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SAndrew

Technical Delivery Associate at Kanzu Code

@andrewssanya Uganda, Kampala joined Feb 2025

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    Bio

    I am a WordPress developer, IT Support Officer, and Digital Skills Facilitator passionate about using technology to empower communities. I specialise in website development, digital training, and IT support, helping individuals and businesses adopt practical tech solutions.
    I contribute to the communities, share insight on WordPress and promote technology as a tool for solving real-world problems.

    Interests

    WordPress development, content creation, contribution, website development, Ai, coding, digital skilling, knowledge sharing, tech community support, and cloud computing.

    WordPress Origin Story

    It all began with curiosity a simple desire to understand how websites are built without coding. As a student passionate about tech and design, I was drawn to WordPress but didn’t know where to start.

    That changed through the Edutech Club. Hungry for knowledge, I started attending their monthly digital skills meet-ups under all conditions. When they announced a WordPress Bootcamp organized by Mukisa Godfrey, I showed up eager and ready. From that first session Introduction to WordPress through lessons on blogging and articles, something clicked.

    I began using WordPress for demos and portfolios. Its intuitive dashboard, plugins, and themes quickly revealed something bigger: this wasn’t just a tool, it was an ecosystem. I built my first real website, an education and tech blog, and as my confidence grew, so did the challenges broken pages, low performance pushing me to research, troubleshoot, and go deeper.

    Competing in the Uganda Website Project Competition was a turning point. It shifted my perspective from user to facilitator. Since then, I’ve helped others build their first websites, led workshops, and introduced students and SME owners to WordPress for the very first time watching that moment when someone says, “Wait, I can do this!”

    For me, WordPress isn’t just a CMS. It’s a community and a launchpad bridging creativity and possibility. Every website is a story, a dream realized, or a problem solved. And I’m just getting started.

    Badges

    CODE
    1 badge
    Core Contributor '25
    CONTENT
    1 badge
    Photo Contributor '25
    COMMUNITY
    2 badges
    WordCamp Organizer '25 WordCamp Speaker '26
    POLYGLOTS
    1 badge
    Translation Contributor '25

    Current Job

    Technical Delivery Associate
    Apr 2026 – Present
    Kanzu Code · Full-time
    1. Test applications and websites to ensure they work correctly and report
    any errors or issues found.
    2. Clearly record any problems discovered during testing and share them
    with the engineering team for fixing.
    3. Use provided test cases and checklists to ensure all parts of the system
    are properly reviewed.
    4. Help monitor project tasks, update progress, and ensure assigned work
    is completed on time.
    5. Read and understand project requirements to help ensure the final
    product meets expectations.
    6. Provide regular updates on testing progress and raise any concerns or
    blockers to the supervisor or project manager.

    Job History

    Digital Skill Facillator
    Mar 2025 – Feb 2026
    Edutech Club · Freelance
    1. Delivered hands-on digital skills training and workshops to learners new to WordPress and open-source tools
    2. Designed and facilitated sessions on WordPress, web design, and digital literacy fundamentals
    3. Community members and learners with little to no prior WordPress/open-source experience
    4. Students and educators reached through Campus Connect–style digital skills programs
    elped raise digital literacy and confidence among first-time learners in underserved communities
    5. Grew local participation and interest in the WordPress/open-source ecosystem through training and public facilitation

    Key Accomplishments

    Community organizing : WordCamp Organizer '25 badge; also a speaker at WordPress Campus Connect (Central & Eastern Uganda Schools 2026)
    Speaking : WordCamp Speaker '26 badge; presented at WordCamp Lira 2025 ("Creating Digital Bridges: WordPress as a Tool for Community Empowerment in Africa") and WordCamp Masaka 2025 ("Back, Restore & Migrate In WordPress" covering backup, restore, and migration workflows, recorded on WordPress.tv)
    Polyglots / translation : Translation Contributor badge; translated 10 strings and suggested 77 strings for the Luganda locale, including work on the WordPress 6.9.x and 7.1.x development versions, helping make WordPress more accessible to Luganda speakers
    Core contributor: Earned the Core Contributor badge; contributed to two WordPress core releases (6.8 and 7.0)

    Recent impact

    Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

    Last 30 days
    1contribution
    high1
    medium0
    score3
    Last 90 days
    11contributions
    high7
    medium4
    score25
    Last 12 months
    39contributions
    high26
    medium13
    score91

    Team focus

    Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 2 releases
    • 7.0
    • 6.8

    Time commitment

    4 hours per week
    • On my own time 4 hrs/wk

    Contributions

    Type
    August 2026
    Aug 15 Sat · 19:07
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Training Team Meeting Recap – 11th August 2026, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub, Meeting agenda Post. You can see conversations from…
    July 2026
    Jul 18 Sat · 11:34
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Training Team Meeting Recap – 14th July 2026, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    I think every information is important all even those that will reference later.
    Jul 18 Sat · 09:50
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Training Team Meeting Recap – 14th July 2026, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in…
    Jul 04 Sat · 15:38
    Polyglots high
    Translated 10 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jul 04 Sat · 14:37
    Polyglots med
    Suggested 49 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    Jul 02 Thu · 18:24
    Polyglots med
    Suggested 28 strings on translate.wordpress.org.
    June 2026
    Jun 30 Tue · 20:14
    Core high
    Mentioned in [62602] on WordPress SVN:
    Admin Reskin: Fix mobile list table control heights.
    Jun 29 Mon · 16:07
    Meta high
    Wrote a new post, Training Team Meeting Recap – 23rd June 2026, on the site Make WordPress Training:
    This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in…
    Jun 20 Sat · 08:37
    Meta med
    Wrote a comment on the post Announcing the WordPress 7.1 Release Squad, on the site Make WordPress Core:
    Appreciate everyone!
    May 2026
    May 24 Sun · 13:16
    Polyglots high
    Translated 8 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

    Photos

    1 contribution

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    Completed courses

    7 completed

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    Translations

    1 locale
    lug Oluganda (Luganda) Translation Contributor

    Contributed translations to 2 projects.

    WordPress 6.9.x WordPress 7.1.x - Development

    View all on translate.wordpress.org