Mr. Edwin Talemwa
Nationality: Ugandan
Country of Residence: Uganda
Organisation or affiliation: ALBAYAN MEDIA
Position: Chief Technical Officer
Brief Motivation
Edwin Talemwa is a results-driven technology and media leader who turns complex challenges into practical solutions with measurable public impact. As an engineer–operator, he has built and stabilized critical digital services—streaming, broadcast and enterprise systems—improving reliability, security and access for audiences across Uganda and East Africa. Edwin combines strategic vision with hands-on execution: he sets clear objectives, aligns multidisciplinary teams, and delivers on time without compromising quality or ethics. He invests in people by mentoring young professionals, growing local suppliers and insisting on transparent, data-driven processes that raise service standards. In incidents he leads calmly and decisively, while his prevention mindset (automation, observability, and rigorous change control) has reduced outages and costs and lifted customer satisfaction. Edwin’s track record—innovating responsibly, strengthening infrastructure and enabling others—makes him a compelling nominee. He exemplifies integrity, resilience and community-minded excellence, and is well-placed to scale this impact further.
Professional Background
Edwin Talemwa is a Ugandan technology executive and broadcast engineer with 15+ years building and operating mission-critical media systems. He serves as Chief Technology Officer at Albayan Media, where he leads product, engineering, and operations for a high-scale live and VOD platform used across Uganda and East Africa. Edwin blends strategic vision with deep hands-on expertise in streaming architectures, data-center design, and broadcast operations.
Current Role (CTO, Albayan Media)
Owns end-to-end streaming stack: ingest, encoding/transcoding, DRM, CDN, observability, and SRE.
Designed and deployed a streaming-optimized data-center footprint (redundant power and cooling, multi-ISP/BGP routing, edge caching, automated failover), delivering high availability and predictable latency during peak events.
Leads a cross-functional team (engineering, NOC/SOC, product, QA) and vendor ecosystem; sets SLAs, change-management and incident-response practices.
Selected Achievements
Scaled a leading regional streaming platform, improving startup time, rebuffer rate, and uptime through targeted optimizations in ABR ladders, cache hit ratios, and origin resiliency.
Implemented secure content delivery (TLS best practices, tokenized URLs, watermarking) and compliance workflows aligned to local broadcast regulations.
Built cost-efficient distribution using a hybrid CDN (on-prem edge + cloud), cutting bandwidth cost per streamed hour while increasing reach to low-bandwidth geographies.
Introduced real-time telemetry and business analytics, enabling data-driven programming and ad-decisioning.
Established disaster recovery, RTO/RPO targets, and regular failover drills for uninterrupted service.
Prior Experience
Technical Manager, Baitu Group / Radio & TV Operations: Oversaw transmission sites, STL links, and compliance; modernized studio-to-cloud workflows.
Expertise
Streaming media (HLS/DASH, DRM), video encoding/transcoding, CDN design, Linux/automation, networking (BGP, DDoS mitigation), observability, incident management, vendor and stakeholder management, and talent development.
Edwin’s record of architecting reliable, secure, and scalable platforms—while mentoring teams and strengthening local capacity—positions him as a high-impact technology leader for the region’s digital media ecosystem.