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5 Global Nodes · 17,000+ Clients · 4 Continents
The minds
behind the
mission.
A globally distributed team of strategists, engineers, and creative directors united by one purpose — building Africa's most impactful digital businesses.
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Team Members
9
Countries
12
Specialisms
7+
Years Building
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Founder & Leadership
Where it all began.
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Founder & CEO
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Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Brian G.
Bikuri
Brian is the architect of Black Shepherd Technologies — Kenya's leading e-commerce and digital agency. With a decade of experience building revenue-generating digital systems for businesses across Africa, Europe, and the Gulf, he founded BST on one conviction: African brands deserve world-class digital infrastructure. Under his leadership, BST has grown from a Nairobi studio to a 5-node global operation serving 17,000+ clients.
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Platform Architecture
Shopify, WooCommerce, Custom
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Africa Market Strategy
Kenya, EA, MENA expansion
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Revenue Engineering
SEO, Ads, CRO, Retention
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Enterprise Partnerships
Strategic alliances & investors
Senior Leadership
The executive layer.
Seven leaders across sales, technology, creative, and strategy — each a specialist, together a force.
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Vera Abongo
Lead Sales & Customer Success Manager
Nairobi, Kenya · East Africa Node
Vera leads all client acquisition, onboarding, and long-term retention at BST. Her relentless follow-through and empathy-driven approach have earned BST its 97% client satisfaction score and record repeat-business rate across Kenya and East Africa.
Client Relations
Sales Strategy
CRM
Account Management
Customer Success
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James Ochieng
Chief Technology Officer
Nairobi, Kenya · HQ Engineering
James oversees all technical delivery at BST — from WooCommerce builds to custom SaaS platforms. With a background in full-stack engineering and cloud infrastructure, he ensures every project ships fast, secure, and scalable.
Full-Stack Dev
Cloud Infra
APIs
M-Pesa Integration
DevOps
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Sophia Kamau
Chief Marketing Officer
Nairobi, Kenya · Digital Growth
Sophia architects BST's digital growth engine. She manages SEO strategy, Google Ads, and content marketing for both BST and its clients — consistently delivering triple-digit ROAS across e-commerce campaigns in Kenya and beyond.
SEO Strategy
Google Ads
Content
Analytics
Growth Hacking
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Amara Morgan
UK & Europe Director
London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Amara leads BST's UK and European operations from London. She bridges African business ambitions with Western market standards, managing enterprise client relationships across the UK, Ireland, and continental Europe.
Enterprise Sales
UK Market
GDPR
Partnerships
SaaS
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Khalid Al-Rashid
MENA Regional Director
Dubai, UAE 🇦🇪
Khalid oversees BST's Gulf and Middle East operations, managing luxury brand digital mandates and fintech client deployments across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Saudi Arabia. Specialist in Arabic-market UX and compliance.
Gulf Markets
Arabic UX
Fintech
Luxury Brands
MENA SEO
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Naomi Njeri
Creative Director & Head of Design
Nairobi, Kenya · Creative Studio
Naomi shapes the visual identity of every BST client project. With an eye trained across brand studios in Cape Town and Amsterdam, she brings a rare global design sensibility to African e-commerce — elevating brands that compete on the world stage.
Brand Design
UI/UX
Shopify Themes
Motion
Product Imagery
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Operations Team
The engine room.
The specialists who make delivery seamless — from dev sprints in Nairobi to campaign launches in New York.
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David Mwangi
Lead Backend Developer
Nairobi, Kenya
Expert in WooCommerce customisation, REST API integrations, M-Pesa Daraja, and high-performance database architecture.
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Rachel Lim
Shopify Solutions Architect
Singapore 🇸🇬
Certified Shopify Partner and expert in Liquid templating, headless commerce, and Asia-Pacific payment gateway integrations.
Shopify PlusLiquidHydrogenKlaviyo
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Tunde Okonkwo
SEO & Content Strategist
Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬
Pan-African SEO specialist with deep expertise in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana markets. Manages technical audits and long-form content strategy.
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Elena Svensson
Performance Marketing Manager
Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
Manages Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Performance Max campaigns across BST's European and MENA client base. Google Ads certified with 8+ years experience.
Google AdsPMaxMeta AdsROAS
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Priya Krishnan
Mobile & App Developer
Bangalore, India 🇮🇳
Builds cross-platform mobile apps and web applications for BST clients across Africa and Asia. Specialist in React Native and Flutter with M-Pesa SDK integration.
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Marcus Williams
North America Growth Lead
New York, USA 🇺🇸
Manages BST's US and Canadian client relationships, driving enterprise-level web system builds and North American market expansion strategies for BST clients.
Enterprise SalesSaaSPartnershipsUS Market
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Fatima Diallo
AI & Automation Engineer
Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳
Builds intelligent automation systems, WhatsApp chatbots, and AI-driven personalisation engines for BST's e-commerce clients across Africa and the Gulf.
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Lena Nakamura
UX Research & Conversion Specialist
Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Leads UX research, A/B testing and conversion rate optimisation across BST client stores. Her data-driven redesigns average a 35% uplift in store conversion rates.
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Global Operations
Distributed by design.
Five strategic nodes. Nine countries of team origin. One unified operation — always on, in every timezone.
Nairobi HQ
London
New York
Dubai
Joburg
Singapore
Tokyo
Lagos
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Nairobi, Kenya
Global Headquarters · PRIMARY NODE
Brian G. Bikuri · Vera Abongo · Naomi Njeri
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London, United Kingdom
UK & Europe · NODE 002
Amara Morgan · UK & Europe Director
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New York, USA
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Marcus Williams · NA Growth Lead
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Dubai, UAE
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Khalid Al-Rashid · MENA Director
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Johannesburg, South Africa
Southern Africa · NODE 005
Regional Operations Lead
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Remote Network
SG · IN · NG · SE · SN · JP
Rachel · Priya · Tunde · Elena · Fatima · Lena
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