From the first cohort to Head Coach.
I'm Mehdi Forkani, a freelance mobile & web app developer based in Casablanca, Morocco. I learned to code in the very first cohort of the LionsGeek Coding School, grew into its Head Coach, and today I build web platforms and mobile apps for startups, businesses, NGOs and institutions.
Head Coach and Project Manager in Casablanca, leading web and mobile products for LionsGeek and its partners.
Learned in the very first LionsGeek cohort, now teaching the next ones. I explain every decision I make.
Hands-on with Laravel, Inertia.js, React, React Native, Tailwind CSS, MySQL and REST APIs.
Based in Casablanca, Morocco, and available for remote freelance projects with clients outside Morocco.
My journey
No shortcuts: every step taught me something I bring to your project.
Banque Populaire · CNSS
01 · Before code
My career started far from code, as a commercial assistant at Banque Populaire and an administrative assistant at the CNSS. That's where I saw how real organizations run day to day, and what people actually need from the tools they use.
LionsGeek · Casablanca, Morocco
02 · LionsGeek Coding School
I joined the first cohort of the LionsGeek Coding School and learned the craft from the ground up: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, then React and Laravel, building real projects from day one.
LionsGeek · Casablanca, Morocco
03 · Full-stack developer
I stayed at LionsGeek as a full-stack developer, shipping web platforms, dashboards and mobile apps used by real people every day.
LionsGeek Coding School · Casablanca, Morocco
04 · Head Coach
I became Head Coach of the Coding School. I guide each cohort from their first line of code to full platforms they build and present with confidence, in just a few months.
LionsGeek PRO · Casablanca, Morocco
05 · Project Manager, LionsGeek PRO
I lead digital projects for LionsGeek and its partners: Casatourat for Casamémoire, the YES Africa app, NGO map and learning platform for Jadara Foundation, and My LionsGeek, our internal management system.
KBR · Brussels, Belgium
06 · 2026
I led the LionsGeek team behind ADA, a conversational XR and AI avatar of Ada Lovelace. The project received the Coup de Cœur du Jury in the AVATARS competition at the [IN]VISIBLE Festival 2026 by XR4Heritage, held at KBR, the Royal Library of Belgium.
Freelance · Casablanca, Morocco · Remote
07 · Today
Today I also work as a freelance mobile and web app developer, based in Casablanca and available for remote projects. I help startups, businesses, NGOs and institutions turn their ideas into secure, well-designed products, and I stay involved from the first draft to the final delivery.
FAQ
Thinking about working together on a web or mobile app? Here is what people usually want to know.
Mehdi Forkani is a freelance mobile and web app developer based in Casablanca, Morocco. He builds web platforms, mobile apps, backends and admin dashboards with Laravel, Inertia.js, React and React Native. He learned to code in the first cohort of the LionsGeek Coding School, became its Head Coach, and leads digital projects as project manager at LionsGeek PRO.
Yes. I take on freelance web and mobile app projects for startups, businesses, NGOs and institutions, in Morocco and remotely for clients abroad.
Yes, remotely. I'm used to async collaboration, regular demos and clear written updates, and Morocco's time zone overlaps well with Europe and Africa, and partly with the Middle East and the US East Coast.
Web platforms for organizations (e-learning, admissions, award programs, bilingual NGO sites), admin dashboards and internal tools, e-commerce sites, and cross-platform mobile apps with React Native, together with their backends and REST APIs.
Laravel and PHP for backends, React and Inertia.js for web apps, React Native and Expo for mobile apps, plus Tailwind CSS, MySQL, REST APIs and Git.
Casatourat, a heritage tourism app and its dashboard for Casamémoire; the YES Africa summit app, e-learning platform and website for Jadara Foundation; My LionsGeek and the LionsGeek mobile app; the Tihad Azemmour Women club website and admin; an admissions platform for the Belgian schools in Morocco; the bilingual ISRAR coalition platform; and the Tilila platform for SOREAD-2M, among others. Each one has its own page in the projects section.
As a freelancer, you work directly with me. Some projects in my portfolio were delivered with the LionsGeek PRO team, where I'm project manager; each project page states what my role was.
We start by understanding how you really work and what you need. Then I design the product, build it in clear steps you can review, launch it, and keep supporting it. I stay involved from the first draft to the final delivery, and I treat security as part of the job from day one.
Yes, I work in Arabic (Darija), French and English. En français : je suis développeur web et mobile freelance basé à Casablanca, et je crée des applications web et mobiles sur mesure pour les entreprises, les startups et les associations, au Maroc et à l'international.
Send me a message through the contact page on forkanimahdi.com, email forkanimahdi@gmail.com, or reach me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/forkanimahdi.