AKH was born from a practical observation shaped by its founder’s leadership experience: complex health-sector challenges were often addressed through external expertise, even though a deep understanding of institutions, markets, operating constraints and implementation realities is essential to designing solutions that can work.
The point was never to oppose local and international expertise. It was to combine the best of both: contextual intelligence, the most relevant expertise wherever it is located, and a standard of rigour and delivery comparable with the strongest advisory practices.
Experience across the pharmaceutical industry and the leadership of a National Central Medical Store reinforced another conviction: health systems cannot perform sustainably by treating public and private actors as separate worlds. Public institutions, private providers and manufacturers, and development partners are interdependent. Their alignment matters for access, quality, performance and resilience.
AKH has therefore evolved beyond its founding ambition on access. Today, it works to strengthen systems, transform institutions, professionalise critical functions, connect stakeholders and build solutions that can continue to deliver after the assignment ends.
Do what is right. And do it responsibly.
We act with ethics, independence, transparency and accountability. Our recommendations are grounded in facts, a fair reading of the issues and professional standards. Trust is built through consistency between what we believe, what we recommend and what we do.
Make the best our standard. Make every detail count.
We go to the end of the question. Rigour, precision, depth of analysis and attention to detail shape our work from the “why” to the “how”, from thinking to execution, and from substance to presentation. We aim to deliver work that we and our partners can stand behind with pride.
Dare to think differently. Dare to do differently.
We challenge ready-made answers when the context calls for another path. We connect disciplines, experiences, technologies and perspectives to design solutions that are genuinely fit for purpose.
Challenge the status quo. Create a difference that matters.
We turn expertise and experience into decisions, capabilities and concrete action. An assignment has value only if it helps improve an institution, a system, access to quality products or services, and ultimately outcomes for people.
Build today what will still work tomorrow.
We think beyond the life of the assignment from day one. Ownership, capability strengthening, governance, financing and continuity are built into our approach so that results can endure beyond the project, the funding cycle and our own presence.
Dr Anne-Maryse K’Habore
A pharmacist by training, Dr Anne-Maryse K’HABORE brings more than fifteen years of experience across the pharmaceutical industry, public-sector leadership, regional governance and health advisory work. She held leadership roles in international pharmaceutical companies before serving as Director General of Burkina Faso’s CAMEG, the country’s National Central Medical Store, and later held regional leadership responsibilities within the African network of Central Medical Stores.
This cross-sector experience informs AKH’s ability to connect strategy, institutions, markets and execution.
