Wanjiru Habimana

Overview

I've spent 25 years on developer products - first at GTBank, now at Fable Learning. Launched the developer product in 4 markets. Most at home with technical product management and SDKs. I read too many books about cities.

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Experience

1. VP of Product

   May 2025 - Present
   Fable Learning · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new developer customers from 17 days to 2.
   • Took developer activation from 19% to 50% in three quarters.
2. Group Product Manager

   Jun 2022 - May 2025
   Access Bank · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
   • Ran 82 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Killed 7 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
3. Associate Product Manager

   Oct 2018 - Jun 2022
   McKinsey & Company · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
   • Grew developer revenue from $2 million to $53 million ARR.
   • Took developer activation from 31% to 37% in three quarters.
4. Group Product Manager

   Dec 2014 - Oct 2018
   Safaricom · 3 yr 10 mo · Contract · Kigali, Rwanda
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new developer customers from 15 days to 1.
   • Ran 55 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
5. Director of Product

   Oct 2012 - Dec 2014
   GTBank · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Kigali, Rwanda
   • Grew developer revenue from $9 million to $57 million ARR.
   • Launched the developer product in 13 markets.

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Education

1. University of the Witwatersrand

   BSc, Engineering
   1997 - 2001