Praise Godwins
Senior Software Engineer at Africa Gen AI Lab
Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolPraise Godwins is a Senior Software Engineer and founder-CEO who blends hands-on full-stack development with strategic AI leadership across multiple startups in Nairobi. With three years of professional experience he leads Afrocentric model development as CTO and ML lead at Africa Gen AI Lab while running AoristAI and co-founding ventures like codeforce and Jisort Technologies. He ships production web and backend systems regularly—currently building features at Oxygène Marketing Communications—and has a track record creating microloan platforms and bespoke client software. Trained in Mechatronics and Computer Science (Meru University, Saylor, and Harvard's CS50), he applies cross-disciplinary systems thinking to ML problems. Fluent in English, Luo, and Swahili, he combines local cultural fluency with Microsoft-certified AI expertise to build practical, regionally resonant solutions.
3 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Kisumu Boys High SchoolBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Saylor UniversityMechatronics engineering , Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Mechatronics engineering , Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at Meru University of Science and Technology (MUST)Associate's degree, CS50 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, Associate's degree, CS50 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE at Harvard University
English, luo (kenya and tanzania), Swahili, Spanish
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Github Skills (22)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
godwins3/godwins3
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:19 commits, 39 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
godwins3/real_time_gender_age_detection
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
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