Andrew is the Founder and Technical Director of Asilia (http://www.weareasilia.com) – a Creative Agency with branches in the UK and Kenya. Previously, he worked as a developer and project manager for more than 7 years at Barclays Bank, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. He studied Computer Engineering at Warwick University and obtained a Masters in Computer Science from Oxford University. Andrew is also the author of 'African Apps in a Global Marketplace' (http://afriapps.com/post/african-apps-in-a-global-marketplace) and the Founder of Afriapps (http://www.afriapps.com) - a platform showcasing great African apps.

Website: http://www.afriapps.com

Twitter: @andrewmugoya

With a year+ of experience of running Afriapps, we’ve seen our fair share of badly designed apps – the number one reason we decline apps submitted to us. So now we’ve decided to do something about it. Introducing our latest ebooklet: Help! I’m a developer with no clue about design – 6½ practical design tips for developers with no access to designers. Recognising that it may not always be possible for developers to get an expert designer involved in the design of apps...Read Full Post

Riding the Rails One of my goals this year is to learn Ruby on Rails. When I first decided to get into web development (proper), about 7 years ago, my analysis lead me to PHP/MySQL. After coding two major sites literally from scratch (including the now defunct Jijini Markets), I decided it was time to find a CMS or web development framework. My search and comparison analysis lead me to Drupal, which I’ve now been using (religiously) for more than 3 years, including for most of the sites we’ve...Read Full Post

Guest contributor Andrew Mugoya is the Author of ‘African Apps in a Global Marketplace‘ and the Founder of Asilia (an international creative agency) and Afriapps (a showcase of great African apps). Andrew Mugoya Entrepreneurship is all the buzz. Founding your own startup has never been easier and has never been more encouraged than it is now. So we all want to do it. And many of us are. Employment is for suckers, right? Wrong! Unfortunately, most of the stories out of Silicon Valley (the...Read Full Post