Portfolio — 2026
James Saruchera — Design & Technology Director. Designing the
future.
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.
- 2025Policy NavigatorAI-powered policy decision support to enable sustainable agriculture in all 54 countries in AfricaArtificial Intelligence
- 2024–25USD 2 Bn Renewable Energy Pipeline across AfricaPowering industry and AISustainability
- 2022Africa's First USD StablecoinArchitectFintech
- 2020Harare Aerial Cable CarConceptorSustainability
“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
On Africa's digital future
James Saruchera joins ChannelsTV's Olayemi Osindeinde on Africa's digital future — infrastructure, AI, and the creative economy.
2025
2025's game-changing UX × AI trends
James Saruchera picks the three UX × AI trends defining 2025 — and what designers should be building for now.
Apr 2024
Why Africa holds the key to AI's future
James Saruchera, writing from the WEF Rwanda Centre, on why unlocking AI's full potential runs through Africa.