About

Builder. Technologist. Optimist.

Full Biography

The Beginning

The Builder

The Journey

The Why

I grew up in Lari, a rural community in Kiambu County, Kenya. I was the first person in my family to attend university – and later, the first to travel abroad and step onto an international stage.

That journey, from a small village to earning First Class Honours in Computer Science, winning a full Safaricom scholarship for my Master’s degree, and eventually standing on stage at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, shaped everything I believe about what’s possible when opportunity meets preparation.

Today, I channel that belief into building technology that creates opportunity for others.

I’m a builder at heart. As CTO and Co-Founder of Deadan Group Limited, I lead a team that has created software products serving thousands of businesses and employees across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, and beyond.
Our flagship products tell the story of what we care about:

HimaHR – A cloud-based human resource management system serving over 20,000 employees across 8 African countries
dPOS – A point-of-sale solution powering 135+ small businesses in Kenya and Rwanda
Salami – A payment gateway processing over KES 200 million in transactions annually
We exist to make technology accessible and useful for the businesses that form the backbone of Africa’s economy – the SMEs, the agrovets, the retailers, the entrepreneurs hustling to build something meaningful.

In 2016, my team won #SmartCityNairobi – Twitter’s first hackathon in Africa – with ReportTaka, a crowdsourced garbage reporting application. That win took us to San Francisco as Africa’s representatives at AngelHack’s Global Demo Day.

I’ve spoken at Twitter headquarters, represented Kenya at the Africa Grand Challenge in Arusha, and contributed to education technology at Eneza Education, a platform that has reached over 5 million learners across Africa.

These experiences taught me that African innovation belongs on the global stage – and that the ideas shaping our continent’s future are being built right here, by people who understand our challenges firsthand.

Building products isn’t enough. I’m deeply committed to youth empowerment and community development.

As Chairman of the Kabete Volleyball Team, I’ve helped grow our membership and run financial literacy programmes for young people. Through the Emerging Leaders Foundation fellowship, I trained in public speaking, policy advocacy, and leadership.

I believe Kenya’s future depends on young people who don’t just identify problems but build solutions. I’m committed to being one of them – and to creating pathways for others to do the same