 1990s have marked new
opportunities for healthcare centers and medical education. Statistically, Android Operating
System (OS) owns 83% of Africa’s mobile OS market. In addition, Tanzania Communications
Regulatory Authority (TCRA) and Kenya Digital have reported over 25.79 million and 22.86
million of internet users respectively, which is equivalent to 46% and 43% of internet
penetration year 2020. This discloses the need for Android Mobile Application in order to
improve access to health services and related-information both online and offline using Swahili
and English language and integrate it with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tool to monitor
the most requested viewed content and measures change over time on existing health facilities
to citizens and residents that travel across Kenya and Tanzania borders. The developed system
received positive feedback from EA citizens and residents where 90.2% of the system
evaluation conducted agreed upon App usage.