I see possibility in the learners I talk to, the educators I interact with, and the entrepreneurs I build alongside.
There’s a fire in me to help them realise that possibility.
Teaching coding and robotics made me think about what happens when learners get to build something themselves. At STEM Impact Center and Soma Siri Afrika, I moved from teaching learners directly to designing materials and training other instructors.
On Project UWAZI, I asked instructors to pick a problem and work through the design process themselves. That gave them something concrete to draw on when they taught it.
I founded QHAZI because career information was scattered and learners had limited access to guidance. I interviewed early users, designed and wrote code for the app, and helped turn labour market research into a handbook and career cards.
Seeing teachers use those cards was a highlight for me. It showed me how the same research could be useful in a classroom and in a web app.
At Alliance High School, I helped set up an innovation hub where learners could test ideas and pitch them. One learner used AI to prototype a dormitory cleaning and monitoring system that the school began implementing.
I’m curious about what it takes to help first-time builders get from a problem they recognise to something they can test. That’s where my interests in venture building, AI education, and people development meet.
