Uchenna Afolabi

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Frontend Engineer at M-KOPA | ex-Naspers

M-KOPA
Abuja, Nigeria · WAT (UTC+1)
3+ years experience
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
English, Yoruba
Open to work
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Overview

Based in Abuja. I work on web frontends at M-KOPA. Built the experimentation framework 11 product teams use to ship changes safely. Moved 61% of web traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident. Previously at Naspers. Most at home with TypeScript and Next.js. Weekend cricket, weekday chai.

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Skills
web performanceNext.jsTypeScriptReactCSS
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Frontend Engineer in payments, Abuja or hybrid

Target roles
Frontend Engineer
Level
Mid
Industries
Fintech, B2B SaaS
Work mode
On-site
Available
From next quarter
Work authorization
Authorized to work in Nigeria
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (seed) where web frontends is core to the product.
Not interested in
Night shifts

3 years in web frontends. Strongest at CSS and Next.js. Serving notice now.

Abuja, Nigeriaweb performancecssreact
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Experience

  1. Frontend Engineer
    Aug 2025 - Present
    M-KOPA · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Abuja, Nigeria
    • Moved 64% of web traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
    • Reduced cloud spend on web by 29% in two quarters.
  2. Frontend Engineer
    Oct 2023 - Aug 2025
    Naspers · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Abuja, Nigeria
    • Cut the main bundle by 38% and got LCP under 2.8 seconds.

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Education

  1. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
    BEng, Information Technology
    2018 - 2022

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