Transparency
What is promised must be visible to everyone with a stake in the outcome — donors, partners, field teams, and beneficiaries. No information asymmetry, no hidden state.
The people and purpose behind the promise.
Amana was built on a simple conviction — every person in need deserves to receive exactly what was promised to them, without dilution, delay, or doubt.
"We believe aid is a promise — and a promise kept is dignity restored. Amana exists to make that promise impossible to break."
The word Amana means trust, faithfulness, and keeping a sacred responsibility. It is the standard we hold ourselves to, and the standard we build our technology around.
Why we exist
The humanitarian aid sector moves billions of dollars every year. Yet by the time resources travel through donors, intermediaries, logistics partners, and local distributors, a significant share is lost to leakage, duplication, and opacity. The people who need the aid most are the last to know — and the least able to push back.
We started Amana because we had seen this failure up close. Not in a spreadsheet, but in communities where school feeding programmes ran dry mid-term, where medical supplies signed off in Nairobi never arrived in the field, and where donors had no mechanism to ask why.
Technology alone doesn't fix broken systems. But shared, immutable records of what was promised, what moved, and what was received — put in the hands of everyone in the chain — make it far harder for the system to fail quietly.
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Of aid resources lost before reaching beneficiaries in fragile contexts
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Intermediary touchpoints in a typical aid corridor
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People supported by programmes running on Amana
Our values
Three principles shape every design decision, every partnership conversation, and every line of code we write.
Dignity
Aid is not charity dispensed from above — it is a right being fulfilled. Every system we build centres the dignity of the person receiving support, not the convenience of those providing it.
Accountability
When records are immutable and shared, responsibility follows naturally. We design for accountability at every handoff, so there is never a gap in the chain of responsibility.
Who we are
Two founders, one mission — building technology that keeps the promise of aid.
Bhakita Ismail
Co-founder & CEO
Drives strategy, operations, and field partnerships at Amana. Bhakita brings deep experience in humanitarian programming and a relentless focus on reaching the last mile — ensuring the platform stays grounded in the communities it serves.
Deon Orina Nyabwengi
Co-founder & CTO
CEO of Ardena, a mobility company, and tech lead at Stellar East Africa. Deon brings systems architecture, engineering leadership, and a proven track record of building technology that scales across African markets. He leads Amana's platform, data infrastructure, and product vision.
Ready to build a more accountable aid system?
Whether you are a donor seeking traceability, an NGO looking for a shared operational backbone, or a logistics partner wanting to reduce reconciliation overhead — Amana is built for you.