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Mobile App · Nairobi · New York
ChakulaNyumbani
A Kenyan and East African recipe app for the diaspora. Cook the food of home, even offline.
Visit live site ↗TypeMobile App
Year2026
PlaceNairobi · New York
RoleDesign, Android, backend
KotlinJetpack ComposeRoomRetrofitMVVM
The idea
The East African diaspora struggles to find authentic, well-structured Kenyan recipes in one place; most apps assume a Western pantry. I wanted a home for the food I grew up with.
The build
An offline-first Android app in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose: Room for local storage so recipes work without a connection, Retrofit to sync new content, MVVM for predictable state.
The result
A clean, culturally specific recipe experience and a foundation extending toward Swahili/Kikuyu language support and community contributions.