Lawrence K
Trust & Safety Speciaist at International Tech Platform
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
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Top SchoolLawrence K is a Trust & Safety specialist based in Kampala with 11 years of cross-disciplinary experience spanning digital community management, product localization, and tech entrepreneurship. He currently supports safety operations for one of the world’s largest messaging and technology ecosystems, bringing hands-on moderation and policy enforcement expertise built over five-plus years in trust & safety. As founder of Newslibre and Innovware and a long-time Mozilla contributor and mentor, he blends startup grit with community-driven open-source work. Notably, he contributed Luganda localization to Mozilla’s high-profile Common Voice project, helping make speech technology accessible to Ugandan speakers. His background in business administration and a track record in digital consulting and youth-focused community projects give him a pragmatic, people-centered approach to platform safety and growth.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration, Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration at Makerere University
English, Swahili, Spanish, Bantu
Github Skills (6)
localize10
localization10
user-interface10
locale10
crowdsourcing9
open-data7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
common-voice/common-voice
May 2020 - Aug 2020
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:50 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Lawrence primarily contributed to the Luganda (lg) localization of the Common Voice project. Their work involved updating translations within the `messages.ftl` and `cross-locale.ftl` files, focusing on various aspects of the user interface. The commits demonstrate a consistent effort to translate and adapt the project's content for the Luganda-speaking community, adding new phrases and adjusting existing ones. This included translating phrases related to the website, user interface, and contribution guidelines.
internet-freedommachinesinitiativeopen-datavoice
lawk/mozfestea-web
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:5 PRs, 8 pushes, 3 branches in 1 day
reactcssjavascripteast-africamozfest
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