Emmanuel Mnzava
Founder at Poa Gas
Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania
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Top SchoolEmmanuel Mnzava is a founder and technology executive based in Dar es-Salaam with 11 years of experience building and leading software teams across Tanzania’s tech and telecom sectors. He combines hands-on engineering skills in Python, C++, PHP, Oracle, and jQuery with product and client-focused leadership, having founded Hostnasi and co-founded PRIMEWARE while serving as CTO at Poa Gas and Wakapay. Emmanuel has led critical projects such as an electronic registration platform used by major telcos, showing an ability to turn complex regulatory and operational requirements into reliable production systems. He pairs technical depth with business development acumen—continuously improving infrastructure to boost client value and retention. Holding a Computer Engineering degree and an MBA, he blends engineering rigor with strategic business thinking. Less obvious: he moves fluidly between coding and executive strategy, often stepping into day-to-day development work to accelerate product delivery.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General at Mzumbe UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering at Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
English, French, Swahili
Stackoverflow
152reputation
8kreached
2answers
5questions
Github Skills (83)
botman10
csv10
mpesa10
cartalyst10
sentinel10
laravel9
mercadopago9
payment9
chatbot9
skeleton9
exports9
imports9
authentication9
payment-gateway9
bots9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
storewid/pesapal
Nov 2021 - Sep 2024
Contributions:9 releases, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
dbrax/mpesa-tanzania
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:1 release, 11 commits, 7 pushes in 15 days
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