Snipher Marube Abel

18/06/2026

It was 11:47pm on a Sunday when Mary, a pharmacist in Kayole, texted us a photo of her stock book.

Pages of handwritten entries. Crossed-out quantities. A controlled drugs register she'd update "tomorrow" — except tomorrow always came with three more customers and zero extra time.

She wasn't disorganized. She was running a pharmacy the way most pharmacies in Kenya still run: on memory, on paper, on hope that nothing gets audited this month.

Then PPB sent a notice about an upcoming inspection.
That's when the panic really set in. Not because she was doing anything wrong — but because she couldn't prove she was doing anything right. No clean dispensing logs. No easy way to show licence compliance. Just a drawer full of receipts and a register that told half a story.

This is the part nobody talks about in pharmacy ownership: the silent tax of manual systems. It's not just lost time. It's lost sleep, lost trust with regulators, and stock decisions made on guesswork instead of data.

Mary didn't need another app to manage. She needed her pharmacy to finally manage itself — stock levels that update automatically, a controlled drugs register that's audit-ready by default, dispensing logs that build themselves as she works.
That's exactly why we built DawaTrack.

If you're running a pharmacy, clinic, or dispensary in Kenya and you've ever felt that 11:47pm dread before an inspection — you don't have to keep operating this way.

Try DawaTrack free and see what it feels like to run your pharmacy with proof, not panic.

👉dawatrack.com/signup/

14/06/2026

We walked into a pharmacy in Nairobi last year.

The pharmacist was juggling three customers, a ringing phone, and a handwritten stock register that looked like it had survived a flood.

We asked her how she keeps track of everything.

She laughed. Not because it was funny.
Because it was the only honest response.

"I just try my best and pray nothing falls through the cracks."

That stayed with us.

Because she wasn't struggling because she was bad at her job.
She was struggling because nobody had built the right tools for her.

Most pharmacies in Kenya are running 21st century businesses on 20th century systems. Paper registers. Excel sheets. Memory. Prayer.

And every single day, that gap costs them:

→ Prescriptions that get lost
→ Stock that runs out before they notice
→ Audits that catch them off guard
→ Patients who don't come back

That's the problem DawaTrack was built to solve.

Not with a complicated system that needs an IT team.
Not with a foreign tool that doesn't understand how Kenyan pharmacies work.

But with a simple, cloud-based platform built specifically for pharmacies, clinics, and dispensaries right here in Kenya.

With DawaTrack you get:
✓ Digital prescription & dispensing records
✓ Real-time inventory tracking & low-stock alerts
✓ PPB compliance tools — so audits don't catch you off guard
✓ eTIMS-ready invoicing
✓ Patient records accessible from any device, anywhere
✓ SHA integration support

The pharmacist we met that day deserves better than surviving on prayer.

So do you.

👉 Visit dawatrack.com to start your free trial or book a demo.

If you own or manage a pharmacy in Kenya — this was built with you in mind.

Know someone who needs this? Tag them below. 👇

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23/05/2026

Heading into the Kenya AI Challenge — Neo4j Workshop 1 today in Nairobi. 🇰🇪

100 builders. Real AgriFin problems.

graph databases.

Building AI for African farmers isn't a side project — it's the work.

Let's go. 🚀

21/05/2026

Most engineers know the patterns. Few know when to use them — or the trade-offs they’re making.

📘 Software Architecture in Depth is now live.

Built for engineers who want to make architecture decisions deliberately.

👉 https://snipherdev.gumroad.com/l/ssbtp

Most engineers know the patterns. Few know when to use them — and what they are quietly sacrificing when they do.Software Architecture in Depth is the practitioner's guide to making architectural decisions deliberately, documenting them clearly, and building systems that the engineers who come aft...

10/03/2026

Your business data is talking. Are you listening? 👂
Every day, SMEs generate valuable data:
🛒 Sales transactions
💰 Expense records
📦 Inventory movements
👥 Customer interactions

But here's the harsh reality: most of this data sits untouched in spreadsheets, never revealing the insights that could transform a business.
That's exactly why I'm building Business Sight Technologies.
For the past 6months, I've been working tirelessly to create something I genuinely believe SMEs need—a way to finally make sense of their numbers without the headache.

✨ What we're building:
📊 Create your tables – define what matters to YOUR business (not what some software thinks should matter)
📤 Add your records – manual entry, CSV upload, or API (however you work best)
🤖 Get instant insights – our engine automatically generates dashboards, charts, and KPIs based on YOUR data structure
👥 Go deeper – when you're ready, our financial consultants will help interpret findings and create actionable strategies

Where we are right now:
I'm deep in the trenches building version 1.0. The core functionality is taking shape—users can create tables, add records, and we're perfecting the automatic visualization engine that makes sense of it all.

Why I'm sharing this now:
Because the best products are built with the people who'll use them.
I'm looking for 10 forward-thinking SME owners who'd be interested in:
✅ Getting early access before the public launch
✅ Shaping the product with your feedback
✅ A FREE onboarding and data health check when we launch
✅ A lifetime discount as a founding user
No polished sales pitch. No pressure. Just a genuine invitation to build something useful together.

If this resonates with you—or you know someone who's constantly fighting with spreadsheets—I'd love to connect.
Comment "DATA" below or DM me, and I'll add you to my insider list. 🙏
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08/03/2026

The Importance of Data Pipelines in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is only as strong as the data behind it. Many organizations invest heavily in programs, projects, and interventions, yet struggle to clearly measure impact. The core problem is often not the absence of data — it is the absence of structured data pipelines.

A data pipeline is the system that collects, processes, transforms, and delivers data from different sources into a format that can be analyzed and used for decision-making.

In the context of M&E, this becomes critical.

First, data pipelines ensure consistency and reliability of data. When program data comes from multiple sources—field surveys, mobile data collection tools, spreadsheets, CRMs, or operational systems—it can easily become fragmented. A well-designed pipeline standardizes and validates this data before it reaches dashboards or reports. This significantly reduces human errors and inconsistencies.

Second, they enable real-time or near real-time monitoring. Traditional M&E workflows often rely on periodic manual reporting. By the time reports are compiled, the opportunity to respond to issues may already be lost. Automated pipelines allow organizations to continuously ingest and process data, enabling teams to detect trends, identify bottlenecks, and intervene earlier.

Third, data pipelines improve transparency and accountability. When data flows automatically into centralized systems such as data warehouses or analytics platforms, stakeholders—from program managers to donors—can access reliable insights. This builds trust and ensures decisions are backed by evidence.

Fourth, they unlock advanced analytics and impact measurement. Once data is structured and centralized, organizations can move beyond descriptive reports to deeper analysis such as trend forecasting, performance benchmarking, and impact attribution.

Finally, data pipelines create scalability. As organizations grow, so does the volume and complexity of their data. Without automation, M&E teams quickly become overwhelmed by manual data cleaning and consolidation tasks. Pipelines allow systems to scale without increasing operational overhead.

For organizations working in development, humanitarian programs, research, or social impact initiatives, building strong data infrastructure is no longer optional.

Effective Monitoring and Evaluation starts with effective data engineering.

When data flows seamlessly from collection to insight, organizations move from reporting activities to demonstrating real impact.

20/12/2025

Good morning my people