Manzi Prince Babou

About

I am a passionate security engineer. I like to break things before bad people do. Let's et in touch!

Experience

• Security Engineer
  Centrika Ltd
  Apr 2026 – Present
• Junior Security Engineer
  Africa Cyber Security Consortium
  Sep 2025 – —
• Cybersecurity Analyst (Virtual Experience)
  Mastercard
  Jan 2025 – —

Education

• High School Certificate & Diploma
  Rwanda Coding Academy
  Software Development and Embedded Systems · 2023 – 2026
• O-Level Certificate
  Groupe Scolaire Officiel de Butare
  Sciences and Mathematics · 2020 – 2023

Skills

• Node.js
• Cybersecurity
• Django
• Rust
• Security Compliance
• Incident Response
• Vulnerability Assessment
• DevSecOps
• API Testing
• Security
• RBAC

Projects

• Plantiify ↗
  Machine Learning

  AI plant identification project that identifies plant species from a single photo and returns detailed species information.

• Halo
  Expo, Java, Kotlin

  Parental controls and digital safety platform for screen-time controls, app monitoring, location tracking, AI-powered insights, and remote device management.

• FortiCore ↗
  Rust, Linux CLI

  AI-assisted penetration testing and vulnerability assessment platform that unifies reconnaissance, scanning, and safe exploit simulation. Detects and prioritizes vulnerabilities and delivers actionable remediation guidance through an AI-assisted, flag-based CLI.

Courses & certifications

• Ideation & Prototyping Workshop · CODE University
• National Cyberlympics · NCSA
• picoCTF · Carnegie Mellon University
• Cyberium Cybersecurity Certificate · ThinkCyber
• Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate · Coursera

⚽ Extracurricular activities

• CyberKnights Cybersecurity Club

  Mentor & Member Affairs Director; mentors students in cybersecurity fundamentals, CTF preparation, web security, and digital forensics while running member engagement and club activities.

• iLead Rwanda Leadership Excellence Program

  Leadership training in ethical leadership, team building, communication, and conflict resolution, applied through CyberKnights mentoring.