Marsley Mash

About Me

I'm Mash. I'm 20, born and raised in Nairobi. I'm studying IT at JKUAT and I've been building things on the internet since before I really understood what I was doing.

My Story

It started out of frustration more than passion. I kept seeing problems around me — things that didn't work the way they should, gaps that nobody was filling — and I got tired of waiting for someone else to fix them. So I started teaching myself. Not from a bootcamp, not from a structured course. Just YouTube, documentation, trial and error, and a lot of late nights staring at error messages I didn't understand yet.

The first few things I built were bad. Really bad. But I kept going because the feeling of making something work — even something small — was addictive. Every time something shipped, even if it was broken half the time, I wanted to build the next thing. That habit never left.

Right now my days run at Munchify Market, where I handle operations for electronics and gadgets — sourcing, fulfilment, keeping orders moving across Kenya. It's taught me more about how business actually works than anything I've studied in a classroom. You learn fast when real money and real customers are involved. Mistakes cost you. Speed matters. Relationships matter more than you think.

At night I build. I have products deployed — edtech, SaaS, e-commerce, payments. Some are close to fully launching. Some are still finding their footing. But they're real, they're live, and I built every one of them myself.

The way I build has evolved. I use Cursor, Claude, and Antigravity — not because I can't write code, but because I figured out early that the builders who win aren't the ones who write the most code. They're the ones who make the best decisions fastest. I care about leverage. I care about shipping. I care about whether the thing I'm building actually solves a real problem for a real person.

Today I have six products deployed: Cyzora (web builds + e-commerce), Edyfra (edtech, launching soon), KenyaLibrarySystems (B2B SaaS), Mash Payments (fintech infrastructure), Trivo Kenya (gadgets), and GamesNTech (digital marketplace). All live on Vercel.

I'm not chasing a job at a big tech company. I'm not trying to raise a seed round right now. I'm trying to build things that work, grow them, and prove the idea — that a 20-year-old from Nairobi building alone at night can ship products that compete with anything.

I'm still early. I know that. But I'm moving, and I'm not stopping.

Skills

NRNext.js / ReactTSTypeScriptTailwind CSSNode.jsPythonAI / LLM IntegrationUI/UX DesignDatabases (SQL / NoSQL)Git / GitHub

My Journey

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Started the Journey

Began learning IT at JKUAT while diving into web development and entrepreneurship.

24

Founded Cyzora

Started a web agency focused on building and hosting modern framework-based websites for businesses.

24

Built Edyfra

Created an edtech platform connecting tutors and students with performance monitoring and resource sharing.

25

Expanded Portfolio

Launched Trivo Kenya (tech gadgets), Belloria Beauty (cosmetics showcase), Inshot AI (shop assistant bot), and more.

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Munchify & Multi-Venture

Running electronics operations at Munchify Market. Six products deployed across edtech, SaaS, fintech, and e-commerce.

What Drives Me

Build with Purpose

Every project solves a real problem for real people.

Ship Fast, Improve Always

Launch early, iterate often, and never stop learning.

Leverage Over Purity

The best builders make the fastest decisions — not the most code.

Real Over Impressive

Real customers, real revenue, real problems. Everything else is noise.