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---
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### Certifications
A sample of some of the certifications and awards I have achieved.
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![Data Engineering with Google Cloud](data/data-engineer.png)
![Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science](data/MPPDS-Cert.png)
![Google Africa Developer Training Program](data/GADS-2020.png)
![Microsoft Professional Capstone: Data Science](data/microsoft.png)
![SQL for Exploratory Data Analysis](data/explore-sql.png)
![Joining Data in SQL](data/join-sql.png)
![Stanbic Bank Zambia Hacklab Hackathon](data/stanbic.png)
![Intermediate SQL](data/interm-sql.png)
![EDA in R - Case Study](data/eda_r.png)
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### Awards
1. **2021** **3rd Prize for the Stanbic Bank and Hacklab Foundation AI
Hackathon** -- Developed a machine learning model to predict and
automate mortgage loans appraisal and approval process.
2. **2021** **rstudio::global (2021) Diversity Scholarship** -
Recipient of the Diversity Scholarship at the RStudio Global
conference focused on RStudio products and the R language for
Statistical computing.
3. **2020 First the first Business Intelligence & Analytics Lead** at
Entrepreneurs Financial Centre
4. **2020 Google Africa Developer Scholarship Recipient** - pursued the
Google Cloud Engineer certification
5. **2019 Rookie of the Year at Entrepreneurs Financial Centre** -- For
developing an innovative solution in the first year of joining the
company
6. 2019 Financial Aid to pursue **Financial Regulation in Emerging
Markets and the Rise of FinTechs** -- University of Cape Town
through Coursera
7. 2019 Chosen among the **top highest performers in the Data Science**
programme by i2i under the DataHack4FI Competition
8. **2014 Delegate at the African Union Model Summit**, hosted by the
University of Namibia. A leadership simulation of the African Union
Summit
9. **2017 Gapminder - Global facts certificate** -- for 100% correct
answers on the Gapminder test 2017
10. 2017 Financial Aid to pursue the **Introduction to Probability and
Data course** -- Duke University through Coursera
### Professional Certifications
1) **Microsoft Professional Program in Data Science** -- Certification
obtained in January 2020
2) **Data Engineering with Google Cloud** - April 2020 (Data
engineering, smart analytics, artificial intelligence, and data
warehousing using BigQuery)
3) **Google Developers Certification for Google Cloud** - A recipient
of the Google Africa Developer Scholarship for the year 2020.
4) **Full-Stack Software Engineer 2022** - Currently pursuing this
programme under the ALX Africa
### Academic Career
2014 - University of Namibia - **Bachelor of Accounting (Honours)**
### Talks
- **2017 Facebook Developer Circles** - AI Masterclass speech 101 panelist under the topic: *AI, is the Zambian Industry Ready for the next wave in tech, and what are the opportunities.*
- **2021 Deep Learning Indaba X - Zambia** - Speaker on the topic, *The State of AI in Zambia.*
- **2021 DataCon Africa Speaker** - The is a Pan-African yearly conference that invites data experts across Africa and the world over to tackle the burning topics in the data space. I was a speaker on the topic, *"The Role of Data Culture When Integrating Tech and Business".*
### Short courses
- Data Analysis with Spreadsheets -
[**DataCamp**](https://www.datacamp.com/statement-of-accomplishment/course/712b36601d6e732f07128239c057eda77132ae38)
- Introduction to R course -
[**DataCamp**](https://www.datacamp.com/statement-of-accomplishment/course/284ca241bbb76f34add2d7c8a7ad4d4a8167d7f2)
- Introduction to SQL for Data Science Course -
[**DataCamp**](https://www.datacamp.com/statement-of-accomplishment/course/9c58b5ae8c2e5918dbee19f70e9bf797686b9ddd)
- Introduction to the Tidyverse -
[**DataCamp**](https://www.datacamp.com/statement-of-accomplishment/course/16be4b93ba3d34ef04f69e599c6d295cf20e88f5)
- Reporting with R Markdown -
[**DataCamp**](https://www.datacamp.com/statement-of-accomplishment/course/22a4a32e8a42148c0c8f8e06a96003a762719f70)
- Introduction to Git for Data Science -
[**DataCamp**](https://www.datacamp.com/statement-of-accomplishment/course/e9f54b91a3d762e7508001880b0372315a862c50)
- Intro to Statistics with R: Introduction
[**DataCamp**](https://www.datacamp.com/statement-of-accomplishment/course/16da816f65c95d6322d6a68fb569a094ef683f0e)
- Spreadsheet Basics
[**DataCamp**](https://links.datacamp.com/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6IlpOMkhCQUFCWXhEZWZIZDdHMEFrcG1hNE5GcW8iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGF0YWNhbXAuY29tL3N0YXRlbWVudC1vZi1hY2NvbXBsaXNobWVudC9jb3Vyc2UvMzVmZjU2NDFjYzg1YTFlOGNhN2ZkMmZjZTYxMzZlMTFjNzIxYjM0MiIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjU4ODYzNDk1LCJwb3NpdGlvbiI6Mn0/f23a7a5d8ab4d3a56af0b7bd3b5b5165b3d7269be75345ba13112eec7ee5d843)
- Introduction to Data and Probability
[**Coursera**](https://www.coursera.org/learn/probability-intro?authMode=login)
- Learn the Command Line
[**Codeacademy**](https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-the-command-line)