Alfeo Raymond
ICT Supervisor at Médecins Sans Frontières (Switzerland)
Dar es Salaam, Coastal Zone, Tanzania
Summary
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Top SchoolAlfeo Raymond is an ICT Supervisor and digital transformation specialist with eight years of experience designing and operating robust IT, telecommunications, and software systems across humanitarian, government, and education sectors in Tanzania. He blends hands-on infrastructure and field communications expertise—HF/VHF and satellite deployments, LAN/WAN, and endpoint lifecycle management—with software and data skills, having built cloud-deployed applications, ETL pipelines, and learning platforms using Python, Laravel/PHP, and containerization. Alfeo has led multidisciplinary initiatives from UNICEF- and MSF-aligned projects to national census platforms, and he designs human-centered solutions that drove measurable outcomes such as doubled reading fluency in an EdTech pilot and reaching zero-dose children through HCD campaigns. He contributes to open-source localization efforts for the widely used Laravel-Lang repository, maintaining Swahili translations and culture-aware exclusion lists to make tools accessible to East African developers. Currently completing a Master’s in Engineering Management, he pairs strategic project leadership and logistics experience with practical maintenance and field engineering skills—a rare mix that helps bridge technical delivery and operational realities.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Engineering Management with Specialization in Project Management, Master's degree Engineering Management with Specialization in Project Management at University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)Bachelor's degree Information Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Technology at College of Business Education
English, Swahili
Github Skills (8)
i18n-js10
localization10
language-translation10
ember-i18n10
rails-i18n10
laravel-mix9
laravel9
php8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Laravel-Lang/lang
May 2022 - Jan 2023
List of 127 languages for Laravel Framework, Laravel Jetstream, Laravel Fortify, Laravel Breeze, Laravel Cashier, Laravel Nova, Laravel Spark and Laravel UI.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:2 reviews, 92 commits, 32 PRs in 8 months
Contributions summary:Alfeo primarily contributed to the localization of the Laravel Lang repository by adding and updating Swahili translations. This involved modifying existing translation files for `validation.php`, `auth.php`, `validation-nova.php`, `validation-nova-inline.php`, `validation-inline.php`, `pagination.php`, and `passwords.php`. Furthermore, they created and updated an exclusion list (`excludes/sw.php`) for Swahili-specific words, ensuring accurate and contextually appropriate translations.
cashiermollietranslationvoyagerlaravel-spark
Pheogrammer/alx-low_level_programming
Sep 2023 - Dec 2023
Contributions:257 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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