const praise: Developer = {
name: "Praise Masunga",
handle: "@PraiseTechzw",
location: "Zimbabwe 🇿🇼",
education: "BSc Information Technology — Chinhoyi University of Technology (2023–2027)",
roles: [
"Founder & CEO → Campus Market",
"Engineer → Appixia Softwares",
"Contributor → Zimandla, Ignite Africa",
],
focus: ["Mobile Apps", "Web Platforms", "AI/ML Integration", "SaaS"],
openTo: ["Open Source", "Freelance", "Consulting", "Full-time Opportunities"],
philosophy: "Ship things that matter. Code with empathy. Build for Africa — and beyond.",
};I don't just write code. I build systems that solve real problems for real people — starting with the communities I know best.
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autopilot-cli · The project I'm most proud of. An intelligent Git automation CLI that watches your filesystem, debounces changes, then commits and pushes while you stay in flow. Ships with AI-powered commit messages via Gemini/Grok, a real-time dashboard, undo command, team mode, conflict detection, secret scanning, and a productivity leaderboard. Published on npm as
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Lunavo · ⭐ A state-of-the-art mental wellness ecosystem built for university students at Chinhoyi University of Technology. Features real-time peer support chat, anonymous forum, daily mood check-ins, AI-powered wellness insights, crisis resources, and a full gamification engine — 14 badges, streak tracking, leaderboard, and level progression. Backend powered by Supabase with Row Level Security and end-to-end encrypted messaging. 15,000+ lines of code, 50+ components, 20+ database tables.
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Taste of Zimbabwe · ⭐ A premium culinary app dedicated to preserving Zimbabwean cuisine. Browse authentic traditional recipes (Sadza, Dovi, Muriwo), scan ingredients with your camera and get AI-generated recipes via Gemini, share community recipes in real-time, and switch between English, Shona, and Ndebele. Live on the Google Play Store.
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Snapit · ⭐ A modern, high-performance Android app for seamless media capture and screen recording. Features a draggable "Power Mode" floating bubble for instant camera or screen recording access from anywhere on the device — without leaving your current app. Built entirely with Jetpack Compose, CameraX and MediaProjection API. Clean MVVM architecture with Hilt dependency injection.
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Climate Space Zimbabwe · ⭐ A youth-led AI-powered climate resilience platform for Zimbabwe. Fuses artificial intelligence with creative arts to help farmers get localized planting advice and pest identification tuned to Zimbabwe's agro-ecological zones. Includes a Creative Space for digital climate advocacy, a Climate Library for researchers, and a full custom design system. Actively deployed on Vercel.
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║ 💡 THE BELIEF THAT DRIVES EVERY LINE OF CODE ║
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║ "Africa doesn't lack talent. ║
║ It lacks infrastructure, opportunity, ║
║ and the right tools in the right hands." ║
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║ So I build the tools. ║
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║ A student building mental health platforms for students. ║
║ A Zimbabwean building climate tools for Zimbabwean farmers. ║
║ A developer shipping real software — not just portfolio apps. ║
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║ Every commit is a small bet that tech can close the gap. ║
║ I'm playing the long game. 🌍 ║
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| 🎯 What I'm Building Toward | |
|---|---|
| 🌍 | Represent Zimbabwe & Africa on the global tech stage |
| 🚀 | Ship products that outlive the projects they started as |
| 🤝 | Collaborate with builders who care about real-world impact |
| 📦 | Grow @traisetech/autopilot into a widely-used open source tool |
| 🎓 | Finish my BSc and come out with a portfolio that speaks louder |
Open to freelance, consulting, open-source collabs, and full-time opportunities. Especially if you're building something that matters.