My professional journey includes pivotal roles at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) as a Consultant Data Scientist, where I contributed to developing a dynamic taxpayers’ data portal, and at Data Science Nigeria (DSN), where I led data analytics projects, trained companies in data analytics, and organized major AI hackathons. As a former Senior Data Analytics Manager at 54gene, I implemented advanced data management and quality control procedures. As a CAN Fellow at eHealth Africa, I enhanced public health surveillance for cholera outbreaks in Yobe State, Nigeria, utilizing geospatial machine learning and data-driven approaches.

I am a passionate contributor to the data science community, having developed the bulkreadr and forstringr CRAN R programming packages and contributed to the 'Big Book of R' and the 'ralger' package. I co-edited the "Beginners’ Artificial Intelligence & Python Programming Book" and helped create the Nigeria COVID-19 data repository for researchers.

As an active member of the Africa R programming community and a certified RStudio Tidyverse instructor, I have published ten research papers and provided consultancy to clients worldwide. I excel in data wrangling, analysis, tool-building, and process automation, and am dedicated to leveraging data to solve real-world problems and drive sustainable development.

Education

The African Institute for Mathematical Science (AIMS), Rwanda. 2017-2019

Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences

Thesis: A Comprehensive Empirical Demonstration of the No Free Lunch Theorem in Statistical Machine Learning

Supervisor: Prof. Ernest Fokoue, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), USA

University of Ilorin, Nigeria. 2011-2015

Bachelor of Science in Statistics

Thesis: On Factors That Influence the Clinical Responses of Asthmatic Patients to Chemotherapy Treatments: A Model-Based Approach

Supervisor: Prof. W.B Yahya

Computer Skills

• Data Cleaning

• Web Scraping

• Data Visualization

• Database Management

• Feature Engineering

• Predictive Modelling

• Research Software Engineering

Software Skills

• Programming: R, R Markdown, Shiny, Python

• Database: SQL, BigQuery

• Business intelligence: PowerBI, Tableau

• Version control: Git and GitHub

• Office tools: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word

• GIS tools: ArcGIS, QGIS, R (sf, terra) and Python (geopandas, georasters)

Professional Programmes and/or Certifications

• Participated as a CAN Fellow in the Festival de Datos, sponsored by the United Nations, held in Punta del Este, Uruguay. This notable event focused on advancing global data initiatives for sustainable development. 

• Attended the 10th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) in Germany as a young researcher in September 2023.

• Attended the R Project Sprint 2023 and contributed to the maintenance of R programming at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom (UK).

• Collaborative Scientific Software Development and Management of Open Source Scientific Packages, Italy

• Nigerian National Code for Health Research Ethics, CITI Program 

• RStudio Tidyverse Certified Instructor, Boston, Massachusetts 

• Professional Skills: Present with Purpose; Solving Problems with Critical and Creative Thinking at IBM Training

• Machine Learning and Statistical Analysis at the WorldQuant University (WQU), USA

• Microsoft Professional Programme in Data Science