(Profile ／ 02)

About.
A long
curiosity.

Emmanuel Adiba
※ adiba, 2025● LIVE
Engineer. Builder. Thinker. Founder. Four pillars, in that order — the whole picture, not the headshot.

(The four pillars ／ in order)

／01

Engineer.

Software developer at Global Tech Network, a US software firm, working remotely from Bolgatanga. Laravel, React, NestJS and Stripe Connect on client products — Vacation Branson, iTargetGolf, Fortiffi and Compliance Scorecard. The job is to make complex payment and operational systems feel quiet and inevitable.

  • →GTN — Vacation Branson · iTargetGolf · Fortiffi · Compliance Scorecard
  • →Stack — Laravel, React, NestJS, MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • →Focus — payments (Stripe Connect, ACH), MCP servers, real-time UX

／02

Builder.

What I build when no one is asking. BookLoop and SlamPact are complete enough to run and have not been launched — each one a question about a market I wanted to answer in code before answering it with money.

  • →BookLoop — book exchange for Ghana, source on GitHub
  • →SlamPact — reviews that turn into donations, unreleased

／03

Thinker.

The lab, early. Working through machine-learning problems end to end — classification, then regression — and writing down what I understand and what I do not yet. The seam between deterministic systems and the messy logic of human decision-making is where I keep returning.

  • →Titanic survival — binary classification, Kaggle
  • →House prices — leak-free regression pipeline, Kaggle
  • →Planned: vector search, LLM tooling, behavioural economics in payment UX

／04

Founder.

Ventures with users and revenue intent. Portforge Technologies, my registered business in Bolgatanga, runs GearDockGH — technology retail for the Upper East — and ImportBrain, landed-cost software for importers. Wayve, a group-trip platform for Ghana, is a separate venture.

  • →Portforge Technologies — registered business, Bolgatanga
  • →GearDockGH — live · ImportBrain — early access
  • →Wayve — separate venture, early beta

(Stack ／ A)

(Education ／ B)

Foundations laid.

2016 - 2020

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

University of Energy and Natural Resources · Sunyani, Ghana

  • →Specialized in software engineering and system design
  • →Shipped small web projects for fellow students
  • →Built a production web application as final-year project

(Journey ／ 05)

Not a résumé.
A path.

From a final-year project in Sunyani to building products from Bolgatanga — every chapter taught me something the next one needed.

  1. Chapter 01 · Foundations

    2016 → 2020

    2016 — 2020

    [EDUCATION]

    BSc, Computer Engineering

    University of Energy and Natural Resources · Sunyani, Ghana

    Studied computer engineering — software, systems, signal processing — and finished with a web application as the final-year project.

    • →Specialized in software engineering and system design
    • →Shipped small web projects for fellow students
    • →Built a production web application as final-year project
    CPythonJavaScriptComputer Engineering

  2. Chapter 02 · Going deep

    2021 → 2023

    Sep 2021 — Aug 2023

    [FULL-TIME]

    Software Engineer

    Turntabl Ghana · Accra, Ghana

    Two formative years on the JVM — Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot — building real-time systems and a microservice trading engine.

    • →Built a real-time tech-news aggregator in Kotlin and Spring Boot serving 15,000+ active users
    • →Owned schema design and migrations end to end — DrawIO for diagrams, Flyway for production rollouts
    • →Engineered a microservice trading engine in Java and Redis, deployed in a financial-services product line
    KotlinSpring BootJavaPostgreSQLRedisFlyway

  3. Chapter 03 · Leading delivery

    2021 → 2022

    Oct 2021 — Aug 2022

    [PART-TIME]

    Software Developer

    Softmelon Engineering · Accra, Ghana

    Part-time, alongside Turntabl. Coordinated delivery on a CRM platform — a first run at a project end to end: scope, documentation, ship dates.

    • →Coordinated a cross-functional team on the CRM platform and shipped ahead of schedule
    • →Built engagement features for the CRM’s users
    • →Introduced written, asynchronous updates in place of most status meetings
    JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLReactDocker

  4. Chapter 04 · Fintech, in motion

    2023 → 2024

    Sep 2023 — Jan 2024

    [CONTRACT]

    Software Developer

    SendAfrika · Accra, Ghana

    A four-month fintech contract — authentication, KYC and onboarding for SendAfrika's product on NestJS and MongoDB.

    • →Built the authentication and KYC modules for SendAfrika's product on NestJS and MongoDB
    • →Delivered the onboarding flow for the MVP
    • →Wrote the testing and documentation conventions used across its services
    NestJSMongoDBTypeScriptJWTKYC APIs

  5. Chapter 05 · Client products

    2024 → now

    Feb 2024 — Present

    [REMOTE]

    Software Developer

    Global Tech Network · Orlando, FL · Remote

    Client products for a US software firm, from Ghana — React and NestJS first, then a run of Laravel platforms with payments at their centre.

    • →Built OIT's web platform on React, NestJS, MySQL and WebSockets
    • →Lead engineering on the Vacation Branson / Branson Show Tickets Laravel codebase, with one direct report
    • →Refactored Fortiffi’s Stripe Connect payments (card, ACH, check) into a service layer that defers transfers until final payment
    • →Building the MCP server for Compliance Scorecard
    LaravelReactNestJSMySQLStripe ConnectMCP

  6. Chapter 06 · Building things I want to exist

    2026 → now

    2026 — Present

    [FOUNDER]

    Founder · Engineer

    Portforge Technologies · Wayve · Bolgatanga, Ghana

    Portforge Technologies, registered in Bolgatanga, runs GearDockGH and ImportBrain. Wayve is a separate venture.

    • →GearDockGH — technology retail for the Upper East, live
    • →ImportBrain — landed cost and margin for Ghana's importers, early access
    • →Wayve — group-trip planning for Ghana, early beta
    Next.jsNestJSPostgreSQLPaystackExpo