James Muriuki
Product Ambassador at IxDF - The Interaction Design Foundation
Thika Township ward, Kiambu, Kenya
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Top SchoolJames Muriuki is a product leader with nine years of experience building user-centric fintech, logistics, and edtech products across Africa. He has founded a fintech startup that processed $200K in transactions and built a rental scoring model with 95% accuracy, demonstrating both product and data-driven instincts. As a Product Designer and Head of Product/Design, he’s driven design systems, streamlined onboarding, and shipped features that scaled to millions in transactions. He combines hands-on UX research and mentoring—having coached 400+ students and developed curricula—with strategic product work for platforms serving informal retail and property management. Based in Kiambu, Kenya, James is active in the design community as an IxDF local leader and now supports innovation at Innovate Africa Foundation. His background marrying technical training from MEST and Moringa with operator experience makes him especially effective at turning local market insights into scalable, operational products.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Software entrepreneurship Sofware entrepreneurship, Software entrepreneurship Sofware entrepreneurship at MEST AfricaSoftwaer development Computer Software Engineering, Softwaer development Computer Software Engineering at Moringa School
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Github Skills (21)
flask6
adapter6
flask-sqlalchemy6
python6
google-analytics6
firebase5
emberjs5
javascript4
ember-data4
messaging4
firestore4
realtime-database2
google-auth2
performance-monitoring2
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Github contributions (5)
mbuthiya/portfolio
Jan 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 29 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 6 months
mbuthiya/watchlist
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:148 commits, 10 pushes, 35 branches in 1 month
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