Shadrack Lilan

Shadrack Lilan

I build software at Shamiri Institute and grow coffee in Tinderet. I write for people who like taking things apart to see how they work.

Now

Harvest at Ol'Ochoy. Engineering at Shamiri.

What I’m doing now

Latest writing

All writing

  1. Review of Poor Numbers by Morten Jerven

    Review Kpedekpo and Arya commented on the status of national accounts in Africa.

  2. Akrasia

    When I started this blog, I hoped to churn out at least one article every two weeks. However, it has been over 8 months since my last post and I felt frustrated because it was not the first time I set a seemingly easy goal but failed to follow through.

  3. Review of Zero To One by Peter Thiel

    “What important truth do very few people agree with you on?” This was by far one of the best books I have read in a while. Peter’s thesis was that successful companies are the ones that: Create a monopoly. Tackle a problem that no one else is willing to do.

Talks

All talks

  1. 21 Apr 2026

    AI-in-the-Loop Infrastructure for Scaling

    SkollWeek 2026 / The Sidebar · Oxford

    A Sidebar session during SkollWeek.

    Event details

  2. 2025

    Team presentation at the MEXA Accelerator

    MEXA Accelerator · London

    Selected teams had ten minutes to share work, challenges, and learnings.

    Organizer recap

  3. 13–14 Nov 2025

    Shamiri Summit 2025 — Wires & Signals

    Nairobi

    My segment starts at 3:31:23.

    Watch my segment

Projects