Technical skills
PythonDjangoYOLOv8LLaMAASR & TTSNext.jsPostgreSQLGit/GitHubUbuntu LinuxCI/CDComputer VisionPower BI
Personal portfolio
Alfred Baraka Rugoye
Computer Science Graduate | AI & Software Developer
Motivated and adaptive Computer Science graduate with a strong foundation in AI, machine learning, data science, and software development. Skilled in Python, Django, and computer vision tools like YOLOv8, with a passion for building real-world technology solutions, especially in healthcare and language technology.
Attributes
Problem-solving mindset
Fast learner and adaptive
Strong teamwork
Innovation driven
Experience & projects
Practical work across software, AI, data, and deployment
IT Development Manager
Matlucky Company Limited
August - December 2025
matlucky.co.tz
- Independently developed a complete full-stack web system using Django for the backend and Next.js for the frontend.
- Built and deployed an e-commerce platform with AzamPay integration and Odoo ERP connectivity.
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment on an Ubuntu Linux VPS.
- Publicly recognized on the company website for outstanding technical leadership.
AI Developer - Malaria Detection
Project Collaboration
November 2024 - July 2025
Computer vision project
- Developed a model to detect and locate malaria parasites in blood smear images using YOLOv8.
- Used Jupyter Notebook and Google Colab for image preprocessing, labeling, training, and experimentation.
AI & Data Specialist
eGA Closed Project - Dodoma
July - October 2024
Language AI and data systems
- Fine-tuned a LLaMA model for Swahili language processing.
- Developed local language ASR speech-to-text and TTS text-to-speech modules.
- Managed PostgreSQL databases and performed Ubuntu Linux system administration.
IT Intern
Africa Media Group
July - October 2023
Technical support and systems
- Handled technical support, system maintenance, and networking tasks.
- Installed and managed basic software systems for enterprise use.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
National Institute of Transport (NIT)
Graduate, 2025
Advanced Secondary Education (ACSEE)
Kigonsera High School
Graduated 2022, PGM
Secondary Education (CSEE)
Nyeburu Secondary School
Graduated 2019
Interests
Tech blogs, exploring AI, documentaries, and coding projects.
Current direction
Building applied AI and software systems that solve real problems in healthcare, language technology, commerce, and business operations.
Major Shanaly projects
Platform products built across business, marketplace, customer, recruitment, and hospitality workflows
These are the largest systems in Alfred's portfolio: real product builds with multi-app architecture, backend APIs, frontend experiences, deployment, permissions, payments, media, and operational workflows.
Shanaly Omni
Business management platform
A full business operating system covering finance and accounting, POS, inventory, procurement, sales, CRM, staff, payroll, dashboards, branch operations, approvals, reports, and role-based access.
- Multi-tenant architecture with tenant workspaces and business-specific portals.
- Integrated workflows across operations, finance, stock, sales, and management reporting.
- Built with Django, PostgreSQL, Next.js, Linux deployment, permissions, and production service operations.
Shanaly Soko
Marketplace and commerce platform
A public marketplace for products, stores, restaurants, hotels, services, apartments, local sellers, checkout, ordering, booking, customer accounts, and promotional experiences.
- Product discovery, categories, carts, favorites, customer order tracking, and public product pages.
- Hospitality commerce for restaurants, hotels, rooms, event halls, food ordering, and booking flows.
- Stable media delivery, mobile-first UI, SEO routes, and marketplace APIs connected to backend data.
Shanaly One
Customer and personal seller ecosystem
A customer-facing ecosystem for personal profiles, contacts, seller listings, food, services, stays, leads, QR flows, and customer experience features connected into Soko.
- Public seller listings for products, services, food, stays, and real estate-style posts.
- Customer profile, contact, QR, and marketplace bridge features.
- Integration with Soko public discovery so One listings can appear in marketplace surfaces.
Shanaly Ajira
Recruitment and job platform
A recruitment platform for public job discovery, applicant flows, job ads, and hiring-related workflows in the Shanaly product ecosystem.
- Public recruitment pages for job visibility and applications.
- Platform-side controls for job ads, recruitment data, and HR-related permissions.
- Built as part of the wider Shanaly multi-app architecture.
Hospitality websites and live pitch system
Hotels, restaurants, halls, and demo workspaces
A hospitality layer that supports hotel websites, restaurant websites, event halls, public ordering, bookings, service requests, tracking pages, and isolated pitch workspaces for demos.
- Public hotel and restaurant websites with room, menu, booking, dining, event, and tracking flows.
- Onboarding live pitch workspaces for creating and sharing hospitality demos.
- Branch/location-aware URLs, public profiles, media, payments, and customer-facing booking experiences.