Dibwe Kalangu
Digital Marketing Manager Profile

About

Digital Marketing & Growth Analyst

Growth-focused marketer connecting acquisition, conversion, and analytics to measurable business outcomes.

Summary

Professional summary

My career started in software engineering, where I spent years building systems and solving technical problems. Over time, I became increasingly interested in a different question: why do some products grow while others struggle? Building Bubakii gave me the opportunity to work across customer acquisition, marketing automation, lead qualification, conversion optimisation, and performance reporting. That experience shifted my focus from building software alone to understanding how marketing, operations, and data combine to drive business growth.

Focus Areas

Core marketing capabilities

The systems I apply to improve lead generation, conversion, and marketing performance.

Lead Generation SystemsCustomer AcquisitionFunnel OptimisationMarketing AnalyticsMarketing AutomationPerformance Reporting

Journey

Career timeline

A track record in growth marketing, acquisition funnels, and performance reporting.

Jul 2024 — Present

work

Founder | Product, Growth & Systems Lead

Bubakii

Designed customer acquisition, lead management, conversion workflows, reporting dashboards, and automated engagement processes supporting quote generation, customer communication, and service bookings.

Jul 2023 — Jun 2024

work

Software Engineer

Open Vantage

Built and maintained product features across frontend and backend systems, supporting operational business tools in a fast-moving product environment.

Jul 2020 — Jul 2023

work

Lead Developer

Credipple

Helped rebuild and improve a platform for scalability, maintainability, usability, and long-term product growth.

Aug 2015 — Aug 2020

work

Coding Mentor

Umuzi.org

Mentored aspiring developers in JavaScript, Node.js, React, Git, debugging, project delivery, and professional software development practices.

2010 — 2015

work

Freelance Web Developer

Student / Self-Employed

Delivered websites, e-commerce stores, hosting, maintenance, and performance improvements for small businesses and content-driven projects.

2010 — 2014

education

National Diploma in Software Development

Walter Sisulu University

Completed NQF Level 6 studies in software development.

Skills

Marketing & analytics expertise

Organised by discipline—marketing, analytics, and product strategy.

Marketing

Growth StrategyMeta AdsLead GenerationConversion OptimisationCustomer Journey DesignMarketing AutomationWhatsApp Acquisition

Analytics

Marketing AnalyticsFunnel AnalysisPerformance ReportingAttribution ModellingKPI Framework DesignExecutive DashboardsA/B Testing

Product & Strategy

Customer Acquisition StrategyFunnel OptimisationProgressive ProfilingStakeholder ReportingCommercial AnalysisProcess Design

Technical

Technical capabilities

Supporting skills that enable faster execution of marketing systems—not the primary focus of my work.

Technical Capabilities

Marketing Dashboard DevelopmentCRM & API IntegrationsWhatsApp Cloud APIGoogle AnalyticsData Pipeline DesignNext.jsAutomation Workflows

Evidence

See the data

Explore the executive case study.

Case study

Open to Digital Marketing Manager roles

Let's discuss how data-driven growth strategy can improve customer acquisition, conversion, and marketing performance for your organisation.