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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 #bigdata company. 2) How is #Safaricom using Data Science today; from research to building products to customer results. 3) How Loki evolved from being in the 1st IT class at JKUAT! to software engineering and now Data science. 4) How Kenya's tech scene has evolved from the 1990s. 5) Mind over matter; never giving up. Loki did IT but got his first tech job 8 years after graduating. 6) Will your 'Data Science guy' replace your 'IT guy'? 7) What is hashtag#Bonga? What is #DeepMpesaIntegration? Why #Bonga is important. 8) Can launching a product be a Data Science problem? Truly adopting a #datadriven approach. 9) Short code #SmsSpamming & what #Safaricom is doing about it. 10) Why companies should invest in building in-house Data Science teams.
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