Melissa is a social entrepreneur who has worked on a variety of double and triple bottom line businesses. She is Founder and CEO of Access Afya, a low-cost health care enterprise working on data driven primary care models for the informal sector. Melissa is working on creating and growing the Digital Blacksmiths network with techfortrade, a UK based charity working at the intersection of technology and economic development. Digital Blacksmiths are part of a network of community makers using modern prototyping techniques to design and sell products for hyper-local and global markets. She currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya.