Engineer by training, founder by choice, builder by nature.
I'm Kamal Benaouija, an Electrical Engineering & Information Technology student at HTWK Leipzig in Germany. I'm passionate about engineering, artificial intelligence, software development and entrepreneurship — and about building products that solve real problems for real people.
My path started in Morocco and led me to Germany, where I learned the language, adapted to a new system, and rebuilt my education from the ground up. That experience taught me how to learn fast, stay disciplined, and treat every constraint as a design problem rather than an excuse.
Today I combine electrical engineering fundamentals with modern software and AI to create useful, well-crafted products. I founded 9rabra to turn that combination into something people can actually use, and I'm constantly learning new technologies so I can build better, faster, and with more impact.
My long-term vision is to build companies that meaningfully improve education and technology — starting in the communities I come from, and scaling from there.
How I got here
Every step, in order — no shortcuts skipped.
- Origins
Morocco
Grew up in Morocco with a curiosity for how things work — taking apart electronics long before understanding the engineering behind them.
- Relocation
Moving to Germany
Moved to Germany to pursue higher education, trading a familiar environment for a new system, language and culture.
- Adaptation
Learning German
Learned German from scratch to integrate, study, and communicate — building the discipline that now shapes how I approach every hard problem.
- Foundation
Engineering
Enrolled in Electrical Engineering & Information Technology at HTWK Leipzig, building a rigorous foundation in systems, circuits and problem-solving.
- Building
Entrepreneurship
Founded 9rabra to turn ideas into real products — learning to ship, iterate, and build things people actually want.
- Expansion
Artificial Intelligence
Started combining engineering and software with AI — using LLMs and automation to build smarter, faster products.
- What's Next
Future Vision
Working toward building impactful companies that improve education and technology — starting local, thinking global.
Principles that guide how I build
Curiosity over comfort
Ship, then refine
Systems over silos
What I bring to the table
A cross-disciplinary toolkit spanning engineering, software and AI.
Engineering
Core electrical engineering foundations.
Programming
Languages and frameworks I build with.
Artificial Intelligence
Applied AI, from prompts to production.
Web Development
Full-stack product engineering.
Languages
Human languages I work and communicate in.