Esther Wachuka
Lead Researcher at BabiGro
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolEsther Wachuka is a Lead Researcher and software-savvy MERL specialist with nine years of experience designing end-to-end analytics, automation, and reporting systems that turn operational and narrative data into decision-ready intelligence. She leads multi-country digital M&E and analytics for livelihoods programs across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, automating data flows from tools like KoboToolbox and building modular pipelines with low-code/no-code platforms and APIs to minimize engineering overhead. Esther combines hands-on software development and UI/UX experience with practical programmatic insight, translating dashboards and NLP-driven outputs into stories and actions that improve program performance and learning. She is building Verta Loop, an AI-supported insight engine that scales qualitative analysis across frameworks such as the SDGs—an uncommon blend of ML/NLP applied directly to program narratives. Based in Nairobi, she thrives where automation, analytics, and sense-making intersect to accelerate evidence-based decision-making.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Software Development, Computer Software Engineering, Software Development, Computer Software Engineering at Moringa SchoolBachelor of Business Informatics & Computing, Computing, Bachelor of Business Informatics & Computing, Computing at University of LancashireBachelor of Economics and Statistics, Economics, Bachelor of Economics and Statistics, Economics at University of NairobiDiploma in Computing,Higher Diploma in Computing, Information Technology, Diploma in Computing,Higher Diploma in Computing, Information Technology at Computer Pride
Github Skills (8)
sdk8
dart6
flutter5
vote5
programming-language5
django3
python2
dart2js1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
washucode/MTOTO
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:51 PRs, 35 pushes, 17 branches in 3 days
washucode/alx-low_level_programming
Feb 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:27 PRs, 287 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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