Jonathan Mukiibi
Volunteer at Makerere University
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
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Top SchoolJonathan Mukiibi is an entrepreneur, research scientist and software developer with nine years of experience applying AI, data science and blockchain to social challenges across Uganda. Based in Kampala, he blends academic work at Makerere University's AI Lab with hands-on projects—leading Mozilla’s Luganda Common Voice community and contributing localization efforts to the high-profile Mozilla Common Voice repository to democratize speech tech. His work for UN Global Pulse and other initiatives spans ASR development, phoneme and language modeling, radio content analysis and even satellite image analysis to inform SDG-related insights. A co-founder and startup mentor with practical experience in product development and community mobilization, he uniquely bridges research, open-source localization and grassroots outreach to make technology inclusive for underrepresented language communities.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Queen's Innovation Connector Summer Initiative - Training, Entrepreneurship, Queen's Innovation Connector Summer Initiative - Training, Entrepreneurship at Queen's UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Makerere University
English, Bantu, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
internationalization10
localization10
crowdsourcing8
open-data8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
common-voice/common-voice
Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
Common Voice is part of Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:139 commits, 31 PRs, 18 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan's commits primarily focus on updating and translating the Luganda (lg) localization files within the Common Voice repository. They consistently modify the `messages.ftl` files to update translations of various strings and UI elements. The user's work involves ensuring the project is accessible and usable for Luganda speakers by adapting content from the project.
internet-freedommachinesinitiativeopen-datavoice
AI-Lab-Makerere/COVID-19-ASR
Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
DeepSpeech based ASR for the COVID-19 response. The repo includes other resources needed to start flying.
Contributions:9 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 10 months
deep-learningflyingasrdeepspeech
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