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  • University of Jos logo

    Technologist I (Data Scientist)

    University of JosPlateau, Nigeria09 September

    Vision To nurture a University of high international standard so that the quality of the institution is rated the best in Nigeria. Mission Encourage the ...

    Onsite
  • InterSwitch logo

    Data Scientist

    InterSwitchLagos, Nigeria08 September

    Interswitch Limited is an integrated payment and transaction processing company that provides technology integration, advisory services, transaction processing ...

    Onsite
  • Reliance HMO logo

    Data Scientist

    Reliance HMONigeria05 September

    We’re a health insurance company that acts like a technology company. We’re using software, data science and telemedicine to make health insurance ...

    Remote
  • Reliance HMO logo

    Associate Data Scientist

    Reliance HMONigeria04 September

    We’re a health insurance company that acts like a technology company. We’re using software, data science and telemedicine to make health insurance ...

    Remote
  • Reliance HMO logo

    Associate Data Scientist

    Reliance HMONigeria02 September

    We’re a health insurance company that acts like a technology company. We’re using software, data science and telemedicine to make health insurance ...

    Remote
  • Busha Digital LTD logo

    Data Scientist

    Busha Digital LTDLagos, Nigeria29 August

    Busha is one of Africa’s leading digital asset platforms. We are on a mission to onboard millions of Africans into the crypto economy, and we are building ...

    Hybrid
  • Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Limited logo

    Data Scientist - Data Consultant

    Wragby Business Solut..Lagos, Nigeria27 August

    We empower our customers to fully optimise day-to-day operational tasks by providing best-in-class business and technology solutions, embrace innovation, ...

    Hybrid
  • Nathan Claire Africa logo

    Data Scientist

    Nathan Claire AfricaLagos, Nigeria25 August

    Nathan Claire Group is a leading Information Technology Consulting company that specializes in services supporting digital transformation. We are committed to ...

    Onsite
  • Psyntech Limited logo

    Data Scientist & Business Intelligence Reporting Specialist

    Psyntech LimitedLagos, Nigeria22 August

    We are a management consulting firm resting on three oars - People, Systems & Technology. At psyntech, we understand current trends as they occur across ...

    Onsite
  • Maisha Meds logo

    Senior Data Scientist, Machine Learning & Statistics

    Maisha MedsNigeria21 August

    Maisha Meds is an organization dedicated to improving health care in Africa. We began full-time operations in 2017 and over the past few years has grown to ...

    Remote
  • eHealth Systems Africa logo

    Senior Coordinator, Data Scientist

    eHealth Systems Afric..Abuja, Nigeria19 August

    eHealth Africa is focused on improving healthcare by creating effective ways to implement reliable health information management systems. We have developed ...

    Onsite
  • Dwight Patterson Consultants logo

    Senior Data Scientist

    Dwight Patterson Cons..Lagos, Nigeria18 August

    Dwight Patterson Consultants - We are a leading workforce solutions company, offering flexible placement, permanent placement, outsourcing and managed services ...

    Onsite
  • Busha Digital LTD logo

    Data Scientist

    Busha Digital LTDLagos, Nigeria18 August

    Busha is one of Africa’s leading digital asset platforms. We are on a mission to onboard millions of Africans into the crypto economy, and we are building ...

    Hybrid
  • Migo Money Inc logo

    Senior Data Scientist

    Migo Money IncNigeria15 August

    Migo Money Inc is a cloud-based platform that enables companies to offer credit to their consumer and small business customers. Leveraging proprietary ...

    Remote
  • Migo Money Inc logo

    Principal Data Scientist

    Migo Money IncNigeria15 August

    Migo Money Inc is a cloud-based platform that enables companies to offer credit to their consumer and small business customers. Leveraging proprietary ...

    Remote
  • Noemdek Limited logo

    Data Scientist/Engineer

    Noemdek LimitedLagos, Nigeria14 August

    Noemdek's advisory practice was established to support international strategic advisory firms with relevant local expertise. We are able to deliver on our ...

    Onsite

Who is a data scientist?

A Data Scientist is a skilled professional who uses modern tools and techniques to develop solutions for companies based on the business challenges and opportunities available. With the use of statistical methods, data visualization techniques and machine learning algorithms, they can build predictive models and solve complex problems. 

Data Scientists derive meaningful information from messy and unstructured data. They also communicate important information and insights to business leaders and various stakeholders. 

Simply put, a data analyst makes sense out of existing data, whereas a data scientist works on new ways of capturing and analyzing data to be used by the analysts.

Roles and responsibilities of a data scientist

  • A Data Scientist develops algorithms and data models customized to their unique industry based on where the business would like to improve efficiency, service and brand reach. 

  • A Data Scientist automates tedious tasks and generates insights using machine learning models. 

  • A Data Scientist uses predictive analytics to better understand customer behaviour and preferences, ad performance, and other customer-facing metrics so the business can generate more revenue.

  • A Data Scientist creates suitable and personalized A/B testing frameworks. They use this to compare the performance of different features, such as logo designs. These frameworks reduce any type of bias or statistical errors and maximize the value of the test outcome. 

  • A Data Scientist analyzes new data sources. They try to understand how the new data source fits into preexisting customer and statistical models and how it affects business analytics. 

Skills of a data scientist 

  • Expertise in all phases of data science, from initial data discovery through data cleansing and model selection, validation and deployment;

  • Knowledge and understanding of common data warehouse and data lake structures;

  • Experience with using statistical approaches to solve analytics problems;

  • Proficiency in popular machine learning frameworks;

  • Familiarity with common data science and machine learning techniques, such as decision trees, K-nearest neighbours, naive Bayes classifiers, random forests and support vector machines;

  • Experience with techniques for both qualitative and quantitative analysis;

  • The ability to identify new opportunities to apply machine learning and data mining tools to business processes to improve their efficiency and effectiveness;

  • Experience with public cloud platforms and services;

  • Familiarity with a wide variety of data sources, including databases and big data platforms, as well as public or private APIs and standard data formats, like JSON, YAML and XML;

  • The ability to aggregate data from disparate sources and prepare it for analysis;

  • Experience with data visualization tools, such as Tableau and Power BI;

  • The ability to design and implement reporting dashboards that can track key business metrics and provide actionable insights; and

  • The ability to do ad hoc analysis and present the results in a clear manner.