Work that matters
A selection of projects I’ve founded, consulted on, or volunteered my time for. Each one represents a step towards making technology more accessible and impactful.
Chunguza Rewards
A multi-brand loyalty rewards platform built for East Africa, letting members earn and redeem points across 100+ partner locations — fuel stations, supermarkets, restaurants, retail, and telecoms — across Uganda, Rwanda, and Kenya.
Chunguza Rewards is a full-stack loyalty platform I built for the East African market, designed to work across multiple currencies (UGX, RWF, KES, USD) and 100+ partner locations spanning fuel stations, supermarkets, retail shops, restaurants, and telecom providers across Uganda and Rwanda. The platform features a tiered membership system — Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum — with escalating earn multipliers (up to 2x points) and tier-specific perks including birthday rewards, VIP concierge access, and airport lounge access at the top tier. Members earn through everyday purchases, partner promotions running 2x–5x bonus events, and a referral programme. Points can be redeemed for travel credits, partner vouchers, airtime top-ups, or instant in-store discounts. On the security side, I built in OTP-verified redemptions, real-time anti-fraud monitoring, and an instant card freeze feature for lost or stolen cards — all designed to meet the trust requirements of a financial product in emerging markets. The platform issues both physical and digital loyalty cards (CHG-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX format) and tracks member balances, tier progress, and transaction history in real time. Built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, deployed on Vercel, with a consumer-facing design that reflects the vibrancy of the East African markets it serves.
Umoja.Farm
A pre-launch investor and partner platform for Umoja Agricultural Hubs — a Uganda-wide contract farming initiative by Ubuntu Capital that aims to connect 15,000+ smallholder farmers to guaranteed markets, modern storage infrastructure, and micro-loan financing across all regions of Uganda.
Umoja Agricultural Hubs is one of the most ambitious projects I've built a web presence for — a proposed $250M contract farming infrastructure programme by Ubuntu Capital, targeting every agricultural district in Uganda by 2033. The site serves a dual audience: institutional investors and development finance institutions on one hand, and government ministries and farming community partners on the other. The information architecture needed to carry significant weight. I structured it across dedicated sections for the contract farming model, individual hub profiles (Mbarara, Fort Portal/Harugogo), an impact dashboard, a rollout strategy, a blog, and a gated investor portal — all working together to build credibility for a project at pre-launch stage seeking backing from institutions like the African Development Bank, British International Investment, the World Bank, and Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture. Some of the most interesting design challenges involved communicating scale and ambition clearly — presenting a 3-year national rollout plan, live statistics (15,000 farmers enrolled, 6,160 jobs created, $2M in micro-loans facilitated), and hub-specific details in a way that felt grounded and trustworthy rather than speculative. The Digital Warehouse Receipt System — which allows farmers to use stored crops as collateral for micro-loans — was a particularly nuanced feature to communicate clearly to a non-technical audience. Built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, deployed on Vercel, and connected to the broader Ubuntu Capital brand ecosystem.
GBVAP
A charity web platform built pro bono for the Gender Based Violence Action Program (GBVAP) Uganda — a registered NGO providing shelter, legal aid, counselling, and community education to GBV survivors across Northern Uganda and Central Kampala, with over 5,000 survivors supported across 12 years of service.
This was a volunteering project I took on to support the Gender Based Violence Action Program (GBVAP) Uganda — a registered non-profit with 12 years of service, two active hubs in Gulu and Kampala, and a mission to prevent and respond to all forms of gender-based violence across Uganda. The platform had to serve several distinct audiences simultaneously: survivors and community members seeking information and help, donors wanting transparency and impact reporting, volunteers looking to get involved, and internal staff managing case work. To support this, I built out a full multi-role system — a public-facing charity site, a donor portal, a volunteer sign-up flow, a blog and project reports section, and a gated staff login for internal case management. The case management portal was the most technically involved piece — giving staff a secure, authenticated workspace to manage survivor cases and programme activity, separate from the public-facing site. On the donor side, I built a dedicated portal alongside a donation flow, designed to give funders visibility into how their contributions were being used through published project reports and impact statistics. For a volunteering engagement, the scope was substantial. I was conscious throughout that the site needed to feel trustworthy and compassionate — not clinical — given the sensitivity of the subject matter and the vulnerability of the people it serves. Built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, deployed on Vercel.
Ubuntu Capital
A London-based government financing advisory firm that helps Sub-Saharan African governments and public agencies secure concessional loans, bilateral financing, grants, and commercial capital for transformative infrastructure and development projects.
