I build websites, mobile apps and connected devices for businesses across Tanzania, from safari companies to hospitals and farms.
Full-stack developer, UI/UX designer and IoT engineer with a diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I like owning a project from the first sketch to the server it runs on.
Available for freelance projects and full-time roles
A few projects I'm proud of, with links you can open and try.
Upload a photo of a bird and the model tells you the species, whether it's migratory, and shows its habitat and conservation status. Built to support environmental and weather monitoring in Tanzania.
Python, TensorFlow, computer vision, Hugging Face
Paste an SMS and it checks for scam patterns in real time using two engines: a trained classifier and a rule set that catches suspicious links, USSD codes and money requests. The interface is in Swahili and the rules still work offline.
Python, Gradio, TF-IDF, SQLite
Sensors on tanks and wells send water levels to a web dashboard. The usage data it collects is being used to train a model that predicts consumption.
ESP32, sensors, Python, web dashboard
A management system shared by several hospitals that replaces paper patient records with a single digital record for each patient.
Web application, backend, database design
Eagle Vision Safaris. React website with tour enquiries. I handle the hosting and its search ranking on Google.
Ebby Adventures & Safaris. A complete Laravel 11 site where every tour and page is managed from the database.
Don Bosco KIITEC. Ongoing improvements and content updates to the college's website.
A marketplace app for HAC with separate buyer, seller and admin views. Buyers can pay with M-Pesa or card through Stripe.
React Native, Expo, Firebase, M-Pesa, Stripe
An ordering and sales app for delivering 20-litre drinking water to students' hostels at NM-AIST. Supports more than one language.
React Native, Expo Router, TypeScript
ESP32 controllers read soil sensors over RS485 Modbus and open solenoid valves through relays. Readings go to Firebase, farmers get SMS alerts over GSM, and weather data from OpenWeather helps decide when to water.
ESP32, RS485 / Modbus RTU, relays, Firebase, GSM
Checks code changes before they're deployed: looks at what each change could affect, runs validation tests and flags anything that isn't ready for production.
Python, FastAPI, LLMs, SQLite
A local language-model server on an NVIDIA GPU that my apps and other machines can call over a private network, without paying for a cloud API.
Ubuntu, Ollama, NVIDIA GPU, Tailscale, REST API
A booking system for yacht charters with user accounts and a premium-feeling interface.
React, Vite, FastAPI, SQLite, JWT
A voucher-based Wi-Fi hotspot on a MikroTik router for a business that sells internet access by time.
MikroTik RouterOS
A product catalog where mining companies list ore products and buyers react to listings.
React, Firebase Auth, Realtime Database, Storage
An app that connects people looking for a room or house to rent with property owners.
Product design, mobile and web
Present
My own company for electronics, IoT and software projects. I'm also building AI automations to run day-to-day operations.
Dec 2024 – present
Design, build and maintain websites and apps for clients, including Eagle Vision Safaris, Ebby Adventures & Safaris and Don Bosco KIITEC. That covers payments, booking, admin dashboards, hosting and SEO.
2025 – present
Design and build software, working on both the user interface and the code behind it.
Sept – Oct 2025
Hands-on work with electrical systems and instrumentation, including testing and troubleshooting.
Jul – Sept 2023
Fiber splicing, router configuration and fixing customer connections in the field.
Ongoing
I post tutorials and tips for beginner developers on Instagram and YouTube as @jacksonnavigator.
Don Bosco KIITEC, 2022 – 2025
Kigonsera Secondary School, 2020 – 2022
St. Anselm Secondary School, 2017 – 2019
English (fluent) and Swahili (native)
Tell me what you need and I'll get back to you.
Jacksonwambali@gmail.com