Anthony Githaka
Full Stack Developer at Value Chain Factory
Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolAnthony Githaka is a Full Stack Developer based in Nairobi with 9 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining robust information systems, from networking and system engineering to web and application development. He has led IT operations as Chief ICT Officer at the University of Nairobi and now combines that institutional-scale systems experience with agile product work as a full stack developer and freelance software engineer. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, Anthony focuses on cost-effective, best-fit solutions that improve competitiveness and service delivery while comfortably moving between technical architecture and hands-on coding. His background spans consulting, systems engineering, and web development, giving him a rare blend of operational leadership and implementation depth across public and private sectors. Outside of formal roles he communicates a collaborative, human-centered approach—captured by his GitHub mantra, "In a world where you can be anything, be kind"—which informs how he mentors teams and designs user-focused systems.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Master of Science (MS) at Strathmore UniversityBarchelor of Science, Barchelor of Science at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
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Github Skills (66)
leaflet9
shell8
cli8
django8
syncfusion8
php8
django-rest-framework8
yii8
kvm7
python7
zsh7
docker7
macos7
x117
react7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
gthaka/react-zustand
Dec 2022 - Jan 2026
Contributions:3 PRs, 8 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 1 month
gthaka/react-sort-articles
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
HackerRank React Code Test
Contributions:6 reviews, 34 commits, 34 PRs in 7 months
react
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