I build things — products, communities, and companies.
Right now I'm working on Beam , a tool that helps managers run better teams without the overhead of endless status meetings. Before that, I co-founded Devcenter, which grew into one of the largest developer communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, and built Gigson, a jobs platform that's helped thousands of developers find work.I've always been drawn to the messy, cross-functional part of building — where product, design, and business strategy collide. I've worked across a lot of industries: fintech, edtech, publishing, and civic tech. Some of that work has been under my own name, some under the hood for other people's companies.AI is increasingly central to how I work and what I build. I led an AI-driven transformation at New Trend Loss Adjusters — automating claims analysis, summarization, and comparison — that cut processing times significantly and pushed operational efficiency up by 75%. That project reinforced something I'd long suspected: the biggest gains from AI aren't about replacing people, they're about removing the repetitive work that gets in the way of good judgment. I'm applying that same thinking to Beam and to the consulting work I do for companies figuring out where AI actually fits in their workflows.Earlier in my career I was a designer and marketer — ran campaigns for Coca-Cola, MTN, and Globacom. That background shapes how I think about products: distribution and experience are never separate problems.I'm writing about what I'm learning, building, and thinking about on my Substack . No particular schedule. No particular niche.
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