Tafara Makaza
Co-founder at Fixa
Kigali City, Rwanda
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Top SchoolTafara Makaza is a technology founder and CTO who co-founded Fixa, a startup dedicated to empowering Africa's informal workforce by connecting them to decent jobs and financial stability. Since 2021, Fixa has connected 7,000 workers to over 250,000 shifts in construction and disbursed more than $2 million in wages, demonstrating scalable impact. Based in Kigali, Rwanda, Tafara hails from Zimbabwe and combines an astrophysics BA from Williams College with hands-on leadership across agritech, remittance, and ridesharing ventures. Fixa was recognized as a top 20 impact startup in 2022 and joined the Norrsken Impact Accelerator, highlighting his commitment to SDG 8: promoting sustained, inclusive employment. A serial entrepreneur with a global footprint, he has shared development-focused work with millions via Samsung Global Goals, media, and open platforms, expanding access to technology-enabled solutions in Africa.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Williams College
English, Bantu, ndebele north, Zulu
Stackoverflow
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TafaraMakaza/Tic-Tac-Toe
Aug 2017 - Apr 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
TafaraMakaza/profile
Feb 2019 - Feb 2025
Contributions:67 pushes in 6 years
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