Reflecting on a Year of Tremendous Growth

At HURU School we work to reflect on our efforts to inspire the next generation of African thought leaders in various spaces. We judge our overall success based on the experience of our students and what better way than reflecting on their feedback:

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I was among the first cohort to attend HURU School and have only great things to say about my experience. The tutors are amazing and the curriculum is second to none.

Now working as a Senior ML/AI Engineer, most of what I learned at Huru School is what am applying in this role.

GOOGLE REVIEW

— HURU School, AI Student, 2020

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Overall the course delivery by the instructor was excellent and I would recommend it to others. It was exciting and challenging, but above all inspirational.

STUDENT REVIEWS

— HURU School, Data Science Student, 2021

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I had the most fulfilling, eye opening and interesting learning experience. The course has added value and more skills to my career. I am inspired to continue learning and gain more knowledge in this field.

STUDENT REVIEWS

— HURU School Alumni, 2021

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So much new stuff was learned about how CNNs work and what applications they can have. We also learned a lot about the origins of AI and discussed ethical concerns as it continues to grow.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

— AI Student, USA

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What i enjoyed most was being introduced to quite a number of concepts that I didn't know about.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

— HURU School, Data Science Student, 2021

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The curriculum is well tailored and the instructor has a great teaching methodology that gives you a deep understanding of the course and is also passionate about the course.

Classroom Feedback

— HURU School, Data Science Student, April 2021

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Very helpful, cost effectively and affordable.

Classroom Feedback

— HURU School, Data Science Student, April 2021

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I am a much better data scientist now than I was before!

Classroom Feedback

— HURU School, Data Science Student, April 2021

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Kenya's Leading Data Scientist - Chris Orwa speaks at HURU School

One of Kenya leading Data Scientist Chris Orwa talked about the state of data scientist in Kenya to the graduating class of January 2021 who have been having online classes in the pioneering Data Science Picodegree.

Data Science Opportunities

Data-driven businesses are now worth $1.2 trillion collectively in 2020, an almost 120 trillion shilling valuation that is 40 times Kenya's economy. In Kenya data science is being used for instance to track the covid cases as shown below. Data Science was a term coined by Linkedin and Facebook engineers and has since become one of the most sought after skills in the global economy.This is precipitated by the increase in data generated by automated systems and electronic systems. According to Forbes, this Big data is very quickly becoming a vital tool for businesses and companies of all sizes altering the the business models of old industries and enabling the creation of new ones.

With data science skills you can become.

• A Data Engineer where you can design, set up and maintain the data infrastructures that support business information systems and applications for big companies such as Safaricom. This role can also be referred to as a Data Architect. Data engineers also understand several programming languages used in data science. These include the likes of Python, and R and their respective libraries. They know the ins-and-outs of SQL and NoSQL database systems. They also understand how to use distributed systems such as Hadoop and Apache Spark.

• Business Analytics Specialist or a Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer analyses data for businesses such as banks and can also create intelligence tools that can alert and forecast for business typically holding a lot of data. The role involves leveraging software and services to transform data into actionable insights that inform an organisation’s business decisions.

• Statistician crunch scientific data to get hypothesis driven insight into data. As a statistician you can work for research institute such as ILRI, KARI, KEMRI, NMK etc

• Junior Data Scientist where you can prepare data for more complicated upstream tasks.

• Lead Data Scientist who leads the data strategy of companies they are usually experiences. and highly skilled.

• Data Analyst are generalist who can derive insight from any data presented to them using the most effective methods. They help businesses translate the numbers into understandable insights and is a very similar role to that of BI engineers.

• Artificial Intelligence expert who can use AI/Data skills to look into biomedical and other important questions.

HURU School's Data Science Course teaches you these skills without the mathematical jargon typical for such courses.