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  • Order: WhatsApp platforms (2018 – 2022) → Joel Transport (Dec 2022 – May 2023) → WDDNG (Jan 2026 – present)

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WhatsApp platforms ›

Altur, Harambee and eButler on the WhatsApp Business API

Joel Transport ›

Online booking platform on AWS

WDDNG ›

South Africa's wedding marketplace, with two apps on Google Play

At a glance

Role
Lead engineer, Mmogo Media
When
2018 – 2022
Length
4 yr
Status
Delivered
Type
Platform, AI
Role
Lead Engineer
When
Dec 2022 – May 2023
Length
6 mo
Status
Live
Type
Web, Platform
Role
Founder / Full-stack & Mobile Engineer
When
Jan 2026 – present
Length
10 mo so far
Status
Live
Type
AI, Mobile, Web

The problem

A WhatsApp-based job platform (Altur), Harambee Youth Accelerator's move from a mobisite to WhatsApp, and eButler's WhatsApp ordering with payments through Flash.
Centralised the customer journey and operational data, reduced manual hand-offs and set up a documented AWS foundation.
South African couples plan across fragmented directories, WhatsApp messages and opaque “price on request” listings, while many international tools don't support local multi-ceremony wedding journeys.

What was built

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Led architecture and hands-on engineering for an online booking platform: Python APIs and the AWS deployment architecture, integrated with Paystack, Sage Accounting, Zoho Bigin and Zoho SalesIQ.
A Next.js and Supabase marketplace with two Kotlin / Jetpack Compose Android apps on Google Play: one for couples, one for vendors. Thuli, the AI planner, is a LangGraph supervisor coordinating 16 specialist agents.

Stack

  • Python
  • Django
  • WhatsApp Business API
  • Infobip
  • Twilio
  • Python
  • AWS
  • Paystack
  • Sage
  • Zoho
  • Next.js
  • Supabase
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kotlin
  • Jetpack Compose
  • LangGraph
  • Zod
  • Paystack
  • Azure
  • LangSmith

Highlights

  • Conversational journeys on the WhatsApp Business API
  • Payments via Flash, Paystack and MTN MoMo
  • Python APIs and AWS deployment architecture
  • Paystack, Sage Accounting, Zoho Bigin and Zoho SalesIQ integrations
  • Two Kotlin / Jetpack Compose Android apps published on Google Play
  • Thuli: a LangGraph supervisor coordinating 16 specialist agents through Zod-typed handoff tools
  • Per-agent model selection, token metering and LangSmith tracing
  • SSE streaming that renders vendor cards and progress during an answer

Infrastructure choices

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  • AWS
  • Supabase with PostgreSQL RLS

Outcome

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Centralised the customer journey and key operational data, reduced manual hand-offs and established a documented AWS foundation for future development.
The marketplace runs across web and two production Android apps, giving couples structured planning tools and vendors better-qualified enquiries with date, budget and guest-count context.

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