Joseph SichulaJosephSichula
About Me

I build things that work in the real world.

I'm a Zambian electronics and telecommunications engineer based in Lusaka, and most of what I do sits at the intersection of building and founding. I started POMOS to solve a real power-monitoring problem I kept running into. I started Nzitsa Platforms because the tools Zambian engineers and learners needed didn't exist. Powerline Agri-Tech came from field work that made it obvious solar and surveillance infrastructure had a serious gap. I'm drawn to problems that are boring on the surface but technically deep — the kind where doing it right actually matters.

Joseph Sichula at EIZ headquarters
Focus areas

Hardware meets software

I work across electronics, telecommunications, IoT, embedded systems, AI infrastructure, and full-stack software — not as separate disciplines, but as one connected body of work.

Execution over ideas

Ideas are cheap. I care about making things actually work — under real constraints, real budgets, and in environments that weren't designed to make engineering easy.

Built for Zambia's realities

Inconsistent power, limited connectivity, constrained resources — my systems are designed to work in those conditions, not despite them.

Education as infrastructure

Nzitsa Academy and Nzitsa Nzeru are my bets that localised learning and accessible AI can be genuine economic levers — not just feel-good projects.

Recognition

Recognition that counts.

10 April 2026 · Engineering Institution of Zambia

K80,000 EIZ Engineering Fund for Nzitsa Nzeru

Awarded K80,000 under the Engineering Fund for engineering innovation in Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development, supporting the Nzitsa Nzeru Initiative.

EIZK80,000 grantAI for sustainable developmentNzitsa Nzeru
15 August 2025 · National Science Centre, Zambia

1st Position - 2025 National JETS and TETS Fair

Won first position in the Tertiary Engineers, Technicians and Scientists Computer Science and Software Category at Developing Level, representing the University of Zambia, Lusaka Region.

1st positionComputer science and softwareNational Science CentreUNZA