Summary
Charles Chigoriwa is a Zimbabwean technopreneur and seasoned software leader with 11 years of experience building scalable, mission-driven systems across fintech, health informatics, and education. As co-founder of FundoLinker he has grown a student careers and support platform to over 850,000 users and steered the company to recognition among top African recruitment and skills startups. His hands-on background spans distributed systems, high-throughput transaction platforms, and interoperable health registries, having led teams that integrated national health systems and contributed to the OpenHIE community. Charles combines deep Java and enterprise-stack expertise with product-level architecture experience from roles at banks, telecoms, and startups, plus a history of mentoring students and shaping reusable, modular solutions. Unusually for a founder, he remains active as a consultant and technologist—delivering core implementations such as credit vetting, ATM/airtime servers, and nation-scale HRIS—bridging strategy and code. He holds a BBSCT in Business Studies and Computer Science from the University of Zimbabwe and brings entrepreneurial grit paired with pragmatic engineering.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BBSCT, Business Studies and Computer Science, BBSCT, Business Studies and Computer Science at University of Zimbabwe
Advanced Level, Mathematics, Economics, Management of Business, Advanced Level, Mathematics, Economics, Management of Business at Harare High School
English, Bantu