They say that you may not be born smart, but you can make yourself smarter with a little hard work. However, Enock Kambale was born with the intelligence everyone would wish for their kids.
Born in the coastal region, Kambale’s academic rise began in Primary School. The 20-year-old scored 436 marks in his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and emerged as the top student in the Coastal region, earning an opportunity to join Mang’u High School.
His star continued to shine at Mang’u where he scored an A of 83 points giving him the greenlight to join the University of Nairobi (UoN).
However, his stay at UoN was short-lived due to differences with his lecturers, which forced the tech student to drop out and find a different path.
”I joined UoN’s Computer Science Program but I dropped out after a lecturer told me I did too much on a class project, and another one told me that I have an attitude,” Kambale narrated.
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Today, Kambale has built a tech empire where he runs Africa’s leading AI-powered job application platform, the Talent app, which has since helped over 20,000 young people in Africa secure employment.
”I started the company when I was 16, while still in high school. I have been juggling this and school but I’ve always been dissatisfied with school, and especially after my second year, I just decided I didn’t want to continue,” he added.
Besides the Talent app, Kambale also developed a software named Jobzy alongside his colleague Matt Magera, to help recruiters in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa run background checks on candidates using government records in their countries.
The two are currently collaborating with the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) on a project that is still in its planning phase.
The project will focus on humanitarian support for refugees living in Kenya in the camps of Daadab and Kakuma.
