Kauli
An AI diagnostic product designed and built end-to-end using Claude API, Replit, Vercel, and Airtable.
About
Product design leader with 11+ years building and shipping digital products at scale; including M-PESA, where I designed statement verification for 50M+ users. I have led design teams of junior and mid-weight designers, built design systems that hold quality across multiple squads, and worked in regulated and infrastructure-constrained environments where some of the the biggest design problems are trust and access.
Experience
2025 — Current
Founder & Design Lead at Suluhu Studio
Founded and run a design and product studio serving founders across Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Advise client teams on raising design maturity and build AI-native products.
2023 — 2025
Senior Product Designer, Platform at KOKO Networks
Owned UX across the full customer lifecycle for a clean cooking platform serving 1M+ households. Introduced Design QA and documentation systems to reduce rework.
2021 — 2023
Senior Product Designer at Safaricom PLC
Designed digital statement verification for M-PESA’s 50M+ users, significantly reducing support tickets. Owned design system governance across a distributed, multi-team organisation.
2020 — 2021
Senior Product Designer at YLabs
Co-designed and launched Bohoka, a mobile-first mental health platform for youth in Rwanda. Conducted co-design workshops and behavioural testing in low-connectivity settings.
2020 — 2020
UX/UI Designer at Kwara
Redesigned SACCO digital banking onboarding for members with low prior digital banking exposure. Improved onboarding conversion post-launch.
2019 — 2020
Product Design Lead at Ajua Inc.
Led UX and product design for a customer-experience intelligence platform. Built the company's first design system and structured handoff documentation.
2017 — 2019
Product Designer at Jumia Group
Shipped e-commerce interfaces across multiple African markets. Introduced A/B testing to core conversion funnels.
Projects
Daro
A cohort education programme for founders designed with behavioural change as the primary success measure.
Education
2026 — Current
Certificate in Behavioural Science in Public Policy at World Bank Group
2022
Certificate in UX Research at Scale at University of Michigan
2021
Certificate in Design Thinking for Business Strategy at University of Sydney
2015
Certificate in Audio Production at Music Technology Academy
2013 — 2014
Certificate in JavaScript & Android Development at eMobilis Institute
Skills
Product DesignDesign SystemsDesignOpsInteraction DesignInformation ArchitectureMobile-first UXPrototypingA/B TestingUsability TestingFigmaFramerSQLAI Product Building