# Formasit Chijoh Fokunang
Software Engineer Building Tools for Social Good
I work at the intersection of using technology for social good, building tools to combat food insecurity, and educating the next generation of changemakers through open source. As an open source evangelist in the Wikimedia space, I'm committed to empowering techpreneurs through mentorship and community-driven development.
Social Good & Food Security
Collaborated with students at the university's agriculture farm to build a computer vision model that detects cassava diseases, supporting smallholder farmers across the region.
Educating the Next Generation of Changemakers
Mentoring upcoming developers and techpreneurs through a software engineering program, turning open-source contribution into a pathway to real-world skills and opportunity.
Open Source Contribution in the Wikimedia Space
As a contributor across the Wikimedia ecosystem — the Wiki Education Dashboard, Outreachy, and the Wikimedia Hackathon in Istanbul — I help expand access to education worldwide.
# education & academic work
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering (Software Engineering)
University of Buea, Cameroon · Oct 2020 – Jul 2024
Real Estate Search & Recommendation System
Designed and implemented a data mining and AI-driven recommendation system for real estate, using content-based and collaborative filtering to integrate heterogeneous data from multiple platforms and serve 50+ test users. Built and automated data pipelines that collected, cleaned, integrated, and stored 1,500+ house records.
View full case study →
Computer Vision for Cassava Disease Identification
Trained a machine learning model to detect and classify cassava diseases, successfully identifying Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD), Cassava Bacterial Blight (CBB), and Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) to support farmers with early diagnosis.
View on GitHub →# professional experience
Dec 2025 – Present
Support Software Engineer · Wiki Education Dashboard
Develop enhancement features for a dashboard supporting 800+ universities and 152K+ students across the US and Canada, and diagnose and resolve 85% of all user-reported issues by debugging distributed system components.
Feb 2025 – Sep 2025
Software Engineer · NanoDev Sarl
Contributed to the design and implementation of a modular web-based email security platform, and architected multi-application support within a single Vue.js dashboard, reducing development time and resource usage by 80%.
Dec 2024 – Mar 2025
Software Quality Engineer Intern · Outreachy
Selected for a highly competitive open-source internship (3% acceptance rate) supporting Wikimedia ecosystem platforms. Optimized the build process, cutting execution time by 40%, and raised test coverage from 80% to 95%.
Dec 2022 – Jul 2024
Application Software Developer Intern · Tech Chantier
Led development of an offline-first mobile Point of Sale system used by 100+ stores, and led development of Samaritan, a donation app connecting 500+ people to donors. Mentored 4 new interns, providing guidance through one-on-one sessions to help them overcome technical challenges.
# community engagement / volunteering experience
Dec 2023 – Mar 2024
Mentor & Coding Tutor
University of Buea, Cameroon
Mentored first-year students struggling with introductory programming and tutored a 90-day software engineering training program, dedicating 15 hours per week. Helped 70% of participating students secure local or remote internships.
Awarded Best Mentor of the Cohort
Oct 2024 – Mar 2025
Software Quality Engineer Intern
Outreachy
Worked on large-scale open-source platforms within the Wikimedia ecosystem, supporting systems used by global educational institutions, through a 3-month internship program for people underrepresented in tech in their countries.
3% program acceptance rate# awards and honors
Apr 2023
Y'ello Digital Talent – 1st Place, South-West Region
MTN Foundation & MINPOSTEL competition; co-led development of an inclusive e-learning platform featuring voice-based navigation for the disabled.
2024
Silicon Mountain Conference Hackathon – 2nd Place
Co-developed Help247, a disaster and risk management tool, in a 24-hour hackathon.
2023
Huawei ICT Competition – 3rd Place, West Africa
Cloud Computing track, competing against participants across all of West Africa.
Oct 2020 – Jul 2024
Kate Kanyi-Tometi Excellence Fund
University of Buea — awarded twice for maintaining a high GPA throughout the undergraduate program.
# fellowship and conferences
May 2025
Wikimedia Hackathon, Istanbul
Awarded a full scholarship to participate in the Wikimedia Hackathon in Istanbul, Turkiye, collaborating with contributors from across the global Wikimedia movement.
2022
Huawei Seeds for the Future – Tech4Good
Selected to participate in Huawei's global ICT talent development program, contributing to AI-based solutions for societal good.
# professional training and certifications
PyTorch for Deep Learning
Deeplearning.AI · 2026
Natural Language Processing Specialization
Deeplearning.AI · 2026
Aspire Leaders Program
September 2026
# skills
Software Engineer Building Tools for Social Good
Everything on this page — the mentoring, the open-source contributions in the Wikimedia space, the work on food security — is part of the same commitment: using technology to educate the next generation of changemakers and expand opportunity for the communities that need it most. Thank you for taking the time to review it.