nice to meet you

A little about me

Briton Otieno standing in a garden in a navy cardigan and checked shirt, smiling

I'm Briton, a software engineer in Nairobi.

I build the systems behind money and market data. Payment flows, data pipelines, and the tools people use every day.

I founded Wazi Labs Africa, a lab for market data and forecasting for Kenyan and African capital markets. Our main product, Wazi Markets, launched in June 2026. By November it had about 35,000 organic visits.

I also built a church fundraising platform that takes M-Pesa payments and sends WhatsApp updates on its own. At Craft Silicon I work on TaskBridge, a platform used across the company.

I like work where the numbers have to be right, and where a wrong payment or price is noticed straight away.

Working at
Craft Silicon
Building
Wazi Labs Africa
Based in
Nairobi, Kenya
Open to
Remote, hybrid and travel

what keeps me going

What I care about

In my work

  • FinTech
  • Capital markets data
  • LegalTech
  • EdTech
  • CivicTech
  • FaithTech
  • Open source for African markets
  • Mentoring developers

Off the clock

  • Community service
  • Public speaking
  • Reading the Bible, poems and classic Christian books
  • Travelling
  • Learning new skills and cultures
  • Music

away from the screen

Moments

Briton Otieno standing in a garden with palms behind him, smiling
garden light
Briton Otieno smiling in a blue sweater indoors
all smiles
Close-up of Briton Otieno smiling, with green leaves behind him
a good day