He participated in the DataHack4FI Season 3 as a Data Enthusiast with Insight to Impact in 2018, where he was enrolled in the Microsoft Professional Program (MPP) in Data Science. Ezekiel received a gold award after completing 13 modules and with an average performance of 93%. The knowledge and skills gained were applied in the Capstone project with a score of 100% in data analysis, 87% in Machine learning, and 87% in the executive report. The completion of the program made him MPP certified. 

Ezekiel has used the set skills in data wrangling, analysis, machine learning, and analytical storytelling to provide statistical consultancy for clients in 15 countries covering 10% of the world domination as a freelancer on Fiverr corporation. His professional consultancy as a data scientist has brought innovation to the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) in that he worked with a team to build dynamic taxpayers' data portal which allowed stakeholders to have access to data. Ezekiel has a passion for statistics, data visualization, geospatial, machine learning, and data science. Facebook supported this passion by giving him a scholarship that enrolled him for the machine learning track on DataCamp.

Ezekiel plans to become an innovator who propels scientific, educational, and economic self-sufficiency. He is one of those that promote data science in Africa as a teacher and a developer. 

Education

The African Institute for Mathematical Science (AIMS), Rwanda. 2017-2019

Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences

Thesis: A Comprehensive Empirical Demonstration of the No Free Lunch Theorem in Statistical Machine Learning

Supervisor: Prof. Ernest Fokoue, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), USA

University of Ilorin, Nigeria. 2011-2015

Bachelor of Science in Statistics

Thesis: On Factors That Influence the Clinical Responses of Asthmatic Patients to Chemotherapy Treatments: A Model-Based Approach

Supervisor: Prof. W.B Yahya

Computer Skills

• Data manipulation 

• Web scraping

• Data visualization

• Database management

• Feature engineering

• Predictive modeling

Software Skills

• R, R Markdown, Shiny

• Python

• SQL

• GitHub

• Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word

Professional Programmes and/or Certifications

• Google Project Management Certificate (2022)

• Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate (2022)

• Time Series with R Track on Data Camp (2021)

• RStudio Tidyverse Certified Instructor, Boston, Massachusetts (2020)

• Professional Skills: Present with Purpose; Solving Problems with Critical and Creative Thinking via IBM Training (2019)

• Machine Learning and Statistical Analysis, WorldQuant University, USA (2019)

• Scientific Computing and Python for Data Science, WorldQuant University, USA (2019)

• Microsoft Professional Programme (MPS) in Data science  (2018-2019)

• Machine Learning Track on Data Camp  (2018)

• Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI on edX (2018)

• Big Data 101, Cognitive Class, An IBM Initiative (2018)

• Introduction to R for Journalists: How to Find Great Stories in Data - Knight Center, University of Texas, Austin (2018)

• R Programming Johns Hopkins University via Coursera (2018)

• Data Analysis with R on Udacity (2018)

• SQL for Data Analysis on Udacity (2018)

• Big Data and Hadoop Essentials on Udemy (2018)

• Complete Financial Analyst Course 2017 using Microsoft Excel on Udemy (2017)

• Diploma in Microsoft Excel on Scholars Industrial Information Technology (SIIT), Delhi, India (2016)

• Certified Project Manager (CPM)  (2016)