Senior Developer

1. Founding members of @iLabAfrica – Strathmore University: @iLabAfrica was established in January 2011 to spearhead research, innovation and entrepreneurship in the ICT for Develop-­‐ ment ecosystem towards the attainment of the UNDP Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Kenya’s Vision 2030. We successfully managed projects such as Samsung Elec-­‐ tronics ‘Built for Africa’ to develop technological innovations specific to African consumers’ unique needs and problems e.g. dual SIM phones; @iBizAfrica a business incubation centre which works in conjunction with IDEA foundation (Norway) to encourage young Kenyans to become entrepreneurs; Google Inc. Kenya workshops e.g. Mobile Bootcamp activities in East Africa that aims to train students on emerging mobile technologies.2.Responsible for leading the development of mobile applications in a team. Developed mobile applications for Strathmore Business School, Kenya Law Reports, Kenya Research Medical Institute.3. I was also took part in ideation activities with Samsung for their Research and Design team within @iLabAfrica. I have taught mobile programming in Boot camps within East Africa i.e. Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. I have also participated in Microsoft training conferences as well as boot camps.4. I have worked on a project with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The project entailed building an Android application to encourage users not to waste food. The application included an interactive test challenge that helped the user keep track of how much food he or she had wasted over time. This was also coupled with an audit performance module.

Working as an external contractor at @iLabAfrica