Building the future of AI in Africa.
Tech entrepreneur with a successful exit. Founder of Brick Labs AI and Therabot — serving 89,000+ users worldwide. International keynote speaker across 12+ countries. Relentless about building things that matter.
Now speaking
Kampala, Uganda
Upcoming keynote · next month
89K+
users on Therabot
1
successful exit
12+
countries spoken in
69 / 40
hackathons attended / won
2025
Young Africa CEO
The manifesto
I build for the unreasonable ones — the founders who refuse to wait for permission, the teams who ship past excuses, the young innovators across Africa rewriting what's possible with AI.
Over seven years across startups, enterprises, and award-winning agencies. A successful exit. One relentless obsession: turning ideas into scalable impact.
Read my full story →In my words
“The unreasonable ones don't wait for permission — they build, ship, and let the work speak.”
— Caleb Jephunneh
See me on stage
Live. Unscripted.
On stages
Recent talks
2024 · Kigali Innovation Summit
Building AI that serves Africa
Kigali, Rwanda
2024 · AI for Africa
The unreasonable founder
Cape Town, South Africa
2024 · Product Leaders Summit
From 0 to 89,000 users
Nairobi, Kenya
Education · on the ground
Brick Labs AI Tour
A cross-continent tour taking AI to universities, schools, and communities. We demystify what's possible, put tools in young builders' hands, and leave every campus a little more unreasonable.
Stop
University of Nairobi
Kenya
Stop
ALU Kigali
Rwanda
Stop
Makerere University
Uganda
Stop
Cape Town University
South Africa
Words on paper
Books.
Brick Labs Press
How to Win Hackathons
by Caleb Jephunneh
How to Win Hackathons
by Caleb Jephunneh
A tactical playbook drawn from 69 hackathons attended and nearly 40 won — from idea to demo-day pitch.
Next stage
Kampala, Uganda.
Time like this, next month.
A keynote on how young African innovators are reshaping the global AI narrative — and what has to happen next.
City
Kampala 🇺🇬
Topic
AI · Africa · Action
Format
Keynote + Q&A
Audience
Founders + Policy