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The Team

Meet the Founders

Two young Zimbabweans building the digital future of African education — in public, from Harare.

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Tanatswa Chiyangwa
Co-Founder & Lead Developer
Tanatswa leads development at Soma. He works across the full stack — mobile, desktop, and web — with a focus on building software that fits how Zimbabwean schools actually operate. React Native, Electron, TypeScript, Supabase.
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Arthur Tachiona
Co-Founder & Strategy
Arthur handles strategy, partnerships, and hardware at Soma. Alongside school growth, he leads the development of Soma's tablet line and works in robotics and embedded systems. He bridges the software and physical sides of what Soma is building.
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Our Founding Story

We didn't wait for someone else to build this.

We're young. We're Zimbabwean. And we got tired of watching schools in our country struggle with problems that have already been solved elsewhere — but not here, not for us.

Most edtech products are built in the US or UK, then adapted (poorly) for African markets. They don't understand our grading systems. They don't know what a "term" means here. They charge in USD for infrastructure that doesn't match our reality.

Soma is different. It was designed from day one for Zimbabwe. ZIMSEC Primary, O-Level, A-Level, Cambridge IGCSE grading — all built in. Fee structures in ZiG and USD — all built in. The school hierarchy, the parent-teacher dynamic, the headmaster's reporting needs — we know these because we grew up here.

We build in public. Every new school that signs up teaches us something. We ship, we learn, we improve. That's how Soma keeps getting better — and that's how it'll eventually serve every school in Africa.

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