Khalid Hashi (2022)

Founder and CEO at OGOW Health
Khalid Hashi is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of OGOW Health, an award-winning tech start-up dedicated to improving health outcomes by harnessing the power of data and technology.
Khalid was inspired to innovate after his first trip to Somalia, where he met his grandmother for the first time and had a firsthand encounter with the condition of healthcare services in the country.
Since then, the innovative solution has gone on to win global innovation challenges and is backed by: IDEO, Google, Fund for Innovation and Transformation and Gates Health.
The OGOW Health platform has been adopted by leading international organizations and Governments to strengthen maternal, newborn and child health interventions.
In 2021, Khalid was shortlisted as a Semi-Finalist for the Global Citizen Prize: Leadership Award and in 2020 was recognized by Alberta Council for Global Cooperation on their “30 under 30” list featuring 30 exceptional recipients for their inspiring work.