"A ship in a harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
Software engineer with 3+ years of experience building web and mobile products with the JavaScript and Go ecosystems. Based in Zanzibar, open to remote roles.
Languages: English · Swahili · learning Spanish & Zulu
Languages: JavaScript · TypeScript · Go · Java · C Frontend: React · React Native Backend: Node.js · Express (MERN) · Go (Gin, GORM)
- Karibu: Enterprise-grade, multi-module internal platform built end-to-end for Karibu Company Limited, covering inventory, sales, operations, reporting, and administration across six business lines. Live · API docs
- DorkHunter: OSINT tool that turns ambiguous Google dorking results into structured reconnaissance data. Built with MERN + SerpAPI under TISA Intelligence. Docs
- tz-stack-registry: Community-sourced registry mapping the technical landscape of Tanzanian companies, including tech stacks, tooling, and interview patterns. Live
- Shades: E-commerce platform for eyewear in Tanzania with AI-powered recommendations based on customer face photos. Live
- Kilimokacha: Platform empowering smallholder farmers across Africa. Live
TISA Intelligence: giving organizations clear visibility into their publicly exposed digital assets before they can be exploited.
Data Engineering with ALX Africa.
Contributor to Nuru Programming, a Swahili-first programming language. I also maintain Swahili learning labs for C++, Go, and Kali Linux.
- Akili Unde: AI education blog helping readers in Tanzania and East Africa learn, build, and benefit from AI without language barriers.
- Substack (@njox): software engineering essays.
- Medium: engineering notes and tutorials.
- Email: godblessnyagawa@gmail.com
- Website: njox.dev
- LinkedIn: godbless-nyagawa
- X: @Njox16
- YouTube: @njox16