About
Phelix Juma is a co-founder and CTO at Sanifu working on workflow automation for business teams. He previously contributed to building payments systems across East Africa that processed significant transaction volumes, and holds an engineering degree from the University of Nairobi with expertise in information systems, banking, payments integration, and data science.
Founder at SanifuYC S22
Intro paths
YC
Phelix went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Phelix can intro founders to Sanifu's investors below.
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Co-founders at Sanifu
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Sidney RemaFounder
Experience
- Patika AfricaCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2021 — presentNairobi, Kenya
- Insense Data TechnologiesFounder2019 — 2022Kindaruma road, Kilimani, Nairobi
- KUZA LAB LTDHead Of Technology2017 — 2022Nairobi
- KUZA LAB LTDHead Of Technology2017 — 2022
- Meal Time Company LimitedExecutive Director and President2016 — 2022Nairobi
- Meal Time Company LimitedExecutive Director and CTO2016 — 2022Nairobi
- VoSpine Company LtdPresident2015 — 2022Nairobi
- Equity Group FoundationMentor2013 — 2022
- Safaricom LimitedSenior Solutions Architect2017Nairobi
- Equity Bank LimitedICT Service Desk Intern2015Nairob
- Equity Bank LtdCashier2012Nairobi
- Ombek Secondary SchoolTeacher2012
Skills & more
Distributed Systems1Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Growth Strategies7Agile Application Development5Cloud Computing5Big Data1Data Analysis5Telecommunications4Control Systems Design2Financial Analysis2ElectronicsElectrical Engineering
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Electric PowerServer AdministrationProgrammable Logic Controller (PLC)Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft WordAssembly LanguagePythonMatlabRaspberry PiRobot ControlIP NetworkingResearchLanguages Dholuo · English · Kiswahili
- Master Apache Spark using Spark SQL and PySpark 3 — Udemy
- Working with Large Language Models in Generative AI — Udemy
- Entrepreneurship — Udemy
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Phelix Juma?
- Phelix Juma is a co-founder and CTO at Sanifu working on workflow automation for business teams. He previously contributed to building payments systems across East Africa that processed significant transaction volumes, and holds an engineering degree from the University of Nairobi with expertise in information systems, banking, payments integration, and data science.
- Where does Phelix Juma work?
- Phelix Juma is Founder of Sanifu.
- What companies did Phelix Juma found?
- Phelix Juma founded Sanifu.
- Where did Phelix Juma go to school?
- Phelix Juma studied at The University of Nairobi (Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Nyangiela Secondary School (KCSE).
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