Notes from the journey.
Writing by Donald Kagunila on software engineering, building products, fintech and technology in Africa — and the lessons that come from actually shipping things.
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Currently writing.
- ENGINEERING
What Building Software for Banks Taught Me
Regulated environments teach you what real engineering discipline looks like — and why the boring parts are the ones that scale.
- PRODUCT
Building SaaS for African SMEs
What actually matters when you sell software to businesses whose infrastructure, cash flow and habits look nothing like a Stripe case study.
- FOUNDER NOTES
From Software Engineer to Product Builder
The unglamorous work of learning that shipping code is only the first ten percent of building something people will pay for.
- ESSAY
Why Good African Software Won’t Always Look Like Silicon Valley Software
A quiet argument for building products around the operational reality on the ground — not copies of what already works elsewhere.