ENTERPRISE WRK-01
KTDA Bursary System
Digital bursary management for Kenya's largest tea cooperative, serving thousands of farmer families.
Django / GeoDjango / PostgreSQL
DRAWING No. GN-001 / REV 2.4
Geoffrey Nyaga
AERONAUTICAL ENG. SOFTWARE DEV TECHNICAL AUTHOR YOUTUBER
Designing from airframe to interface - I design aircraft, manufacture and operate drones, and author open-source documentation, building practical AI and geospatial systems for real African operating environments. I share the engineering along the way on YouTube.
02 / PROFILE
About
I'm a software engineer with a background in aeronautical engineering, AI and geospatial technology. I focus on building full-stack products and technology for real-world African challenges.
When I'm not coding, I'm organising tech events, creating content on YouTube, and contributing to open-source communities.
STACK
Python, Django, TypeScript, React, React Native
FOCUS
AI, Geospatial, Drone Systems, Full-stack
COMMUNITY
DjangoCon Africa, Ubucon Africa, Ubucon Kenya
03 / BUILD LOG
Selected Work
AVIATION WRK-02
Anga-UTM
Unmanned Traffic Management system for drone operations, enabling safe integration into national airspace.
Full-stack / Geospatial APIs
AI WRK-03
Precision Drone Data
AI-driven analysis platform for drone imagery, powering agricultural and infrastructure insights.
Python / TensorFlow / Computer Vision
04 / DRAWINGS
Projects
01 Yiakunte Cultural heritage preservation app for endangered Kenyan languages Python / Django ↗ 02 Kenya-One Aircraft conceptual design software for aerospace engineering Aeronautical Eng ↗
03 Addiction Recovery support and tracking application React Native
04 GoodChoice Decision-making assistance tool Full-stack
05 EDT Educational development tracker Django / React
05 / FIELD NOTES
Blog
Designing Anga-UTM: integrating drones into national airspace
Notes on modelling airspace, conflict detection and the geospatial backend behind a UTM system.
Read →GeoDjango in production: spatial queries that scale
PostGIS indexes, query shapes and the gotchas I hit serving spatial data to thousands of users.
Read →Testing Django + DRF properly with pytest
A pragmatic test setup for Django REST Framework APIs - fixtures, factories and fast feedback.
Read →Talking to the M-Pesa Daraja API from Django
STK push, callbacks and the production details the docs leave out.
Read → 07 / SPECIFICATION
CV & Portfolio
Aeronautical engineer turned full-stack & geospatial developer, building technology that works in real African operating environments. Available for select consulting and collaboration.
CAPABILITIES
- Full-stack product engineering
- Geospatial / GIS systems - GeoDjango, PostGIS
- Drone & UTM systems
- AI & computer vision
- Technical writing & teaching
SPEAKING & COMMUNITY
DjangoCon Africa / Ubucon Africa / Ubucon Kenya