Twitter handles: Miles: @bdhobare, Cate: @categitau_, Mariam: @MamuAhmed, Anthony: @Sirodhis, Victor: @somonimochengoData science has gained quite some popularity in the past 5 years. But do we really understand it's many components and how th

Ssn2 Episode 1: Effective and viable Data engineering with Batatunde Ekemode from Africa's Talking

Sep 27th, 2019 1h 9m

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 sc

Episode 7: Using AI to scale up Fintech with Andrew Mutua from PesaKit

Jun 18th, 2019 1h 1m

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

Episode 6: Building Data Science Capacity in Kenya with Shelmith Kariuki & Victor Mutua

May 19th, 2019 38m 10s

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 righ

Episode 5: How Data Science is shaping the future of Human Resource (HR) with Jessica Colaco & Daniele Orner

Feb 14th, 2019 50m 15s

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

Episode 4: Autonomous/Driverless cars in Kenya! (with Wilfred Githuka)

Dec 21st, 2018 1h 7m

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

Episode 3: Digital Marketing at Google (with Clinton Obura)

Nov 30th, 2018 59m 29s

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 2: Developing Data Products at Safaricom(with Nicholas Loki)

Nov 30th, 2018 1h 6m

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

Pilot: A warm Introduction to the Dependent Variable Podcast

Nov 30th, 2018 1h 8m

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

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