Nelly Cheboi
CEO & Founder at TechLit Africa
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolNelly Cheboi is a mission-driven software engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building technology and nonprofit ventures that expand access to digital skills. As CEO and co-founder of TechLit Africa she has led sustainable programs that refurbished computers and built labs in 33 rural schools, reaching 10,000 students to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. She combines hands-on engineering experience from roles at ShipBob, Kodable, and early-stage startups with nonprofit program design and community partnerships. A Forbes 30 Under 30 alumnus, Nelly uniquely blends product and operational rigor with deep empathy informed by growing up in Kenya. Beyond TechLit she has founded multiple initiatives (including Zawadi Yetu and pushupbot), demonstrating a pattern of shipping simple, impactful solutions. Based in Chicago, she is known for turning scarce resources into scalable learning opportunities that position youth for family-sustaining careers.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Computer Science at Augustana College
Swahili
Stackoverflow
71reputation
6kreached
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Github Skills (19)
mpesa6
facebook-graph-api6
instagram-graph-api6
instagram-api6
payment-gateway6
instagram6
payment-integration5
laravel4
api3
php3
sdk3
checkout3
java2
commerce2
restful2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SoftwareEngineeringDaily/sedaily-xamarin
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
nellycheboi/zawadiprep-tech
Oct 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:7 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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