Roger Bukuru

Roger Bukuru has held a variety of positions in the software engineering industry. In 2016, they completed internships at Yalidev and VASTech, where they evaluated the suitability of Elasticsearch to store time series data and built a monitoring system in C#. In 2017, they were a winter intern at SMSPortal and built a monitoring system in C# that posts application specific metrics to InfluxDB. In 2018, they worked as a Lead Software Developer at Nisa Finance, maintaining and building a financial portal that connects providers of finance with small-medium businesses. Roger also worked as an Operations Consultant at Kabura Travel and Tours. Finally, in 2019, they became Co-Chief Executive Officer of Lipa Payments, an open-source software solution for banks and fintech's that allows small merchants to accept digital payments.

Roger Bukuru completed a Matric (NSC) at The Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology in 2012-2014, where they studied English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Physics, IT, Accounting, and Life Orientation. Roger then continued their studies at the University of Cape Town, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science, Finance and Mathematical Statistics between 2015 and 2018. Finally, they completed a Bachelor of Science Honours in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Cape Town in 2019.