Complex things,
explained simply.
Kenya is building products that the world uses — M-Pesa, Daraja, Africa's Talking, Cellulant. Almost none of it is world-class documented. The engineers who can take what they've built and explain it so clearly that anyone can use it are the ones who become indispensable — here and globally.
Documentation is not writing.
It's translation.
The best technical communicators take what engineers built and make it understandable to the person who needs it most — clearly, simply, without losing a single important detail.
The engineering is world-class.
The documentation isn't.
M-Pesa's Daraja API moves billions of shillings every day. Africa's Talking powers millions of USSD sessions across East Africa. Safaricom's developer platform has over 50,000 active integrations. These are serious engineering achievements — the documentation does not match.
Kenya's tech sector is growing faster than its ability to communicate what it's building. The companies expanding globally — and the global companies hiring locally — need engineers who write with clarity and precision. Globally, senior technical writers earn USD 70,000 – 150,000 per year. Remotely from Nairobi, that income is transformative.
If you work in Kenyan tech,
this was built for you.
No prior writing background required. If you understand technology and want to communicate it clearly, you qualify.
Software Engineers
At Kenyan fintechs and startups — add the skill that multiplies your value without changing your job.
CS Graduates
From JKUAT, UoN, Strathmore, KCA, Daystar — entering tech and looking for a differentiated niche.
Remote-Work Seekers
Kenyans who want to earn in USD on Turing, Andela, Toptal, or direct hire — from home.
Banking & Finance Tech
Professionals at Equity, KCB, Co-op, NCBA, Stanbic, or Absa who see the documentation gap daily.
Fintech Builders
Teams at Cellulant, Pesapal, Pesalink, or any Kenyan startup shipping APIs to developers.
Writers Who Want More
Content professionals pivoting into high-paying technical writing — locally and internationally.
Six skills. One unifying thread:
make complexity disappear.
Every module comes back to the same question — can someone who didn't build this understand it in five minutes?
Simplify Without Losing Accuracy
The core discipline. Take a complex API, an AI model, or a distributed system and explain it so clearly that both a junior developer and a non-technical executive understand it — without dumbing it down.
Technical Documentation
Write documentation that engineers actually read. Precise, scannable, and genuinely useful — the kind that reduces support tickets and earns developer trust.
API Documentation
OpenAPI/Swagger, Postman collections, SDK guides, code samples. The formats behind Daraja API, Africa's Talking, Stripe, and Twilio — mastered from first principles.
AI System Communication
Explain what a model does, what it can't do, and why — in plain English. Model cards, system cards, dataset docs. The rarest and most in-demand skill in 2025.
Docs-as-Code
Git, Markdown, static site generators, CI/CD for documentation. Treat docs like an engineering discipline — the way GitLab, Canonical, and Cloudflare do.
Portfolio That Gets You Hired
Graduate with real, published documentation work — the kind that lands interviews at Safaricom, Africa's Talking, Stripe, and any global company hiring remotely.
Pick where
you're starting from.
Every tier is a serious 3-month intensive. You finish with documentation work you can show any company — in Nairobi or anywhere in the world.
3-month intensive
- Technical documentation fundamentals
- Writing for non-technical audiences — the hardest skill
- User guide, FAQ, and release note writing
- Style guides and content standards
- Editing, structured review, and plain-language techniques
- Entry-level portfolio — ready to show employers
Career outcome
Junior technical writer roles at Kenyan startups, NGOs, and SaaS companies
3-month intensive
- Everything in Foundational
- API documentation — REST, GraphQL, gRPC
- Simplifying AI systems for developers and non-engineers
- AI model cards and dataset documentation
- Developer portal content strategy
- Mid-level portfolio with real-world Kenyan API examples
Career outcome
Mid-level roles at Safaricom, Cellulant, NCBA, Equity Bank, and global remote companies
3-month intensive
- Everything in Standard
- Docs-as-code workflows at scale
- AI product documentation strategy
- Content architecture & information design
- Documentation for complex distributed systems
- Capstone portfolio — global employer standard
Career outcome
Senior roles at global tech companies — USD income, fully remote from Kenya
Scholarship and instalment options available. Talk to us.
Local companies that need you.
Global companies that'll hire you.
Technical writing is one of the few high-skill disciplines you can do fully remote, in USD, from Nairobi — without relocating.
Remote-first opportunity: Senior technical writers at global companies earn USD 70,000 – 150,000 per year. With this programme, you'll build the portfolio to compete for those roles — from Nairobi.
Kenya builds great tech.
Be the person who explains it.
Three months. A real portfolio. A skill that opens doors at home — and anywhere in the world. The next cohort is forming now.