Community

The same work, off the clock.

The instinct that drives the software is the same one I bring to my community: find the real problem, and build the practical fix.

Kabete Volleyball Team

I am the elected, and re-elected, chairman of the Kabete Volleyball Team, an unpaid role. We use the game to gather around 200 young people, teach them how to manage money, and keep them off drugs and alcohol.

I have brought in NHIF to help members insure their families, and under this leadership the club's pooled contributions have grown from zero to KES 40,000. A loose group became a place where young people belong.

There is no work James and weekend James. It is the same instinct: find the real problem and build the practical fix.

James Ngugi

More of the work

Youth, leadership and civic tech.

Youth and leadership

Through the Emerging Leaders Foundation fellowship and years of mentoring, helping young people step into responsibility.

Financial literacy

Turning a sports club into a place where members learn to save, plan and protect their families.

Civic technology

ReportTaka began as a way for residents to report illegal dumping and blocked drains, and grew into something bigger.

Showing up

Whether it is a community clean-up or a club dispute, the work is done in person, on the ground.