Startupper of the Year
HearMe got nominated for Startupper of the year by one of AFCONS's major sponsors (Total Energies )
George Chakama
As someone who takes responsibility for his own personal development, I'm continually evaluating and upgrading my skills so that I stay at the cutting edge of Web development and Digital skills. I am a natural problem solver, who has proven himself by successfully completing projects for IT consultancies, web design agencies, and IT departments.
What Motivates me
Sometimes I blame my name because I am a curious person. I really love to understand how certain tools are built and I also try to rebuild them using my own understanding. This is what really drives me to keep becoming a better developer because I am always practicing what I learn.
My Future
I really don‘t see myself growing old and still sitting behind the screen to code. I really love coding but I look forward to retiring at an early age so that I can spend my time venturing into agriculture and travelling the world with my family and siblings.
George Chakama is a Full-Stack Developer with years of experience working with JavaScript. He builds tools that help improve the communities around him. Currently, he is the Lead Developer for HearMe where he works to enhance how people with speech impairments can interact with other communities. In 2021 George won an award for Tech Innovator of the year after his breakthrough with HearMe and his work in empowering the Mute/Deaf community.
In 2019 He started a Blog that helps developers tackle some challenges they face in the industry. George has given presentations at multiple Developer gatherings. In the year 2021 one of his articles got the attention of Scrimba and it was featured on one of their twitter spaces. He has also given presentations on Contributing to Open Source and Tackling React-JS bugs.
George spends most of his time volunteering at NGOs managing their online presence and raising awareness as an Advocate for the disabled. During his free time, you can always catch him practicing his poetry or jogging with his 2 dogs.
Here are some tools I work with
I‘ve done some Presentations and Interviews around The World 🌍
I‘m super passionate to talk about tech and Mental Health, below are some of the works I‘ve done.
7 Yearly Highlights
Counting Every Stride
2022
Guest Speaker at a Google Conf
Best way to start 2022, This really opened a lot of doors for me.
2021
Campaign to Develop 10 NGO Websites
Starting the year I helped more than 10 upcoming NGO's to have an online presence for free. It was an awesome experiance working with organisations such as Tarusikirwa, Praise Foundation and Passionate Heart to name a few. All these sites were developed during 2021.
Joined WeThinkCode as Mentor
WeThinkCode is a one of a kind tech training academy that has created a fresh and innovative approach to coding education. They produce graduates that enter the marketplace ready for work.
Hosted Twitter Space
One of the best highlights for 2021. I collaborated with Audrey to have a developer session on twitter and it was a huge success. This was my first twitter space I hosted. We had over 100+ developers tuned in and sharing their stories
Developed HearMe
Best tool I ever developed to help out the communities around me.
Article Featured on Scrimba Twitter Space
I know I am not the only person out there whose journey into software engineering was delayed because I just didn’t know where to start.
Interview on National Broadcasting Channel
After launching HearMe it got the attention of ZBC TV and other local publications.
Won Award : Tech Innovator of the year
This was such an amazing honour. I got recognised for my work in the Tech indusrty and scooped an Award. What a way to end 2021.
2020
Chose React over Angular
Best Decision I ever made. React is really an awesome Framework to work with
Fell in-Love with Gatsby JS
GatsbyJS really helped me by combining the functionality from React, GraphQL and Webpack into a single tool for building static websites and apps
OS Contribution : Presentation
Gave an awesome presentation on contributing to Open Source. This was a way to encourage developers to share their skills.
Started Blogging
Sharing is really caring. I have really learnt a lot from sharing my skills and knowledge through blogging.
Conquered Dipression and Anxiety
2020 was really a tough year for me, I will write an article about this soon.
Became a serious Developer
I started coding more and putting more effort in everything I was working on. This was the start of a great chapter.