Guild Digital Foundation did not start life out as such. We are a case of resilience and grit, pivoting as necessary, ensuring the mission of our founders stays at the center of our journey. So how did we start?
2018
At the start of the year, Brian and Edgar get together, and birth Olympia and Associates – a desire to use technology to affect labor and employment practices for group factory workers, through a digital profiling solution to increase their employability and accurate documentation. Adhoc technology consulting opportunities continue to become available, but neither truly gather momentum to launch as a product
2019
Early access to the CHT offers a first opportunity to adapt the platform for Lifenet International to support NCDs work in Greater Masaka area, covering 13 health facilities; and reaching more than 2000 clients with monthly SMS in English and Luganda. This is truly the first seed planted into the opportunities of a technical partner profile
2020
At the height of the pandemic, Olympia & Associates slows down its operations, and effectively shuts down offices, joining in the rest of the world to focus on health.
We stayed home. Wore our masks. The power of technology allowing us to remain plugged into what was important around the world, while enjoying time with dear ones.
2021
Olympia & Associates reconstitutes a partnership with Agnes Kabalyanga and this gives birth to Guild Digital Solutions. Some of the previous staff and volunteers join and are simultaneously working on various CHIS projects in Uganda, supporting various partners with deployment work in West Nile, Buikwe, Lamwo and Ntungamo districts.
2021 Q4
Guild Digital successfully partners with Africa Humanitarian Action, to pilot a CHT powered CHMIS in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement. The pilot targets 27 VHTS and achieves success leading to the launch of a scale up project with UNHCR in 13 settlements in Uganda.
2023
Guild Digital Solutions makes it to the final continental publication list for Digital Health Entrepreneurs (DHE) published by PATH and Digital Square, receiving funding and a mandate to work on Supervision using the CHT. We are incredibly proud of the external recognition for our team, who have undergone rigorous capacity building from Medic and have worked incredibly hard over an extended period to ensure we consistently meet the needs of our partners who prefer their solutions built off the CHT. Additional partnerships and recognition from Pierre Fabre Foundation, Dovetail Foundation and the Healthtech Hub spur Guild into renewed work on the Theory of Change. The transformation to Guild Digital Foundation is sparked.
2024 – Date
Guild Digital pursues formal re-registation as Guild Digital Foundation; a technology not-for-profit working in the Humanitarian sector in Uganda.