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Wesley Kirinya

CTO and Co-Founder•Leti Arts
Kenya
Founder

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Expertise

Full Stack Development
DevOps
Infrastructure Management
Security
System Architecture
Python
Java
C++
C
SQL
Bash
HTML
JavaScript
Ruby
CSS
Assembler
Erlang
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
Docker
Jenkins
Git
Terraform
Ansible
NGINX
Apache
Game Development
OpenGL
Socket Programming
Network Programming
3D Studio Max
Autodesk Maya
React Native
Node.js
Angular
REST APIs
CI/CD Pipelines
Microservices
MySQL
Neo4j
NoSQL
Primary Sector
Comics
1Roles
0Investments
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Biography

Wesley Kirinya is a pioneer in African game development and an accomplished software engineer with over 20 years of experience. Born in 1983 in Nairobi, Kenya, he founded his first gaming studio in 2005 and created The Adventures of Nyangi in 2007, regarded as the first video game built and released in sub-Saharan Africa. This achievement earned him Africa's Top ICT Youth Innovator award in 2008. He co-founded Leti Arts in 2009 with Eyram Tawia, developing the Africa's Legends franchise featuring African superheroes and folklore. He specializes in full-stack development, DevOps, infrastructure management, and system architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms. Currently founder of Kite Consulting, he continues to build scalable systems while contributing to Africa's technology ecosystem.

Education

C

Degree

Consolata High School

U

Coursework in Computer Science

University of Nairobi

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Brief coursework in Aeronautical Engineering

Wichita State University

U

Coursework in Actuarial Science

University of Nairobi

2002-2005

Languages

No languages listed.

Awards

  • 🏆Africa's Top ICT Youth Innovator Award 2008