Eric Wamugu
Senior Programme Manager, DataLab
Kenya
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Top SchoolEric Wamugu is a Senior Programme Manager and data-driven product leader with over a decade of experience blending software development, data science, AI policy and digital accessibility to build socially impactful data products across Africa. At Code for Africa he oversees DataLab’s portfolio—powering major open digital public infrastructure like open.AFRICA and HURUMap—translating unstructured information into actionable research, visualisations and interactive tools. He pairs hands-on engineering and QA chops (CI/CD, test automation, accessibility tooling) with policy expertise from work on the Global Index on Responsible AI, assessing governance across 140+ countries. Eric is passionate about operationalising Data and AI Ethics, iterative policy design, and responsible multimodal AI adoption, and he consistently embeds accessibility and user research into product roadmaps. Colleagues know him for turning complex stakeholder landscapes into prioritized backlogs and reproducible delivery pipelines that improve decision-making without letting data drive it. Based in Kenya, he combines academic training in policy and tech with a track record of scaling digital public goods for measurable social impact.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA (Hons) - Global Challenges, :Research Methodologies, Tech Policy and Governance, First Class Honours, BA (Hons) - Global Challenges, :Research Methodologies, Tech Policy and Governance, First Class Honours at The African Leadership UniversityBusiness Information Technology, Software Engineering, Business Information Technology, Software Engineering at Strathmore UniversityLondon School of Economics and Political Science
Swahili, English
Github Skills (31)
data-science10
open-source10
pdf10
security10
ai10
collections10
rights10
documents10
database10
synchronize9
kotlin8
directories8
portal8
tax-rate7
creative-commons7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
huridocs/casebox
Jun 2017 - Sep 2019
Casebox: Secure all your information and team communication in one place
Contributions:13 commits, 8 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 3 months
placesecuresecuritycommunicationteam-communication
elric-wamugu/mbeguchoiceapp
Dec 2015 - Nov 2020
Contributions:81 pushes, 5 branches, 1 issue in 5 years
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