Nigeria is set to key into the fast growing Data Science sub-sector of the ICT profession with the launch of the Data Science Nigeria, a Corporate Social Responsibility project led by MTN’s Bayo Adekanmbi. The initiative seeks to train and mentor young Nigerians through face-to-face, virtual online classes, project-based support and holiday boot camps with the objective of “raising a generation data-preneurs, who can run data science businesses and bring good FOREX to Nigeria”.

Mr. Adekanmbi who recently returned to the country after a one-year PhD research sabbatical across the Uk, India and America said, “India is already tapping into the Data Science space and I believe Nigeria can become Africa’s data science outsourcing destination with our brilliant undergraduates, graduates and young analysts with degrees in Engineering/Sciences and other numerate subjects”.

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