KAFUI AKPALU
Kigali
Summary
Experienced software developer with a proven track record of success spanning 6 years, contributing innovative solutions across the financial technologies, health, and educational sectors. Adept at leveraging advanced technical skills to drive the development and implementation of robust software applications. Known for a collaborative and results-driven approach I'm skilled in full-stack development, agile methodologies, and cross-functional team leadership.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Co Founder
Moonsquare Limited.
10.2021 - Current
- Building a payment platform for the Ghana Enterprise Agency, A governmental institution aimed at offering loans and grants to small-scale businesses in Ghana.
Senior Software Developer
Techustle Limited.
01.2021 - 07.2023
- Building a payment platform to support business trade between North America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Worked on backend development, DevOps, scalability, monitoring and feature maintenance of the platform which has over 40000 users and 50,000 daily monetary transactions
Senior Software Developer
Gn Mobile Money Limited
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Built a fintech platform called Payglobal which enabled users ot remit money from the UK ot Ghana which had 8,000 users remitting an average of 70,000 pounds to Ghana each month
- My primary role was leading the Android team to build a high-quality user-friendly application and DevOps.
CTO
Revo Education Limited
05.2015 - 08.2016
- Led the team to build a digital educational platform comprising a suite of different android applications each contextualized to an aspect of the Ghanaian educational curriculum as an educational product for kids. Application served over 3000 users comprising teachers, students, and parents and 250 schools
- Lead the development of the platform for react web and android mobile. Also built portals in react for educational content management and built DevOps processes for deployment and monitoring.
Senior Android Developer
Peach Health Limited
10.2015 - 04.2016
- Served as the Engineering lead for 3 years building a platform for storing patient information in compliance with HIPAA regulations electronically and software tools to help detect early signs of heath risks eg postpartum hemorrhaging
Google Student Ambassador
Google
10.2013 - 12.2014
- Helped deploy and offered support for Google Apps Services (Gmail, Gchat, GDocs, Gsites, GWave, Ggroups, Gbuzz, Google+) for Valley View University Faculty, Staff and Students.
- Managed student’s Google Apps Accounts for the Entire Valley View University and performed task such as Accounts Creation, Password retrieval and reset, accounts permissions managements.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburg, Pensilvenia05.2025
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Valley View University
Accra Ghana05.2015
Skills
- Python
- DevOps
- Kotlin
- Android Development
- Java
- Project Management
References
- Mr Dominic Damoah Phd, Dean Department of Computer Science, Valley View University, Accra, Ghana, +233557593231, ddmoah@vvu.edu.gh
- Evita Grant Phd, CEO, Techustle Inc, Palo Alto, USA, +16172597396, evita@thetechustle.com
Timeline
Co Founder
Moonsquare Limited.
10.2021 - Current
Senior Software Developer
Techustle Limited.
01.2021 - 07.2023
Senior Software Developer
Gn Mobile Money Limited
01.2017 - 01.2018
Senior Android Developer
Peach Health Limited
10.2015 - 04.2016
CTO
Revo Education Limited
05.2015 - 08.2016
Google Student Ambassador
Google
10.2013 - 12.2014
Master of Science - Information Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Valley View University
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