A Note from the Founder

This is God's work.

A letter from the founder of MyChurchInnovate to the pastors, builders, and stewards who carry the same burden.

Martin M. Kamethu
Country Director, Serianu Botswana
Lead Mentor, Ongoza Cyber Hub

Martin M. Kamethu, Founder of MyChurchInnovate

For twelve years, my work has been protecting Africa's digital economy from those who would do it harm. From a young engineer in Nairobi, to leading offensive security teams across Eastern and Southern Africa, to today serving as Country Director for Serianu Botswana — my craft has been cybersecurity. My classroom has been the African enterprise. And my conviction has grown, year after year, that technology decides what Africa becomes next.

But somewhere along that road, the Lord placed another conviction on my heart. While I was helping banks and governments harden their systems, I would visit my home church on a Sunday and see something I could not unsee:

The African Church — the fastest-growing Church on earth — is being asked to do the deepest work with the thinnest infrastructure. The Body that is reaping the harvest is reaping it with bare hands.

I have spent my career translating cyber threats into business resilience. I now believe the African Church needs that same translation — the bridge between what technology can do and what ministry actually needs. Not borrowed Western church-tech. Not predatory subscription software. Not AI sold as a silver bullet.

MyChurchInnovate is what comes from a marriage of those two convictions. From my work at Serianu, I bring enterprise-grade discipline — what it takes to build something secure, scalable, and worth the trust of a serious institution. From Ongoza Cyber Hub, where I mentor Africa's next generation of cyber leaders, I bring the conviction that infrastructure isn't enough — you have to raise the labourers. That is why MCI is a platform and a Guild. The roads and the road-builders, together.

Why this, why now

The first century needed Roman roads. The Reformation needed Gutenberg's press. The closing chapters of the Great Commission need fiber, cloud, and AI — guarded by elders, animated by the Spirit, built by His Body.

This is not a side project. This is not a startup chasing a market. This is God's work — placed on my heart, weighed for years, and now offered with both hands to His Church.

I have spent my professional life "sending the elevator back down" to young African builders. MyChurchInnovate is me sending the elevator back down — this time to the pastors who have been climbing the stairs with bricks on their shoulders. To the village congregation with a vision bigger than its toolkit. To the urban church drowning in admin while souls wait at the door. To the youth pastor preaching to twelve teenagers on a Sunday whose words deserve to reach twelve thousand by Friday.

If you pastor —

walk in. The road is paved.

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If you build —

pick up your craft. The Body needs it.

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If you steward —

invest. The hour is late.

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Empires once paved the way for the Gospel. The Body of Christ will pave the next one.

Martin M. Kamethu

By His grace, and for His glory,

Martin M. Kamethu

Founder, MyChurchInnovate · Nairobi, Kenya · Gaborone, Botswana

About the Founder

The craft behind the calling.

Serianu Limited · 2014–Present

Country Director, Botswana

Currently leading Serianu's pan-African cybersecurity practice from Gaborone, partnering with Boards and C-Suite executives across the continent to build Decision Assurance — moving security conversations from "fear" to "function".

Previously: Technical Solutions Lead (Risk · Technology · SOC Advisory) for 7 years, leading solution architects and security engineers; before that, Lead Security Engineer and Penetration Tester, working with 35+ organizations across Eastern and Southern Africa.

Ongoza Cyber Hub · 2024–Present

Lead Mentor & Cyber Talent Architect

A purpose-driven talent accelerator developing resilient, leadership-ready cybersecurity professionals across Africa — through intensive mentorship, mock interviews, project review, and access to industry experts.

"Sending the elevator back down."

Education

Continued formation

  • · MBA — Hult International Business School (in progress)
  • · BSc Information Technology — Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology

Published research

A pan-African view

Contributing author across the Serianu Africa Cyber Security Report series — Kenya (2014, 2015), Tanzania (2016), Nigeria (2016), Africa (2016). The same lens that mapped Africa's cyber landscape now turns toward her Church.

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