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Head of development, Harare

Software developer
and project manager

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Ashly Dhani
Ashly Dhani
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7+ Years
70+ Projects
40+ Clients
8 Awards
Currently building A vertical SaaS platform In build, deploying soon
  • Location Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Languages English, Shona, Chinese
  • Focus Development & delivery
70 +
Completed
projects
7 Years +
Working
experience
40 +
Institutions
& clients

My story

I head the software development department at Webdev Private Limited, where I started as a senior full-stack developer, moved into project management, and now run the engineering function. Alongside that I founded Semita Core Pvt Ltd, a systems and branding practice. Over seven years I have designed, built, and shipped web and mobile platforms for clients in banking, fintech, government, hospitality, and the development sector.

The three jobs feed each other. Writing production code keeps my estimates honest and my technical decisions grounded in what the team will have to maintain. Running projects taught me that most software fails on communication and scope before it fails on code. Leading a department is mostly about making both of those things routine: standards people can follow, plans a sponsor can read, and engineers who are better at the end of each quarter than they were at the start.

I stay with a build until somebody else can run it without me. In practice that makes me as involved in the documentation and the training week as in the architecture, because a system nobody was shown how to use has been delivered rather than finished.


Where I am strongest
  • Full-stack engineering
  • Mobile development
  • Project management
  • Engineering leadership
  • Fintech integrations
  • Agile delivery

What I do

Full-Stack Web & Enterprise Platforms
Web platforms, APIs, and internal systems in Laravel, React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, with payment gateway and third-party integrations, written so the next developer can maintain them.
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Mobile App Development
Android, iOS, and cross-platform builds in React Native and Flutter that stay usable on modest handsets and unreliable networks, with local storage and background sync where the job needs it.
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Project Management & Delivery Governance
Agile and Scrum delivery, sprint planning, stakeholder communication, budget and risk reporting, and the governance that takes a programme from kickoff to a sustainable handover.
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Engineering Team Leadership
Technical direction, delivery standards, code review, hiring, and mentorship for a development team, with delivery outcomes kept in line with what the business needs.
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Business Systems, Dashboards & Reporting
Internal systems with role-based access, secure dashboards for the numbers that trigger a decision, and exports in the format the recipient already works in.
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Software QA & Testing
Test planning, functional and regression cycles, automated coverage where it pays for itself, and release sign-off that catches problems before your users do.
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Code Audit & Technical Due Diligence
An independent read of an existing codebase: architecture, security exposure, dependency and licence risk, technical debt, and what it will realistically cost to carry forward.
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Servers, Hosting & Infrastructure
Provisioning, deployment pipelines, backups, monitoring, and migrations across Linux servers, cPanel estates, and cloud hosting.
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Cybersecurity & Application Hardening
Access control, authentication, secure API design, dependency and configuration review, and remediation of the issues an audit surfaces.
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Digital Transformation Advisory
Process review, systems selection, build or buy calls, and the roadmap that gets an organisation from manual routine to working software.
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Digital Marketing & Paid Media
Google Ads, social campaigns, GA4 measurement, and the reporting that shows what the spend actually returned.
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Search Engine Optimisation
Technical SEO, site structure, content strategy, and performance work aimed at rankings that hold rather than spike.
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Branding & Corporate Identity
Naming, identity systems, brand guidelines, and the rollout across print, digital, and environmental applications.
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Graphic Design & Creative Production
Marketing collateral, presentation and pitch design, product artwork, and UI design in Figma.
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Trusted by

Work delivered for more than forty institutions and clients across banking, fintech, government, hospitality, manufacturing, and education. Some of it I built myself, and since 2025 much of it has been delivered by teams I planned, ran, and answered for at Webdev Private Limited.

  • Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
  • Parliament of Zimbabwe
  • ZIMRA
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Zimbabwe Treasury
  • ZACC
  • ZIMCHE
  • POSB
  • AFC Bank
  • Empower Bank
  • First Mutual
  • FML Review
  • Cimas
  • OMari
  • Paynow
  • MIF
  • ZIFA
  • ZIFTESSA
  • ZARDA
  • Tongaat Hulett
  • Petrotrade
  • Varichem
  • Monomotapa Hotel
  • Ashok Leyland
  • Creamline Appliances
  • Longchen
  • Lorimak
  • Salmark
  • UZ-CTRC
  • Hindu Society Harare
  • Secondary Book Press
  • Nhaka Delta Gallery
  • Healthy Options
  • Horizon Solar Systems
  • Excel Elevators
  • Golden Stairs Gardens
  • Don Hodzo Group
  • Hour House Travel
  • iProperties
  • Property.co.zw
  • UFO Networks
  • Blackoak Casework
  • Cooper & Jones
  • 3PG Agency
  • BillPro
  • Ecoshe
  • Akwande Tuvule

Project detail and references for any engagement listed here are available on request.

Leading delivery teams

At Webdev I run a department of developers, and on larger consulting engagements I assemble a team from specialists I have worked with for years. The job is the same in both cases: set the standard, plan the work so nobody is guessing, and stay accountable for delivery, governance, and the reporting line to whoever is paying for it.

Disciplines I lead and draw on
  • Backend and frontend developers
  • Mobile engineers, Android and iOS
  • Database and data engineers
  • QA and test engineers
  • Systems, network, and DevOps engineers
  • Cybersecurity and penetration testing specialists
  • Data and reporting analysts
  • UI, UX, and brand designers
  • Digital marketing and content specialists
  • Business analysts and finance advisors
  • Trainers and user support
  • Legal, compliance, and procurement advisors
How this works in practice

Inside the department, every project has a named lead, a sprint plan, and a reporting cadence the client can see. On a proposal, every named associate comes with a defined role, a share of their time, and a CV on request, before award rather than after it.

Currently building

Currently building

A vertical SaaS platform, in build now

Most of what I have delivered over seven years solved a version of the same problem: an organisation needs structured information captured, held in a system that holds up, and put in front of whoever has to decide something. Every engagement rebuilt that from scratch.

So I am productising it, and running it the way I would run a client programme: a roadmap, a backlog, a release plan, and a small team with a clear split of responsibility. It is a chance to own the product decisions as well as the engineering ones, from the data model through to pricing, and to ship something that does not depend on me being in the room.

  • StageIn build
  • ReleaseDeploying soon
  • My roleProduct owner and lead developer
  • Early accessAvailable on request
My Latest Publications
What a head of development owes the team
Engineering Leadership
What a head of development owes the team

Strategy, capacity, and standards are in the job description. The version that changes how a week is spent is shorter: a development lead owes the team a standard, a plan, cover, and a next step.

  • August 26, 2026
  • Ashly Dhani
The three questions I ask before I commit a delivery date
Project Management
The three questions I ask before I commit a delivery date

A delivery date is the most expensive sentence a project manager says. Before I commit one, it has to survive three questions about assumptions, dependencies, and what gets cut first.

  • August 12, 2026
  • Ashly Dhani
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Email: ashly@rowland.co.zw | WhatsApp: +263 78 744 3918
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