Making Data Science tick! Join us (Cate, Mariam, Anthony and Victor + a guest) as we talk, rant and joke about BIG & wild ideas that are driven by the 'Almighty Data'. We hold ourselves to no limit here, so we share stories and strong opinions about great Data-driven projects happening in Africa, what we are missing and should have had yesterday but most important, always leave you inspired and challenged to dream Big and act on your ideas so we can all better society😎.
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Ssn2 Episode 2: Practising Data Science in different sectors with Miles Obare from Microsoft
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Twitter handles: Miles: @bdhobare, Cate: @categitau_, Mariam: @MamuAhmed, Anthony: @Sirodhis, Victor: @somonimochengo Data science has gained quite some popularity in the past 5 years. But do we really understand it's many components and how they join together? Or do we understand it's practicality in different sectors, is it applied universally? I…
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Ssn2 Episode 1: Effective and viable Data engineering with Batatunde Ekemode from Africa's Talking
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Data engineering has recently stood out as a differentiating factor for effective and commercially viable Data science practice in companies gearing up for scale. Data engineering is without a doubt the most important cog that keeps the data science wheel moving. Yet, being practical and effective in this sub-field of data science remains quite dem…
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Episode 7: Using AI to scale up Fintech with Andrew Mutua from PesaKit
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M-Pesa as a product is now 12 years old. If it were a child, it would be a preteen eager to dare the world, be rebellious and make its presence known everywhere. M-Pesa has put Kenya on the global map among fintech pioneers. But there is a lot more going on in the fintech space in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, in Kenya fintech that has scaled,…
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Episode 6: Building Data Science Capacity in Kenya with Shelmith Kariuki & Victor Mutua
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An article in the Harvard Business Review in 2012 declared 'Data scientist' as the sexiest job of the 21st century. Shortly after, a lot of) to have a discussion on scaling and building data science capacity in Kenya. ,instinctively as the right career choice based on interest or out of fanatical pursuits from the media focus on data science. It's …
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Episode 5: How Data Science is shaping the future of Human Resource (HR) with Jessica Colaco & Daniele Orner
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Almost any job you apply to today is done digitally. Some companies still fancy direct emails but a growing number are automating their HR services to deal with repetitive processes. But is this an ideal solution, does it favour only excellent communicators and is there potential for bias from pooling applicants in to different buckets even before …
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Episode 4: Autonomous/Driverless cars in Kenya! (with Wilfred Githuka)
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Will self-driving cars beat our bodaboda (motorcycle taxis) and matatu (van taxis) madness? Whether you call them autonomous, driverless or self-driving cars, they are the new face of mobility disruption. And there are Kenyans, Wilfred Githuka among them who want to be counted among contributors to this change. In this episode (Cate, Anthony, Wilfr…
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Episode 3: Digital Marketing at Google (with Clinton Obura)
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Episode 3 with Catherine Gitau, Anthony Odhiambo, Clinton Obura & Victor Mochengo is out! One of the main reasons we do this podcast is to challenge African enterprises to think BIG on how they could scale their operations and markets. In this episode we talk about BIG ideas that are being implemented TODAY and also touch on:1) How difficult it is …
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Episode 2: Developing Data Products at Safaricom(with Nicholas Loki)
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Second episode of the Dependent Variable podcast is out🗣️. We had an amazing chat with Nicholas Loki, Senior Software Engineer & Data Scientist at Safaricom PLC about the early days of #DataScience in corporate Kenya.In this episode Catherine Gitau, Anthony Odhiambo, Nicholas Loki & Victor Mochengo:1) Define #bigdata and why #Safaricom is a #bigdat…
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Pilot: A warm Introduction to the Dependent Variable Podcast
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Catherine Gitau, Anthony Odhiambo & Victor Mochengo sat down for a casual conversation on what practical Data Science looks like in Kenya. This episode is for anyone interested in Data Science, works with data or is concerned with using Data as capital.Top 10 things we cover:1) The buzzwords and jargons! Differentiate #datascience (DS), #machinelea…
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