Pheneas.
I am the founder and CEO of Phindor, building JuaFlow, Clerqe, and other ventures from Nairobi. This is where I think in public about companies, local capital, and useful AI.
I am interested in how Africa builds more businesses that last, pay people well, and fund the next generation of founders.
I studied electronics engineering, then moved through teaching, product design, software development, and machine learning before founding Phindor.
Founder / Product builder / Writer
What I am building.
Phindor
The company behind my ventures and custom engineering work.
JuaFlow
Business AI agents that have handled more than 1M interactions.
Clerqe + Nokiu
Clerqe makes financial workflows conversational; Nokiu rethinks everyday retail.
What I write about.
Building companies
The decisions behind useful businesses that can grow and endure.
Local capital
How African ambition is funded close to home.
AI and operations
Practical systems that help teams do better work.
The long view.
More Africans building and funding companies that raise incomes, create better work, and make local ambition easier to finance.
Timeline.
Now
Building JuaFlow and Clerqe through Phindor while writing Startup Notes.
Along the way
Learning enterprise sales, company storytelling, and the realities of raising capital.
Long term
Bring more African builders, operators, and local capital into the same room.