Two words started Everything.
Heyrafiki exists so Finding and Funding the Right Support is no longer Confusing, Costly or Lonely. For People, and for the Practitioners who carry them.
We began with a text from a friend., a search for the Right Therapist., weeks spent listening to Practitioners., a decision to build the road.
“Hey Rafiki.”
At his lowest, our founder Daniel received a text from a friend. Two words: “Hey Rafiki.”
Hey, friend.
It arrived on time, from someone who knew him, and it asked for nothing. It changed the direction of a very hard season.
We named the company after that moment, because that is what we are building: the Right Help, arriving on time.
The Problem Found Him Twice
Studying in Europe, Daniel could not find a Therapist who fit him: his Language, his Story, his Budget. Back home in Kenya, the same wall stood taller. Where do you start? Which tools exist? Who is Licensed and Real? What does it cost, and why is that a secret until the invoice?
Good Care existed in both places. Reaching it was the hard part.
Weeks on the Inside
Daniel went to a wellness centre the way anyone does: to seek Help and understand his own Wellbeing. He stayed for weeks, and working alongside the Experts caring for him, he started seeing the other side of the wall.
The same Practitioners holding everyone together were themselves buried: scattered tools, unpaid invoices, midnight messages across five apps. The People needed a way in. The Practitioners needed a way through. Nobody was building the road between them.
So We Are Building the Road
Heyrafiki is the Infrastructure that Runs Underneath: Matching, Sessions, Notes, Payments, Benefits and Insurance, connected into One Private Ecosystem, built Open Source so the whole Sector can inspect it, extend it and hold it accountable.
We started in Kenya, because the need for accessible Care is real here, and Infrastructure that works here can scale anywhere. We are building for the Next Billion.
The story continues with the People we serve.
A note from our Team
We're born 
to experience, dance, love, be alive, create things that make the world a better place