Community Manager

• Apr 2023 - Present

Startup Mentor

• Dec 2022 - Present

• Provide mentorship to various startups on product management, product marketing, fundraising, and other areas of technical and business expertise depending on the business need. • Provide mentorship to various startups on product management, product marketing, fundraising, and other areas of technical and business expertise depending on the business need.

Investor Accelerator Venture Fellow

• Jun 2022 - Apr 2023

Dream VC is an investor accelerator and community-driven educational platform providing rigorous remote programmes centred specifically around venture capital across Africa's startup ecosystems. Investor Accelerator: An Intense Fellowship For Seasoned Working Professionals Looking to Pivot into An Investing Career Key Responsibilities • Sourced 10+ Pre-seed and Seed stage African startups across FinTech, EdTech,AgriTech and HealthTech sectors. • Completed preliminary screening and due diligence on 7+ African Pre-seed and Seed stage startups with DaS frameworks. • Compiled 3+ startup scorecards and investment memos for Seed stage FinTech and EdTech startups. • Sourced, reviewed, and wrote investment memos on 3+ Pre-seed and Seed stage startups, bringing these to Dream VC IC. Show less

Co-Founder | Product Lead

• Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

I co-founded eduPesa, a FinTech company providing innovative education financing and payment solutions to students, parents, and schools. • Lead market research, problem definition, solution development, and validation of eduPesa solution. • Led the development eduPesa from concept generation, MVP development, launch, and marketing, working with a team consisting of product designers, software engineers, and product marketers. • Monitored and evaluated eduPesa performance to facilitate continuous iteration and improvement to achieve product market fit. • Led product marketing team to develop strategies to promote, market, and sell eduPesa to target customers. Show less

Technical Instructor

• Mar 2020 - May 2021

• Developed, evaluated, maintained, and improved relevant, innovative, inclusive, and rigorous curricula on different technical courses and developed training materials suited for diverse audiences. • Conducted technical training and instruction for Microsoft employees, Microsoft partner employees, and fresh university graduates using various instructional methods. • Designed customized learning experiences through the development of customized curriculum and integrated learning experiences including virtual, in-classroom training, and engineering apprenticeship, with various talent innovation initiatives. Show less

Computer Science Lecturer

• Sep 2017 - Aug 2019

Key Responsibilities • Designed and delivered course materials across various modules using teaching, learning support, and assessment methods and recommended areas for revision and improvement. • Guided and assessed students in their class and industry projects, and internships to acquire practical skills, and helped over ten students get employment as software engineers. • Mentored over 7 students to develop and deploy innovative projects that provide practical solutions to real-life problems in society. • Participated in curriculum review for computer science, IT, and BBIT courses for undergraduate and master’s levels and developed updated and relevant curricula for industry skill needs. Show less

Software Developer

• Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

Key Responsibilities • Designed, developed, deployed and maintained mobile, web, USSD and SMS applications. • Implemented highly scalable, robust, and high traffic software projects and system integrations with other third party applications. • Set up VPS server to host various applications and managed, tuned, monitored, and optimized server infrastructures. Key Responsibilities • Designed, developed, deployed and maintained mobile, web, USSD and SMS applications. • Implemented highly scalable, robust, and high traffic software projects and system integrations with other third party applications. • Set up VPS server to host various applications and managed, tuned, monitored, and optimized server infrastructures.

Software Developer

• Mar 2013 - Aug 2016

I worked for different companies in different parts of the world as a freelance software and delivered various software projects, including websites, web applications, and mobile applications. • Delivered different software projects using different languages, platforms, and tools • Conducted software tests and troubleshooting • Performed code reviews • Provided technical support • Developed system requirement specifications and technical documentation. I worked for different companies in different parts of the world as a freelance software and delivered various software projects, including websites, web applications, and mobile applications. • Delivered different software projects using different languages, platforms, and tools • Conducted software tests and troubleshooting • Performed code reviews • Provided technical support • Developed system requirement specifications and technical documentation.

Junior Software Developer

• Aug 2012 - Jan 2013

• Developed both web, mobile, USSD and SMS applications • Debugged and tested code • Documented and tested new software applications and fixed a wide range of technical issues • Developed both web, mobile, USSD and SMS applications • Debugged and tested code • Documented and tested new software applications and fixed a wide range of technical issues