At Kwara, digitizing SACCOs
I was an early member of the Kwara team and designed many foundational features and products, including re-imagining the web experience for Tellers in Credit Unions/Cooperatives.
Lewis Ngugi 👋🏾
I'm a multidisciplinary, full-stack designer and community builder based in Nairobi, KE. Currently Senior Product Designer at Lookback.
At ARK, introducing a fresh new look
I led UX and visual design on a complete redesign of ARK Africa's website - a leading design strategy and innovation firm, helping clients across Africa and the globe create integrated brand experiences that matter.
Able Cane, merging accessibility and tech
I was part of an ambitious project to merge accessibility and technology in mobility solutions for the visually impaired.
Experience
I've worked with companies on projects of all different shapes and sizes that have an impact in peoples’ lives with people who are innovating.
Speaking
My version of a Ted talk.
Connecting designers across Africa during COVID-19 🇰🇪
An interview hosted by Whitney Ogutu and Bailey Richardson with Lewis Kang'ethe, the community lead for the African chapter of The Fearless Community. They are bringing together design leaders to share knowledge and stay connected during lockdown.
Published on March 1st, 2021: by the Get Together team - People & Company
The designer role in a startup
Design is central to the revolution and growth of the African startup ecosystem. At FFA, we want to celebrate Design influence within startups and organisations. The talk was about how design is helping startups in Africa change the narrative of innovation on the continent through these inspiring talks.
Presented at 2020: Hatch by FFA: Design month 🎨 by FFA x Fearless - Slides
Video available on YouTube
Prioritization of UX Issues
It’s our one-hour live Twitter discussion (via the #uxchat Twitter hashtag) where you can rub virtual shoulders with some of the most knowledgeable UXperts on the planet and discuss a different UX topic every week. I was answering the following questions:
- How do you prioritize features? How do you factor in technical feasibility, importance to users, and importance to business?
- How do you create systems that will help you track and prioritize user feedback?
- Are there techniques out there that can help prioritize UX issues?
Presented at 2019: #UXChat by UserZoom - Twitter Moment
Side projects
Internet thingies I've built.
Product (Design & Research) talent and hiring boards
Make it exponentially easy to hire in the Kenyan product/design space
[FREE] Job Search Tracker template
Job hunting isn't easy and after a while of doing it, I built a template to help with that