Dennis Kiptugen
Group Head Of Innovation
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolDennis Kiptugen is an experienced technology executive and founder with 11 years of delivering revenue-driving digital products across East Africa, currently serving as Group Head of Innovation at Radio Africa Group and Director at Caydeesoft. He has led end-to-end delivery of multi-million-shilling platforms—livestreaming, podcasting, paywalls and fintech integrations—consistently focusing on ROI, uptime and rapid innovation velocity. A hands-on engineer by background, Dennis combines product vision with enterprise-grade software delivery, API integrations with telcos and payments, and a track record of scaling high-performance teams. He’s known for launching Kenya’s first major digital paywall and for translating complex technical integrations into measurable audience and revenue growth. Based in Nairobi, he blends entrepreneurial grit from his startup work with corporate delivery experience, and is passionate about partnering with external experts to accelerate innovation.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSC Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BSC Mathematics and Computer Science at Kabarak UniversityAssociate's degree Nokia/Mit Mobile Programming Enterprenuership program, Associate's degree Nokia/Mit Mobile Programming Enterprenuership program at Emobilis Mobile Technology InstituteEntrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at eMobilis Mobile Technology InstituteHigh School Diploma KCSE, High School Diploma KCSE at Nairobi School
Swahili, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
mpesa9
laravel-permission8
traits7
api7
codeigniter7
php6
unzip6
laravel-authorization6
mysql6
laravel5
guzzle5
payment-gateway5
middleware4
payment-integration4
laravel-package4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dkiptugen/mpesa-php-full-integration
Dec 2017 - Jul 2019
This is an integration to the mpesa daraja API using codeigniter.
Contributions:29 commits, 3 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 7 months
apicodeignitermpesadarajadaraja-api
Caydeesoft/streamer
Jun 2022 - Mar 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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