I'm a Senior Technical Lead & Data Engineer based in Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪, working at the intersection of AI, data infrastructure, and African tech transformation.
Right now I'm doing two things I care deeply about: engineering Medical Imaging AI (PACS/DICOM systems with agentic radiologist tools) at NeuralLabs Africa, and leading public sector digital transformation at ActionLab Africa — including mentoring at the UNEP & ActionLab Hack for the Environment 2025.
My technical sweet spot is building systems that actually hold up in production — scalable data pipelines, cloud-native backends, and LLM-powered tools that go beyond the demo stage.
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"roles": ["Senior Technical Lead", "Senior Data Engineer"],
"orgs": ["ActionLab Africa", "NeuralLabs Africa"],
"focus": ["Medical Imaging AI", "Agentic Systems", "Data Pipelines", "Cloud Infra"],
"languages": ["Python", "Golang", "SQL", "JavaScript"],
"currently": "Building PACS + AI for radiology in East Africa",
"open_to": "Data Engineering & AI/ML collaborations",
}🎯 Senior Technical Lead — ActionLab Africa Jan 2025 – Present
- Leading design and deployment of technology solutions for public sector digital transformation
- Establishing technical standards, governance frameworks, and architectural reviews
- Mentoring teams competing in UNEP & ActionLab Hack for the Environment 2025
- Driving collaboration in IBM Research Lab initiatives across the region
🏥 Senior Data Engineer — NeuralLabs Africa Aug 2024 – Present
- Engineered a Medical Imaging PACS system with full DICOM compliance
- Built an Agentic AI system to assist radiologists with structured report generation
- Managed AWS Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration
- Implemented patient data anonymization and lossless compression pipelines
🌾 Senior Data Engineer — SpaceAI Kenya Jul 2023 – Aug 2024
- Built an agricultural ordering system integrating IBM Watson + WhatsApp API
- Engineered ETL pipelines for Tanykina Dairy data transformation at scale
- Achieved 30% reduction in data discrepancies through automated quality monitoring
- Designed end-to-end automated data pipelines for agri-market insights
📊 Data Scientist — Tectona Group Nov 2023 – Jul 2024
- Built research tools in Golang + Python for semantic analysis and NLP workflows
- Architected AI microservices integrating OpenAI and Gemini APIs
- Conducted sector-specific market research and competitive intelligence tooling
📈 Data Analyst — Freight In Time Kenya Mar 2022 – Jun 2023
- Built dashboards that improved productivity tracking by 80%
- Optimised e-commerce data pipelines, cutting upload time by 50%
- Analysed operational data across 8 East African branches
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🥇 Sankalp 2022 Fintech Hackathon Won 1st place leading a team, sponsored by I&M Bank |
🎤 Women Techmakers Nairobi 2023 Speaker — "Data Science Pipelines in Business" |
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🌍 UNEP Hack for the Environment 2025 Hackathon Mentor · ActionLab Africa |
📈 80% Productivity Uplift Dashboard system · Freight In Time Kenya |
| Qualification | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Data Science & Machine Learning Certificate | Moringa School | 2021 – 2022 |
| Diploma — Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Nairobi Technical Training Institute | 2018 – 2021 |
Interested in data engineering, AI systems, or building tech for Africa? Let's talk.