Experience

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  World Data Lab

  • South Africa

  • Associate Data Scientist

    • Aug 2023 - Present
    • South Africa

    • Data wrangling and Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA).• Timeseries forecasting using R programming and machine learning.• Data analysis, extraction of data insights and data visualisation to communicate insights.• Quality assurance.• Insights generation.

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  CreditAis

  • South Africa

  • Data Scientist

    • Dec 2021 - Jul 2023
    • South Africa

    • Completed data preparation, data wrangling and Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) on client data and providing business related advisory services.• Developed and tested alternative credit scoring models tailored to clients’ needs. Developed models for two clients: Royal finance and Metti, using machine learning, R programming and cloud computing services on AWS.• Researched innovative solutions that account for business and stakeholder requirements.

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  Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Data Science Intern

    • Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    • Investigated the over ordering of tests in government health facilities in the Eastern Cape and identified hospitals that ordered more tests in comparison to their counterparts. • Completed data cleaning and data wrangling.• Produced a recurrent per capita analysis of laboratory tests ordered using R programming language.• Completed Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) to determine the effect of existing gatekeeping rules on laboratory test ordering using data analysis in R.• Developed an anomaly detection process to identify health facilities that over ordered tests by use of machine learning methods, cloud computing and R programming: cluster analysis, isolation forests, support vector machines.• Implemented data visualisation packages in R (ggplot2 and Esquisse) to communicate key findings.

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  M&E Associates Ltd

  • Uganda

  • Candidate Civil Engineer

    • Jan 2015 - Dec 2021
    • Uganda

    At M&E Associates Ltd, I have had the opportunity to be part of the design team for three major projects (2015 - date), all of which had a component of both rural and urban water supply. My roles included but not limited to preparation of design documents (reports, drawings, bills of quantities) as well as preparation of tender documentation. I have developed proficiency in various engineering software tools such as ArcGIS, QGIS, EPANet and AutoCAD.

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  Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town

  • Academic Tutor

    • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

    Fluid mechanics tutor for second year civil engineering class.

  • Academic Tutor

    • Feb 2013 - Jun 2013

    Water treatment tutor for third year civil engineering class.

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  M&E Associates Ltd Uganda

  • Intern

    • Jan 2011 - Jan 2011

    Participated in designing waste water treatment plants.