About us

African-built AI, in production

Uhuru Innovative is an African technology company building the AI that businesses on the continent actually need — practical, deployed and measured on results. We’re the team behind Uhuru Wallet.

Our mission

Put world-class AI within reach of every African business

Too much AI stops at the pilot stage. We exist to close that gap — turning ambition into working systems that cut cost, unlock growth and compound over time. From custom agents to machine-learning software to our own products, we build for the long run.

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Outcomes over output

We measure ourselves on the business result, not the number of models shipped.

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Built for Africa

We engineer for real conditions here — mobile-first, low-bandwidth, WhatsApp-native.

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Partners, not vendors

We build alongside your team and stay to run what we ship.

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Rigour

Sound data practice, honest evaluation and security by design.

Team

The people behind Uhuru

Two decades of quantitative finance, enterprise software and AI — from bank trading desks to products serving tens of thousands of users.

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Trust Jakarasi

Founder & CEO

Ex-Barclays Capital Africa Director and quant developer of derivatives pricing systems. Founder of Uhuru Wallet (50k+ users); builds AI and data-analytics products end to end.

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Lawrence Mucheka

Chief Technology Officer

Seasoned software architect behind enterprise financial-services and insurance applications; builds AI and data-analytics platforms designed to run in production.

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Dr Jonah Mushava

Chief AI Officer

PhD in Financial Mathematics & Statistics. Specialist in credit-risk modelling, advanced machine learning and regulatory compliance across banking and finance.

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