Lead Software Developer · FlowPesa
Kasirivu
Gerald Francis
I build fintech and AI products for Africa and beyond end to end, from Laravel APIs to mobile apps to the AI pipelines behind them.
I build fintech and AI products for Africa and beyond end to end, from Laravel APIs to mobile apps to the AI pipelines behind them.
I am a software developer focused on building products people actually rely on. Today I a founder of Schmarc Technologies where lead engineering at FlowPesa, a Uganda-first digital wallet, and as well where I build RealCraft, an AI platform that turns voice into finished video.
Born in Uganda in 2000, I hold a BSc in Computer & Information Systems Security from Makerere University, and have designed, built and shipped software across the UK, Germany, France, Vietnam, Cambodia and China, bringing world-class engineering practice back home to East Africa.
I work across the whole stack: Visual Basic, Laravel and MySQL on the backend, React Native and React on the front, and AI pipelines stitched together with Claude, Whisper, Replicate and FFmpeg plus the payments and infrastructure that hold it all together.
A Uganda-first digital wallet for Africa. Send money, pay bills and manage finances with bank-grade security and speed.
An AI platform that turns a voice recording into a fully illustrated, perfectly synced video for YouTube, TikTok and Reels. No editing.
A full-stack website and admin system for the Ugandan primary school I taught at — enrollment, live PLE results, gallery and a management dashboard.
A point-of-sale and supermarket system that lets cashiers and sales agents track inventory and run checkouts in one place.
The website for Go Empower Communities for Development, a community development initiative.
A school management system connecting schools, teachers and parents with automated updates and records.
A storefront that sells scholastic materials directly to parents and schools.
A social discovery app that helps people in the Luganda-speaking community connect with each other.
A working Google Search clone built with the Google API, Firebase and Material UI in React.
A real estate web presence for property firms, giving them a fast, clean online storefront.