Behind HaHu Scripts

about us

Nigist Goytom, Founder & CEO

Nigist (Linkedin), a mother of 3 from Ethiopia, established Ha Hu AG in 2021 Zürich Switzerland, with a dream to fill a vital gap she faced to find literacy tools for teaching her children how to read and write her mother tongue, Amharic, an East African language. Drawing on her architecture background, she transformed her vision into reality, by developing our first MVP HaHu Scripts. She leads Design, strategy , UI/UX (User Interface and Experience) Design, engineering, and overall operations, ensuring Ha Hu’s continued success and impact. 

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Or Feldman Salem, Co-Founder & COO

Or (Linkedin), a mother of 3, is an Education Specialist in Children’s culture and technologies, she enriches Ha Hu, with her expertise in curating stories from diverse cultures and tailoring content to meet users’ unique needs. Or’s previous experience in an Israeli startup focused on finance, provided invaluable insights for our strategic development. With her background in business and a specialization in children’s culture and technology, she is instrumental in adapting the platform to cater to our diverse users.

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Yotam Shichel, Head of Technology

Yotam Shichel has joined Ha Hu as a Machine Learning Engineer. Based in Israel, Yotam brings extensive experience from roles at Grid4C, Check Point Software Technologies, Roboteam, and VMware. He holds a Master’s degree in Software and Information Systems Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, specializing in Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics. With strong expertise in programming and applied machine learning, Yotam strengthens Ha Hu’s technical leadership as we build our AI powered linguistic data platform, Bee Educate.

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Pini Shlomi, Head of Fullstack Development

Pini Shlomi has joined Ha Hu as a Full Stack Developer. He brings extensive experience from roles at Grid4C, Imperva, and HPE, where he worked on enterprise-grade software and full-stack development projects. Alongside his industry background, Pini also serves as a Lecturer at Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering. With deep expertise in software engineering and full-stack technologies, Pini strengthens Ha Hu’s development team greatly.

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Previous & External Team members

  • Li Bo (Bob), Senior Software Developer Linkedin

  • Xiang Jan (Jan), Senior Software Developer

  • Giulia Misino, Innovation & Sustainabilty expert LinkedIn
  • Hunter Wilson, Junior Software Development Intern 2025
  • Martina Klose, Digital product executive & coach Linkedin
hahu scripts

Download our ever scaling and improving first product HaHu Scripts now! Our mobile application is currently functional for two East African languages, Amharic & Tigrigna. We are currently working on improvement & scale up to more languages, scripts & cultural stories.