Mumuni Napari Hanifatu is a lecturer and Head of the Department of Actuarial Science at Tamale Technical University. A specialist in computational statistics, she is dedicated to training the next generation of statisticians and data scientists.
Her research focuses on software reliability growth modelling, with applications in safety-critical domains such as autonomous systems and healthcare technologies, where system dependability is essential.
Bridging academia and industry, she serves as Chief of Research at Mary Global Health. She leads research across health technology products—including Patient Access Terminals (PAT), MaryOS, and the MaryAI suite (AskMary and DocMary)—analyzing real-world usage data, designing field studies, and validating performance in underserved communities. She also coordinates research partnerships and academic collaborations to ensure technology solutions are evidence-driven, ethical, and scalable.