As the Technical Lead at KNESST, I drive the technical vision and strategy for empowering tech builders in Sierra Leone. I lead the development of innovative projects, mentor aspiring technologists, and oversee capacity-building initiatives that equip community members with critical skills in tech, design, and entrepreneurship. My role involves guiding technical projects, fostering collaboration, and supporting local and international tech solutions to address real-world challenges, all while building a strong, thriving community around technology and innovation.

• Provided expertise in various tech domains such as coding, development, machine learning, and more.• Planned and created engaging and educational workshops that empowered members with practical skills to provide solutions for their community. • Offered guidance to members seeking to improve their technical skills, assisting them with projects, coding challenges, and more.• Oversaw the implementation of technical projects, from ideation to execution, ensuring quality and innovation.• Collaborated with the Lead to plan and execute participation in the GDSC Solution Challenge.• Developed learning pathways for club members in collaboration with the GDSC Lead.

• Provided individualized academic support to students, helping them improve their writing skills and achieve their educational goals.• Demonstrated a strong commitment to student success and a passion for education.• Responsible for training and coaching upcoming tutors.• Currently serving as a Master Tutor • Reviewed over 300 essays and academic writing of students and provided detailed feedback to their essays and academic writing for the entire college.• Lead coordinator for the writing centre workshops and seminars for students on campus.

• Guided and mentored over 3,000 students (university and school-going children) in academic writing and subject-specific tutoring, with over 90% of our students achieving a satisfactory passing grade to advance their education.• Demonstrated exceptional leadership, adaptability, and communication skills in managing a tutoring business.• Successfully marketed the services of Sierra Tutors, leading to a significant increase in clientele.• Created summarized and concise notes based on course content and lecture notes to boost student understanding of the subject matter• Managed a team of 10 tutors to deliver educational services to students and professionals contributing to improving the academic sector in SL.• Created a three-month skillset training and rolled out courses like Python programming, web development, machine learning and AI, Computer networking fundamentals, and Data Science to bridge the skill GAP in Sierra Leone.

• Ensured the smooth operation and security of computer systems through routine maintenance and upgrades.• Coordinated the modernization of security systems to protect sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement IT solutions that met the company's evolving needs.• Provided hardware and software support.

• Directed and coordinated the activities of the faculty with a focus on student success and professional development.• Launched mentorship programs that significantly improved academic performance, resulting in 90% of mentees (estimated 700-900 students) achieving satisfactory passing grades yearly.• Organized workshops and events to enhance technical skills, covering DevOps principles, Agile methodologies, Scrum, web development (full stack), and Python data analysis.• Co-Founder of the ISHMAIL_FOMBA LEGACY AWARDS AND RECOGNITION, honoring exceptional students and committed members as change-makers. This initiative gained national recognition through an interview with the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). Over 35 awards have been granted to deserving students, boosting the educational sector in Sierra Leone with each first-class student with the sum of 500 leones.• Conducted student election to ensure the leadership continues• Teaching assistant for the following modules Java Programming, Objected Oriented Programming, Distributed Systems and Socket programming with Java, Databases, mathematics and Statistics for IT, PHP programming and Web technologies and improved performance by 50%• Created the teacher’s council and form a team of peer tutors to assist students and to help them maximize their academic potential and this contributed to a drastic improvement in academic performance during my leadership.• Taught over 800+ students across different levels in the faculty and with the hands-on practical teaching, over 90% of the students achieved academic success.• Created a recognition program named “Brain of the Faculty” to celebrate all potential first-class students with a GPA of 3.5-4.0 and more than 80% of the awardees recorded an improved academic performance based on the motivation they got from the awards