Hi everyone, I’m Samuel Mutua, a Clinical Prosthetist & Orthotist passionate about rehabilitation, healthcare innovation, and improving access to assistive technology in Africa.

I’m also building Orthopaedic Technology Network (OTN), a growing community connecting students, clinicians, professionals, researchers, and innovators in prosthetics, orthotics and rehabilitation.

I’m here to learn, connect, collaborate, and explore opportunities that can help turn ideas in African healthcare into meaningful, scalable impact. Looking forward to meeting you all!

Let's connect 🦾

Welcome to the forum Samuel! Wish you the very best, interesting work!

11 hours ago, James said:

Welcome to the forum Samuel! Wish you the very best, interesting work!

Thank you, Sir James! I really appreciate the warm welcome.

I’m hoping the work I’m starting today will be something much bigger in the days to come. Looking forward to learning, contributing, and connecting with everyone here. Any advice, insights will be highly appreciated. Any questions I need to respond to I'm more than happy to respond to as well.

Thank you.

Welcome to the Community Samuel! Great to have you here.

OTN sounds like an interesting space.

What do you see as the biggest challenge right now, access, cost, or connecting the right people? And what are you hoping to build through the network?

On 31/08/2026 at 07:48, Daniel Hastings said:

Welcome to the Community Samuel! Great to have you here.

OTN sounds like an interesting space.

What do you see as the biggest challenge right now, access, cost, or connecting the right peopleThanks, Daniel. I’d say the biggest challenge is access—access to the right knowledge, opportunities, technology, and people, rather than simply cost. Through OTN, I’m hoping to build a stronger African rehabilitation ecosystem by connecting the right people, sharing knowledge, encouraging innovation, and creating opportunities that can ultimately improve patient access and outcomes.

On 31/08/2026 at 07:48, Daniel Hastings said:

Welcome to the Community Samuel! Great to have you here.

OTN sounds like an interesting space.

What do you see as the biggest challenge right now, access, cost, or connecting the right people? And what are you hoping to build through the network?

Thanks, Daniel. I’d say the biggest challenge is access—access to the right knowledge, opportunities, technology, and people, rather than simply cost. Through OTN, I’m hoping to build a stronger African rehabilitation ecosystem by connecting the right people, sharing knowledge, encouraging innovation, and creating opportunities that can ultimately improve patient access and outcomes.

Thanks, Daniel. I’d say the biggest challenge is access: access to the right knowledge, opportunities, technology, and people, rather than simply cost. Through OTN, I’m hoping to build a stronger African rehabilitation ecosystem by connecting the right people, sharing knowledge, encouraging innovation, and creating opportunities that can ultimately improve patient access and outcomes.

On 31/08/2026 at 07:48, Daniel Hastings said:

Welcome to the Community Samuel! Great to have you here.

OTN sounds like an interesting space.

What do you see as the biggest challenge right now, access, cost, or connecting the right people? And what are you hoping to build through the network?

Thanks, Daniel. I’d say the biggest challenge is access: access to the right knowledge, opportunities, technology, and people, rather than simply cost. Through OTN, I’m hoping to build a stronger African rehabilitation ecosystem by connecting the right people, sharing knowledge, encouraging innovation, and creating opportunities that can ultimately improve patient access and outcomes.