Built by practitioners.
Driven by trust.
Our team brings together decades of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, digital finance, AI governance, and open-source infrastructure, deployed across Africa, the Middle East, and beyond.
A team forged in the world's most demanding digital environments.
Nucleus Systems was founded on a simple conviction: that digital trust must be engineered, measured, and continuously proven, not assumed. Our practitioners have built, broken, and secured the systems that underpin financial services, government infrastructure, and open-source platforms across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
We are practitioners first. Every member of the Nucleus team has operated in real environments, implementing cryptographic systems, leading regulatory compliance programmes, architecting cloud security for tier-one banks, and contributing to the open-source platforms that power digital public infrastructure worldwide.
This depth of hands-on experience is what separates us from advisory-only firms. When we assess your security posture, design your AI governance framework, or guide your M&A cyber due diligence, we are drawing on direct operational knowledge, not theory.
Godfrey Kutumela
A seasoned expert in digital trust, fintech, and regtech with extensive experience across African and Middle Eastern banking and payments sectors. Godfrey has held pivotal roles at institutions like Alinma Bank and MTN Fintech, supporting financial innovation across 16 African markets. As CEO of Nucleus Systems, he specialises in Digital Financial Services, Digital Public Infrastructure, and Private Equity M&A technology due diligence, having led over 150 investment-focused engagements.
Co-creator of OpenSwitchAfrica and contributor to Mojaloop, Tazama, Mifos, MOSIP, and OpenG2P.
Our Practitioners
Aime Bukasa
CISSP-certified veteran Enterprise Security Architect with over 26 years across IT security, payments, cloud, and telecommunications. Senior roles at IBM, Standard Bank, Investec, CR2 (Ireland), and EOH. Deep expertise in cryptography, EMV chip and PIN, PKI, ISO 20022 & 8583, blockchain (Hyperledger Fabric), identity technologies (FIDO2, WebAuthn), and secure cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Contributor to the South African National Payment System and Mojaloop.
Kerlyn Manyi
Seasoned cybersecurity professional with 10+ years securing digital infrastructure, financial platforms, and interoperable systems across Africa. Leads vulnerability assessments, secure SDLC integration, and compliance initiatives for platforms including Mojaloop. Expertise spans penetration testing, application security, DevSecOps, and advisory for microfinance institutions. M.Eng in Telecommunication & Network Engineering, pursuing a Ph.D. in Network Security. Contributor to Crosslake Technologies and Mifos via Google Summer of Code.
Yash Sancheti
Cybersecurity researcher and solution architect with 5 years across application security, DevSecOps, penetration testing, and open-source development. Leads secure CI/CD pipeline design, policy-as-code for real-time compliance, and deep technical assessments of cloud-native infrastructure at Nucleus Systems. GSoC contributor and mentor at the Mifos Initiative. 50+ verified vulnerabilities reported on HackerOne and OpenBugBounty. Active in securing Apache Fineract and Rocket.Chat.
Akshat Sharma
Computer Science and Engineering professional with 5 years in AI, machine learning, cybersecurity, and digital financial solutions. GSoC 2025 Mentor at The Mifos Initiative, guiding development of an NLP module for financial analysis and a voice-based banking platform. Multiple co-authored research papers on stock market prediction, cybersecurity breach analysis, and deep learning presented at international conferences. GSoC 2024 contributor leading NLP-powered bank statement analysis. LeetCode top 3%, active open-source contributor on GitHub.
Ready to put this expertise to work for your organisation?
Whether you need a Fractional CISO, a cybersecurity maturity assessment, AI governance design, or M&A technology due diligence, our team is ready to engage.