Kevin Banister
Co-Founder & CTO at INSPIRED
Nairobi County, Kenya
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Banister is a Nairobi-based technology leader and founder with six years of experience building mission-driven ventures at the intersection of law, climate, and social impact. As Co-Founder & CTO of Legal Nia and founder of past startups like Adinia, he blends product engineering with strategic leadership to deliver practical tech solutions for underserved communities. He co-founded the Banister Foundation and serves as Nairobi Ambassador for ClimateHack, signaling a consistent focus on civic and environmental impact beyond pure engineering. A former Google DSC Lead, Kevin brings hands-on developer community experience and a knack for translating technical capabilities into scalable programs. He emphasizes empathy in technology—"compassion is the blueprint"—and pairs that philosophy with a computer science background from Kabarak University. Colleagues describe him as a founder-engineer who moves quickly from idea to prototype while keeping long-term impact front of mind.
6 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Kabarak University
Swedish, Norwegian
Github Skills (31)
webgl10
threejs10
javascript10
visualization10
python10
monkey10
chaos10
maps10
data-visualization10
deck-gl10
geospatial-analysis10
open-source9
golang9
version-control9
resiliency8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
DSCKabarak/Github-Training
Nov 2020 - Jan 2021
A repository to Train you on Version Control with Git and GitHub.
Contributions:24 reviews, 42 commits, 20 PRs in 1 month
version-controltrainversion-control-with-gitgood-first-issue
DSCKabarak/All-about-open-source
Oct 2020 - Oct 2022
The objective of this repository is to help you appreciate open source software and contribute towards its development and maintenance as we celebrate #hacktoberfest
Contributions:1 review, 6 PRs, 9 pushes in 2 years
pythoncelebratejavascriptopen-source-softwaremaintenance
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