Summary
Jillo Mercy is a product growth and monetization leader with eight years of experience building and scaling B2B and B2C digital payments and EdTech products across Africa. She has led roadmaps, redesigns and launches for over seven financial solutions at Interswitch, driving recurring revenue and 95% service delivery through data-driven product requirements and go-to-market strategies. Equally at home with developer communities, she scaled grassroots programs and developer adoption—organizing hackathons and masterclasses that engaged thousands and boosted API uptake. As a consultant and product manager she combines hands-on user research, iterative testing and KPI-driven roadmaps to turn feedback into measurable growth. Outside work she mentors students, shapes curricula for initiatives like Scratch Africa and Google Developer Student Clubs, and brings a creative, restless curiosity to pursuits from Latin dancing to quilting.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Strategic Management & Leadership, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Strategic Management & Leadership at Online Business School
Bachelor of Science(Computer Science), software engineering, Bachelor of Science(Computer Science), software engineering at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
Product Management, Product Management at Product School
English, Kiswahili, Spanish