
Portfolio — 2026
I'm James Saruchera — a design and technology director working at the intersection of AI, sustainability, and African creativity.

Two decades in strategy, design and technology — most of them spent asking the same question: what should the future look like, and how does a combination of people, planet and progress realise it?
Read the full bio →A short tour through projects, products, and the occasional public good — all shaped by the same set of beliefs.
“Design should: Be useful, Pass the grandpa test, Elevate the user, Empower communities, Bring humans together, Return to the earth.”

Craft over noise. Patience over speed. People over platforms.
2025 · ChannelsTV
James Saruchera joins ChannelsTV's Olayemi Osindeinde on Africa's digital future — infrastructure, AI, and the creative economy.
2025
James Saruchera picks the three UX × AI trends defining 2025 — and what designers should be building for now.
Apr 2024
James Saruchera, writing from the WEF Rwanda Centre, on why unlocking AI's full potential runs through Africa.