Data Science Nigeria to hold 2nd bootcamp

Data Science Nigeria is set for the second edition of its bootcamp aimed at bridging capacity gaps in data science.

In a statement on Wednesday, the organisers said the programme is targeted at intermediate and expert-level Nigerian professionals and students, who are “interested in machine learning, R or python programming languages and statistics for advanced data analytics”.

“This is part of an effort to make Nigeria the data science outsourcing hub for Africa before 2019 and to create one million new jobs during the next 10 years,” the statement read.

“The bootcamp is expected to run for four days between October 12 and 15 in the Lekki axis of Lagos.

“It will include a face-to-face teaching, virtual online classes, and a hands-on hackathon using the Kaggle platform.”

The statement said the sessions will be facilitated by leading local and international PhD-level data scientists, in the industry and the academia.

“This second edition will be heralded by a national summit on the big data economy to discuss and showcase relevant case studies of how the application of data science is driving socio-economic development in emerging markets,” it read.

“Yemi Kale, statistician general of the federation will be the keynote speaker.

“The summit will also include robust industry discussions about real-world applications of data science in the economy, consumer behaviour, health, business, city planning, security, agriculture, manufacturing and logistics.”

Other speakers expected are Olumide Olayinka of KPMG (partner), Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor country director of Google Nigeria, Babafemi Ogungbamila of Interswitch (CIO), Dipo Faulkner of IBM (country manager), Olufemi Awoyemi of Proshare Nigeria (CEO), Ayotunde Coker CEO Rack Centre and Bernard Kijie Ewah president/chief creative officer, keoun.ng

Tunji Adegbesan of Gidimo, Nadayar Enegesi of Andela, Sulaimon Afolabi, Babajide Ogunsanwo of Leadership-By-Data, Dele Tejuoso of Wifi Combat Academy, Steve Babaeko of X3M Ideas, Oluseun Onigbinde of BudgIT, Ngozi Dozie of OneFi, Adetayo Bamiduro MAX.ng.

Data Science Nigeria is a non-profit initiative of MTN’s executive, Bayo Adekanmbi.