Mohammed Kateregga (@mohkatz) – WordPress user profile

Mohammed Kateregga

@mohkatz Jinja, Uganda joined Apr 2021

github.com/mohkatz Slack: @Mohammed Kateregga

Teams Accessibility Community Core AI Core Core Performance Hosting Marketing Openverse Photos Playground Polyglots Test

Bio

Full Stack, Mobile and Web App developer, Business and Data analyst and Blockchain educator. Community leader based in Jinja. Tech entrepreneur and open source tech evangelist, active Rotarian and love volunteering.

WordPress Developer, Contributor and WordPress Jinja Meetup Community Co-organizer 2020/2021 to date and WordCamp Jinja co-organizer 2022-date.

Member of The Rotary Club of Jinja City, Internet Society Uganda Chapter, Omdena AI, ICTAU, GDG, and avid community founder, and lead. IT and Business development specialist for many years. Professional background in Accountancy, Web and App Development, FinTech, Business Development as well as professional qualifications/certifications and very many years of experience in tech, mainly in Cloud, DevOps, AI, Security, Networking and Blockchain. Serial Tech Entrepreneur. Founder and co-founder and investor in many business startup enterprises in Uganda with a bias towards social impact through tech and innovation.

Interests

Open Source, Diversity, Inclusion, Artificial Intelligence

WordPress Origin Story

Pertaining to WordPress, I am a WordPress Developer, Contributor as well and Community co-organizer, I have personally used and developed/designed very many websites, both personally and professionally using WordPress since 2011/12, and for the past four years served in community WordPress Jinja Meetup Community co-organizer and as a contributor as well. Look forward to growing our WordPress community in Eastern Uganda and Jinja further.

WordPress Developer, Contributor and WordPress Jinja Meetup Community Co-organizer and WordCamp Jinja Co-organizer. I am also a WP Credits Mentor and also regularly contribute to various Make WordPress teams.

I love building inclusive diverse ecosystems, communities and events, besides meetups and other conferences, notably several WordPress Ecosystem Events Volunteering and Organizing contributions to name but a few:

I helped start and organize the first Inaugural WordPress Jinja Meetup’s Annual WordPress Website Charity Hackathon and served as Co-lead Organizer of the Hackathon event in 2021.
WordCamp Jinja 2022 Co-organizer, WordCamp Jinja 2023 Contributor day and Hackathon Team Lead
WordCamp Jinja 2024 Lead Organizer
WordCamp Nairobi 2024 Organizing team Volunteer, Speaker Department.
Uganda Websites Competition 2024 volunteered and assisted the event helped specifically pioneered the local procurement, design and delivery of all official WordPress Swag (for all events in Uganda i.e volunteered to print and deliver swag for all events on schedule in Uganda in 2024, WP in Education Showcase Masaka 2024, WordCamp Lira 2024 and Online PayDel Summit Kampala 2024) and helped with Public Relations and sharing the event under WordPress Jinja Meetup Socials on WhatsApp/X and other social media channels.
WordCamp Jinja 2025 Lead Organizer
WordCamp Masaka 2025 Co-organizer (Volunteer and Speaker Department)
WordPress Accessibility Day 2025 (Translation Volunteer).
WordPress Campus Connect Jinja 2025 Lead Organizer (Our Inaugural and largest event series on the African Continent)
WordCamp Asia 2026 (Open Source Book Contributor Day)
WordCamp Europe 2026 Organizer
WordCamp US 2026 Organizer
WordCamp Jinja 2026 Organizer
WordPress Campus Connect Jinja 2026 Organizer
WordPress for Everyone Initiative skilling and capacity building of our budding AfroPressers global community, and also actively part of growing our WPAfrica Community.

I contribute to various teams and I am passionate about community, inclusion, localization, diversity, open source and decentralized technologies.

Speaking and Attending:

I also regularly contribute by volunteering, supporting and speaking at various WordCamps and/or WordPress Meetups locally in my locale since 2020/2021 as well as globally virtually and physically and also other tech conferences such as Google Developer Group events I organize or support to name but a few.

Badges

CODE

3 badges

Core Contributor '25 Hosting Contributor '25 Plugin Developer

CONTENT

3 badges

O Openverse Contributor '25 Photo Contributor '23 Photos Team '26

COMMUNITY

4 badges

Meetup Organizer '23 WordCamp Organizer '22 WordCamp Speaker '22 WordCamp Volunteer '25

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '23 Translation Editor '25

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days

3contributions

high3

medium0

score9

Last 90 days

18contributions

high17

medium1

score52

Last 12 months

60contributions

high46

medium14

score152

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 2 releases

Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 30 Thu · 14:09

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Free Web Design Support at the WordCamp Jinja 2026 Charity Website Hackathon, on the site WordCamp Jinja 2026:
Every year, WordCamp Jinja brings together members of the WordPress community to learn, connect and…

Jul 29 Wed · 15:50

Meta high

Received props from @Benjamin_Zekavica in Slack:
Props to @aialvi, @ankitmaru, @hmbashar, @mbigul, @chaion07, @courane01, @dhavalkapadane, @gajendrasingh, @habiburdev, @huzaifaalmesbah, @iamraju, @jigar9998, @bosskhj,…

Jul 13 Mon · 08:14

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Training Team Meeting Recap – 7th July 2026, on the site Make WordPress Training:
This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting…

Jul 09 Thu · 17:42

Meta high

Received props from @estelaris in Slack:
Props to @369work @jigar9998 @cbravobernal @khokansardar @jorbin @pbiron @vishitshah @mosescursor @mohkatz @nazmul111 @abduremon @rcorrales @masteradhoc…

Jul 07 Tue · 14:49

Meta high

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Jinja 2026

Jul 04 Sat · 15:42

Polyglots high

Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Jul 04 Sat · 15:20

Polyglots med

Suggested 4 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

June 2026

Jun 23 Tue · 00:55

Meta high

Joined the organizing team for WordCamp US 2026

Jun 18 Thu · 17:51

Meta high

Wrote a new post, Community Team June 2026 meeting recap, on the site Make WordPress Community:
This is a summary of the Community Team monthly meeting held on June 11, 2026.…

Jun 16 Tue · 23:31

Polyglots high

Translated 1 string on translate.wordpress.org.