Digital capacity-building platform for African CSOs - ASP.NET Core 8.0 MVC, PostgreSQL, Azure Blob Storage
# UnganaConnect
A digital capacity-building platform for African civil society organisations (CSOs), built for Ungana-Afrika. UnganaConnect centralises training, resource sharing, community engagement, and event management into a single web application — replacing fragmented manual processes with an accessible, scalable digital hub.
**Live Demo:** unganaconnect-82tf.onrender.com
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## My Role — Britney Chauke
I served as **Business Analyst, Project Documentation Lead, and Frontend Contributor** on this five-person team during our Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) placement.
### Business Analysis
- Conducted stakeholder interviews and requirement-gathering sessions with Ungana-Afrika
- Created user personas and journey maps to prioritise development
- Documented functional specifications and acceptance criteria for each module
- Facilitated feedback loops between users and developers to refine features
- Mediated scope concerns and resolved feedback-related conflicts
### Project Documentation
- Authored the project management document (scope, WBS, Gantt charts, risk matrix)
- Maintained revision-controlled documentation across all project phases
- Produced weekly progress reports and client engagement notes
- Compiled the final submission package including technical and user manuals
### Frontend Development
- Built and refined Razor views for the blog, event, and resource modules
- Contributed to responsive UI layouts using Bootstrap CSS
- Participated in integration testing and UI bug fixes during sprint cycles
- Helped ensure accessibility and mobile-first design across pages
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## Tech Stack
| Layer | Technology |
|-------|-----------|
| Framework | ASP.NET Core 8.0 MVC |
| Database | PostgreSQL + Entity Framework Core 9.0 |
| Cloud Storage | Azure Blob Storage |
| Frontend | Razor Views, Bootstrap CSS |
| Logging | Serilog |
| Auth | Session-based, role-based access control |
| Containerisation | Docker |
| Hosting | Koyeb |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions …