Thoughts and write-ups on Edge AI, IoT, embedded systems, and the leadership lessons learned building real-world solutions.
Notes from building Yambiro: a dual-gateway ESP32 predictive-maintenance system that fuses two BLE sensors, runs a 99.3%-accurate classifier on-device, and turns a fault into an operator decision in under three seconds — with no dependence on a stable internet connection.
How four of us from Southern Africa built Ithute AI in 72 hours and took first place — and a surprise $12k from Meta — at the Llama 3.1 Impact Hackathon in Kigali.
A look at the small but meaningful feature that made people trust Gwenya: translating raw energy readings into fair, transparent money — down to the cent, in ZiG and USD.
On the sidelines of the 10th UNESCO Africa Engineering Week in Luanda, Angola, I pitched Hextech at an entrepreneurship bootcamp for early-career engineers — and watched the continent's engineering institutions negotiate the resolutions that will shape it.