Our team

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  Jelle gave KUBO its physical form: two iterations of the enclosure, plus the furniture of the lab itself. A maker who likes to tinker, fix and build, he published the enclosure design openly for anyone to build on.

  View the enclosure design →

  Jelle Aarts Product Design
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  Suwaibatou is headmaster of The Swallow, the school where KUBO began, and president of the Afrodidact Foundation The Gambia. She keeps the project anchored in the classroom's needs and works closely with schools and the ministry of education to spread it across Gambia and beyond.

  Suwaibatou Bah Education & Partnerships, The Gambia
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  Shane started KUBO and has led it ever since, from the overall direction to co-building the school platform. After eight years at Howest University of Applied Sciences he now works as an independent digital innovator, research first and design thinking throughout, and always open to think along with schools and partners.

  Shane Deconinck Project Lead
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  Robby has looked after KUBO's infrastructure, networking and security almost from the start. A DevOps engineer at Howest University of Applied Sciences and a cybersecurity researcher, he designed the zero trust network that keeps the whole system solid, safe and up to date.

  Robby Goetinck Infrastructure & Cybersecurity
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  Wisdom leads implementations on the ground in The Gambia, turning delivered hardware into running classrooms and supporting the schools that use it. He holds a master's in computer science from the University of The Gambia.

  Wisdom Ikem Regional Expert, The Gambia
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  Yentl helps build the KUBO school platform and looks after our online presence. On board from the very beginning, he takes each feature from functional analysis through UX design to user testing, so the platform fits how schools actually work.

  Yentl Jacobs Platform Development
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  Mukonyezi is KUBO's regional expert in Uganda. A computer scientist and lecturer at Mountains of the Moon University in Fort Portal, at home in everything from networking to IoT and AI, he supports the Ugandan schools and trains staff and students to run their labs themselves.

  Alinaitwe Mukonyezi Regional Expert, Uganda
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  Alpha is a regional expert for KUBO in The Gambia, helping install labs and supporting the schools that run them day to day. He holds an advanced diploma in ICT, is certified in Microsoft applications and graphic design, and worked as a graphic designer and computer lab operator before joining the team.

  Alpha Omar Bah Regional Expert, The Gambia
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  Els founded The Swallow in 2002, the model school where KUBO was later born. A teacher with a master in pedagogical sciences, she moved to The Gambia in 1997 and built the school on emancipating education: health, nutrition and belonging come first, because children who are sick or hungry cannot learn. Twenty years on, The Swallow inspires schools across the country, and Els shapes the KUBO school platform with that same educational eye.

  Els Salembier Educational Expert & KUBO Ambassador

Trivia: KUBO is Esperanto for cube. The idea needed a name, and a neutral language felt right. It is also the only Esperanto we speak. :)