John Karanja is the founder of Whive.com which is a mobile and web social media platform where people interact using different forms of media. John has also worked for Cymap Business Solutions as the Chief Technology Officer involved in servicing fund management information systems for leading financial institutions in Kenya.
John has a Masters degree in Sociology from the University of Oxford, England and a Bachelor of Business and Information Technology from Strathmore University, Kenya.
John has 7 years experience in developing web solutions both for small enterprises and larger organizations. He specializes in quantitative and qualitative analysis as well as social media marketing. With this background, John has recently been involved in a number of ongoing projects that involve the analysis of the social impact of ICT in Africa as well as projecting possible growth areas of ICT based solutions for the continent.