Chege James
Independent Consultant at Gravitate Data
Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolChege James is an independent consultant and founder with nine years of experience building IoT, machine learning, and blockchain-enabled products across Africa. He has led end-to-end technology and product efforts—from bespoke hardware and remote monitoring systems for renewable energy, conservation, and agriculture to NLP-driven legal and sentiment-analysis solutions. At Code for Africa he translated citizen-science data and sensors into actionable environmental insights, combining satellite remote sensing, IoT and ML to predict extreme weather and monitor pollution and illegal fishing. He advises startups and portfolio managers on investor readiness, budgets, staffing and cross-portfolio synergies, blending technical depth with business strategy. Based in Kenya, he uniquely pairs hands-on engineering leadership with policy-oriented research experience from continental think-tank projects, making him effective at navigating technical, regulatory and impact-driven landscapes.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BSc IT, Information Technology, BSc IT, Information Technology at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
Github Skills (30)
twitter-api10
tracks10
twitter9
water8
sensor8
continent7
arduino-library6
adafruit6
infrared6
monitor6
science5
api5
python5
snmp4
data-processing4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
CodeForAfrica/sensors.AFRICA-Adafruit_FONA
Dec 2017 - Mar 2020
Arduino library for the Adafruit FONA
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
adafruitarduino-libraryinfraredarduino
CodeForAfrica-ARCHIVE/coursebuilder-core
May 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:39 PRs, 27 pushes, 135 comments in 6 months
reactjavascriptlive-sitebuildercourse-builder
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