William Mapham

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vula Medical

William Mapham is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vula Medical.

Vula Medical, formerly Vula Mobile, is an app that connects nurses and general doctors with on-call specialists, mainly to spare rural patients long referral journeys. It was named South Africa's 2025 app of the year at the FNB App of the Year Awards.

In the job

  1. Vula Medical took top honours at the FNB App of the Year Awards as the 2025 app of the year. Source

Career before

  1. Ophthalmologist, volunteering at the Vula Emehlo Eye Clinic in Swaziland

Sources

  1. techcentral.co.za
  2. startupmag.co.za
  3. itweb.co.za
  4. bizcommunity.com

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