techies without borders

What techies without borders does

Techies Without Borders (TWB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2016 and headquartered in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, that develops and deploys technology-enabled continuing medical education for healthcare providers in resource-challenged countries. The organization's core product is the CMES (Continuing Medical Education System) platform, which delivers CME content through three coordinated modalities: CMES-Pi, a Raspberry Pi-based portable device for facilities with intermittent connectivity; CMES USB, a $40 thumb drive pre-loaded with medical content for fully offline use; and a CMES mobile app for on-the-go learning. CME content is sourced from EMRAP, and the platform is positioned specifically for environments where internet access is unavailable or unreliable, with deployments documented in Uganda, Botswana, India, Brazil, Haiti, Nepal, the Dominican Republic, and St. Lucia.

TWB operates a partnership-led distribution model: the organization relies on medical NGOs — including Timmy Global Health, Global Emergency Care, DevelopingEM, and Possible Health — to handle in-country device deployment and clinician training, while Microsoft and Dataplicity serve as technology sponsors. Revenue is generated entirely through donations and charitable contributions from individuals, corporations, and grant-making organizations, processed via PayPal and check; the organization states that 100% of donated amounts are allocated to projects and related expenses. The founder team — Dr. Manoj Thomas (President), Dr. Debra Stoner (Medical Director), and Dr. Yan Li (Idea and Concept Developer) — combines academic information-systems expertise with emergency medicine practice, and the board includes additional academics and nonprofit management professionals. The organization operates under a 2023-2027 Strategic Plan targeting five world regions and holds the GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency.

Name

techies without borders

Legal name

Techies Without Borders

Website

https://techieswithoutborders.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Techies Without Borders is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that builds and deploys the CMES platform — a Raspberry Pi-based medical education system delivering offline CME content to healthcare providers in resource-challenged countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education Technology

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• Medical education technology
• Offline healthcare training
• Continuing medical education
• Health information systems
• Medical e-learning platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Northumberland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, TWB generates revenue through donations from individuals, corporations, and grant-making organizations. The organization states that 100% of donated amounts are allotted to projects and related expenses, with payment fees covered by TWB.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Techies Without Borders is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that develops and deploys the CMES (Continuing Medical Education System) platform to deliver medical education content to healthcare providers in resource-challenged countries. The offering combines a Raspberry Pi-based offline device (CMES-Pi), USB-loaded content (CMES USB), a mobile app (CMES Mobile App), and a podcast series (ID4U) so clinicians can access medical updates regardless of internet availability.

Product overview

Techies Without Borders operates a unified digital health education platform called CMES (Continuing Medical Education System), which consists of multiple delivery mechanisms designed for resource-challenged environments. The core CMES platform serves as the central hub for medical education content, while the CMES-Pi (Raspberry Pi-based system) provides offline-capable infrastructure for remote clinics. Supporting the platform are CMES USB modules for areas with no internet connectivity and the CMES Mobile App for on-the-go learning. The portfolio is unified by the common goal of delivering medical updates to underserved healthcare professionals, with different products addressing different connectivity scenarios.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CMES (Continuing Medical Education System) A digital platform that delivers the latest medical updates and continuing medical education content to healthcare professionals in resource-challenged countries, supporting both online and offline access modalities.
• CMES-Pi Device A Raspberry Pi-based portable system that delivers medical education content to remote and rural areas with limited or no internet connectivity; supports USB deployment, offline access, and local content management for healthcare facilities.
• CMES USB USB-based delivery of medical education content designed for very remote and rural areas where internet access is unavailable; thumb drives are pre-loaded with medical updates and lectures.
• CMES Mobile App A mobile application that enables healthcare professionals to access medical education content on-the-go during commutes, delivering the latest medical updates straight to their devices.
• ID4U - Infectious Disease Podcasts A podcast series for users of the CMES program, providing infectious disease education content in audio format.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivery of medical updates to healthcare providers in Uganda, Nepal, Dominica Republic, and St. Lucia
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Timmy Global HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that trains doctors on CMES-Pi app usage. TWB works with Timmy Global Health to deploy medical education technology in their partner clinics in developing countries.
• Global Emergency CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical NGO partner focused on emergency care in developing regions, collaborating with TWB on medical education deployment.
• DevelopingEMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting emergency medicine education in developing countries, working with TWB on CMES platform deployment.
• MicrosoftminorOthersTechnology sponsor providing software or cloud services to support TWB's operations.
• DataplicityminorOthersTechnology sponsor providing IoT or device management solutions for CMES-Pi hardware.
• Possible HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare organization operating Bayalpata Hospital in Nepal, partner for CMES-Pi deployment in Accham District.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dimagi (CommCare): Dimagi builds CommCare, an offline-first mobile data collection and health-worker platform widely deployed across low-resource settings — directly comparable to TWB's offline-first, low-bandwidth health-content delivery thesis for similar end users.
• Medic (formerly Medic Mobile): Medic (formerly Medic Mobile) builds open-source, offline-capable digital health tools for community health workers in underserved regions. Like TWB, it targets low-connectivity environments with mobile-first clinical workflows.
• OpenMRS: OpenMRS is an open-source electronic medical record platform developed explicitly for low-resource healthcare settings; comparable to TWB's open, nonprofit, community-driven approach to health IT for the same underserved provider base.
• Global Health Media Project: Global Health Media Project creates free, open-access clinical training videos for frontline healthcare workers in low-resource settings — directly overlapping with TWB's CME/clinical education mission and target audience.
• Praekelt (Praekelt.org): Praekelt delivers mobile-based health, education, and nutrition content and tools across Africa and other emerging markets. It shares TWB's content-delivery model for healthcare workers in low-connectivity settings.

Broad incumbents

• BMJ Learning: BMJ Learning is a large, established CME/CE platform for clinicians globally. It is a broader incumbent in the same continuing medical education category that TWB's CMES platform serves, but it is not designed for low-bandwidth environments.
• UpToDate (Wolters Kluwer): UpToDate is the dominant subscription-based clinical decision support and CME resource used by physicians worldwide. It overlaps with TWB's content-arming-of-clinicians mission but requires always-on connectivity, hence the offline gap TWB targets.

Emerging players

• Living Goods: Living Goods supports community health workers with digital tools, training, and supervision in Africa. Adjacent to TWB's mission of digitally equipping frontline healthcare providers in resource-constrained communities, though its focus is broader than CME.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/techieswob
• Instagraminstagram.com/techieswithoutborders
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/techies-without-borders

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