Ubuntu Capital is a specialist advisory firm operating at the intersection of African public-sector development and international finance, and I built their full web presence from the ground up. The site is aimed at a sophisticated audience — Sub-Saharan African government ministries, agencies, and parastatals — so the design and copy needed to communicate credibility and authority at an institutional level while remaining clear and accessible. One of the more interesting challenges was translating a nuanced, multi-layered value proposition into a clean information architecture. The firm offers financing advisory, project preparation, capital mobilisation, and sector-specific expertise — all of which needed to feel cohesive rather than fragmented. I structured the site across distinct service pages, a leadership and about section, an Insights editorial hub, a Ventures arm, and a suite of custom-built economic simulators. The economic simulators were a particular point of differentiation — interactive tools that go beyond what a typical advisory firm website offers, giving government clients a data-driven entry point into the firm's thinking. The tech stack is Next.js with Tailwind CSS, deployed on Vercel, with a focus on performance and a design language that reflects the firm's London base and African roots. The firm is headquartered on the 18th floor of 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, and the site needed to match that weight.
Enkidu.com
An AI-powered friendship platform that replaces forms and swiping with a 15-minute conversation. Enkidu learns your rhythm, then makes a real-world introduction within 24 hours — centred around activities happening at local venues in your city.
Enkidu is a consumer social platform that takes a fundamentally different approach to human connection. Rather than reducing people to profile cards and interest checkboxes, it opens with a conversation. Users talk to an AI for fifteen minutes, describing exactly the kind of friend they're looking for — as niche and specific as they like — and Enkidu makes a curated introduction within 24 hours. The platform is built around the concept of "third spaces" — real venues hosting real activities like pottery, climbing, cooking classes, and live music. Once Enkidu finds a compatible match, both people are introduced and encouraged to attend an activity together that weekend. The venue partnerships cover the cost for users, making the platform free at the point of use. The product is a deliberate counter-narrative to gamified social apps: no swiping, no endless messaging, no algorithmic feeds. The stated mission is for the technology to make itself obsolete — getting people off the platform and into the world. Currently live in Santa Monica, California and London, United Kingdom.
24/7 Security Website
A professional marketing and lead generation website for 24/7 Security and Services UK LTD, a South of England security firm offering CCTV installation, static guards, K9 units, rapid-deploy site security towers, and security audits across Essex, London, and Cambridgeshire.
I built the full web presence for 24/7 Security and Services UK LTD, a physical security company with two decades of experience and offices across Essex, London, and Cambridgeshire. The brief was to create a site that projected authority and trust to business clients while driving a clear conversion action — a callback request or phone call. The site covers a broad service range: CCTV installation and monitoring, SIA-accredited static security guards, K9 protection units, security audits and risk assessments, and their flagship product — a self-contained rapid-deploy security tower designed for remote sites with no power or internet connectivity. Each service has its own dedicated page, and I structured the information architecture to make it easy for prospective clients to quickly find what they need and get in touch. A key focus was the lead generation flow — a callback request form and prominent phone numbers placed strategically throughout the site, paired with clear business hours and multi-location contact details. The site is built with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, deployed on Vercel, and designed to perform well for local search across their service regions in the South of England.
Carmie App
I helped the founder architect and build Carmie — fuel, repairs, parts, and a permanent vehicle health record in one app, built for East African roads. I now advise the team and lead its development.
I worked with Carmie's founder to architect and build a single app for every part of car ownership, designed for the realities of driving here. Fuel cards, a live fuel-price map, escrow-protected garage bookings, and genuine-verified parts all tie back to a vehicle health record anchored to the car itself — a permanent, un-fakeable history that earns fairer resale, cheaper loans, and better insurance. It's mobile-money native and works offline. I shaped the technical foundations and now advise the founder while leading the development team.
Commodity Plus
I helped the founder architect and build Commodity Plus, the intelligence layer for African commodity trade — verified supply, independent inspection, and escrow-protected settlement across 14 markets. I now advise the team and lead its development.
I partnered with the founder of Commodity Plus to architect and build trade infrastructure for African commodities from the ground up. The platform connects international buyers with verified suppliers, references international grading standards in every contract, runs independent quality inspection at each milestone, and releases payments only against confirmed events — all audit-ready across EUDR, OECD due diligence, and 30+ other regimes. I designed the core architecture and shipped the first builds; today I advise the founder and lead the engineering team driving it forward.
Mizani
I helped the founder architect and build Mizani — group savings every member can see, reconciled against real mobile-money balances so nothing goes missing. I now advise the team and lead its development.
I partnered with Mizani's founder to architect and build a savings platform that savings groups can actually trust. It keeps a sacco or chama's contributions, loans, and share-out clear on every member's phone, moves money only when two officers approve, and reconciles the record against the group's real mobile-money balance so the numbers always match. It tracks personal savings, assets, and net worth too. I designed the system's architecture and built the early product; today I advise the founder and lead the team carrying it forward.