Kenneth Matovu
Founder at Uvotam
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Summary
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Top SchoolKenneth Matovu is a founder and seasoned technical lead with 13 years of experience building scalable web, mobile, and data systems from Kampala. He has led major migrations from monolithic ETL to component-based asynchronous pipelines using Airflow, Kafka, and Druid, and has hands-on expertise across programming, databases, systems administration and mobile apps. Kenneth’s open-source work includes strengthening API authentication and security for RapidPro, a widely used interactive messaging platform, reflecting his attention to secure, production-grade integrations. He has consulted for global organizations including UNICEF and the University of Washington Digital Initiative Group, and has led engineering teams delivering healthcare and government-facing solutions. Beyond engineering, he hosts a podcast and holds a playwriting/screenwriting certificate, signaling a rare blend of technical rigor and narrative sensibility.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Playwriting and Screenwriting, Certificate, Playwriting and Screenwriting at Maisha film Lab
English, ganda
Github Skills (8)
api10
pytest10
python10
apidoc10
django10
rest-framework10
testing10
security9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
rapidpro/rapidpro
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
RapidPro allows organizations to visually build scalable interactive messaging applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 12 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Kenneth primarily focused on enhancing the API functionality within the RapidPro project. Their commits involved adding and securing API endpoints using Basic and Token authentication methods. They modified the code to address error messages, refactoring them to be more discreet, and fixed tests related to these authentication methods. The user also used string formatting and implemented security measures.
scalableorganizationsrapidpromessaging
ewheeler/rapidpro-webhooks
Jul 2014 - Oct 2017
Contributions:32 commits, 15 PRs, 22 pushes in 3 years 3 months
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