Experience

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  World Data Lab

  • Austria
  • Market Research
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Data Scientist

    • Jun 2023 - Present

    Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the current employment landscape for African youth.Utilize data visualization techniques to present findings and insights in a clear and concise mannerDevelop a forecasting model that accurately predicts employment outcomes.Actively contribute to the MasterCard Foundation's 30 Million Job Creation initiative by providing data-drivenrecommendations and strategies

  • Data Science Intern

    • Feb 2023 - May 2023

    Team member on 'Youth Employment Clock' project to the assessment of youth employment in Africa andforecasting its future trendsCollecting, cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing data to provide insights and inform decision-makingParticipate in model building for the future forecasts.

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  Carnegie Mellon University Africa

  • Kigali, Kigali City, Rwanda

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
    • Kigali, Kigali City, Rwanda

    04-611 Strategic Use of Digital Information in EnterprisesThe primary goal of this course is to provide students with an introduction to a new generation of technologies providing enterprises with strategic information assets.In this course, students will learn about:-> The process leading from data to information (for both structured and unstructured data), from information to knowledge, from knowledge to insight, and finally from insight to decision-> The new information and communication technologies available at each step of this process how businesses are using these technologies to become more competitive-> The evolution of enterprises from transaction centric to information-centric organizations

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  BFA Global

  • TECA Fellow

    • Aug 2022 - Nov 2022

    TECA (Triggering Exponential Climate Action) is an entrepreneurship program that envisions an ecosystem abundant with innovative solutions fortifying the climate resilience of vulnerable populations and the planet. As a TECA fellow, I am focusing on the Blue Economy in East Africa to develop innovative climate resilience solutions for our planet and vulnerable populations.

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  Carnegie Mellon University CyLab

  • Kigali City, Rwanda

  • Graduate Research Assistant Intern

    • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
    • Kigali City, Rwanda

    Participating in two Machine learning research projects: "Smishing Project" with the goal of developing effective detection mechanisms for smishing texts in low-resource African languages, and Online Signature Authentication System with the aim to answer how a signature can be summarized in a way that encompasses all possible variations and identifies genuine and forged signatures using machine learning.Develop a web portal using Django to gather SMS data from countries in East Africa by utilizing NLP techniques to anonymize personal data.Develop an Android mobile application with Java that records an individual's unique signature features for themachine learning model training.

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  Huawei

  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Solution and Pre-sales Engineer

    • Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
    • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Led a $1 Million power project as a Product Manager.Designed technical power solutions in collaboration with my team to the existing Ethio-telecom power gap.Negotiated with customers about the designed solution, implementation, and total cost.

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  WebSprix

  • Addis Ababa

  • Software and Network engineer

    • Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
    • Addis Ababa

    Installed and maintained network services, equipment, and various network devices for clients.Supported clients with network and computing infrastructure.Analyze faults on network infrastructure, debug source of failure and fix.