Kelvin Mwaniki

Kelvin Mwaniki is a software engineer and entrepreneur who started building a company while still an undergraduate. As a fourth-year Software Engineering student at the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton, he teamed up with three classmates on a final-year research project about electric vehicles. That collaboration grew into a business partnership, and in 2023 the group registered G-Tech with starting capital of KES 30,000.

G-Tech provides software development, mobile app development and IT consultancy, and its website also lists web development, cybersecurity, network deployment and ICT supplies. The firm's first major assignment was an app for Nakuru County, and it has since delivered systems for the Doc & I and Onlocum projects as well as GasXpress. Kelvin has reported a profit of roughly 400,000 from this early work, a notable result for a student-run company that began with very modest funds.

Balancing lectures with client deadlines has not been easy, and Kelvin says the main lesson he has taken from it is to let his work speak for itself. His ambition is for G-Tech to become a leading provider of IT solutions across Africa, growing through strategic partnerships and a focus on sustainability. To other young people he offers simple advice: stay focused, find mentors and keep sight of the reason you began.