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Benjamin Mwasambo is listed as Digital Business Intelligence Technical Specialist, Africa and Asia at Root Capital, a with 273 employees, based in Kenya. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Benjamin Mwasambo.
Benjamin Mwasambo previously worked as Digital Business Intelligence Technical Specialist, Africa & Asia at Root Capital and Digital Business Intelligence Advisor at Root Capital. Benjamin Mwasambo holds Master'S Degree, Geospatial Information Systems(Gis) & Remote Sensing from Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology.
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Benjamin is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Geo-Spatial information Science (GIS) and Remote Sensing at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. He holds a BSc. Forestry from the school of natural resource management at University of Eldoret.He is currently a Business Intelligence Technical specialist (Africa and Asia) at Root Capital, a non-profit whose mission is to grow rural prosperity and build the resilience of farming families around the world.Previously, he was a Data Scientist at Blue marble microinsurance, a company that develops socially impactful, economic viable insurance protection for the underserved. At Blue Marble, he provided technical support in the design and maintenance of Blue Marble’s parametric solutions, as well as leading data analysis projects. Before joining Blue Marble Microinsurance, he was a Data Scientist at FarmDrive Ltd, a company that uses mobile phones, alternative data, and machine learning to close the critical data gap that prevents financial institutions from lending to creditworthy smallholder farmers (SHF). At FarmDrive, he also led the support of product development based on user experiences, financial inclusion of SHF, and management of Geo spatial projects. He was also involved in the development of two mobile applications (Eucalyps and MtiCalc) that helps to improve Forestry education in Kenya as well as assisting farmers in tree farming business. This was under a collaborative project of University of Eastern Finland and University of Eldoret on improving Forestry education in Kenya. With keen interests in research, business, and the use of technology, Benjamin is motivated in using data analytics to change the face of businesses as well as poverty alleviation through expertise advisory. Proficiency in data analytics (Full-stack Data Scientist) with R, Ms. Excel, Geospatial and Remote Sensing software (ArcGIS, ENVI, ERDAS, Spatial analysis with R), GeoPandas and databases (RDBMS and Geodatabases).
Listed skills include Research, Project Management, Microsoft Office, Strategic Planning, and 19 others.
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Digital Business Intelligence Technical Specialist, Africa & Asia
Current○ Deployment & maintenance of digital surveys & data visualization solutions for DBI service in AFR & ASI >>Deployment and maintenance of digital surveys in iFormBuilder with the standard defined by DBI service. >>Deployment and maintenance of Excel DAX with the standard defined by DBI service. >>Provide technical support to DBI advisors (AFR & ASI). >>Support DBI advisors (AFR & ASI) on the realization and optimization of all steps of the DBI service. >>Participate in the Cultivar Data Platform & Tableau product maintenance (question mapping, etc.) >>Support DBI advisors on the Cultivar Data Platform and Tableau Dashboards, as well as new products developed in the Cultivar Data Platform. >>Adapt DBI products to the region/language (AFR & ASI). >>Participate in improving the tools used such as iFormBuilder functionalities, DAX, etc.○ Coordination, training, quality service assurance, and other activities for DBI service >>Participate in the DBI Tech Team coordination and planning check-in meetings. >>Participate in the DBI Advisor’s Team coordination and planning check-in/meetings (AFR & ASI). >>Participate in the technical onboarding and training of DBI Advisors (AFR & ASI). >>Prepare technical materials and documentation for DBI advisors. >>Support Global and Regional advisor’s team and participate in the preparations and facilitation of Advisory Workshops (ToT). >>Support Regional DBI advisor’s team and participate in the preparations and eventually the facilitation of Customers Workshops.
Digital Business Intelligence Advisor
-Carry out diagnostics with clients; measure business performance to generate an advisory plan focused on a tangible change and impact on improving customers' business management.-Specific diagnoses with clients in the information and communication system with their membership and management teams.-Design digital surveys for data collection in the field in collaboration with the project coordinator.-Provision of training to technical teams in using mobile digital tools and information gathering in the field.-Monitoring of information collection and synchronization and resolution of technical problems.-Delivery of advisory services to cooperative staff on database management, information analysis, and reports.-Organization and facilitation of training sessions with businesses or groups of businesses (centralized events) to share learning experiences in management processes, strategies, and management of information tools and communication through mobile technology, and define plans of action focused on the expected results of the advisory plans and the desired impact
Msc. Scholar
CurrentPotential Risk of Establishment and Spatial distribution of Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) in Eastern Africa.
Data Scientist
-Lead the development of new parametric products.-Supporting in the design, pricing, and monitoring of existing parametric products across all Blue Marble’s ventures-Designing, development, coding, and maintenance of Blue Marble platform modules, including data architecture, UI/UX design, and functionality using in-use language and frameworks (R, shiny, SQL).-Proactively proposing and implementing solution improvements for existing ventures and platforms.-Proactively contributing to the R & D work of Blue marble.-Proposing high-value structural and implement improvements to the index models, pricing platforms and data architecture.-Providing actuarial and analytical support.
Data Scientist
-Credit Risk modeling-Interactive data visualization-Supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms-Loan portfolio analysis-Spatial modeling and interpolation -Remote Sensing analytics-Interactive dashboards with Flexdashboard and Shinydashboard-Big data analytics with SparkR-Writing reports using Latex, R Markdown-Data manipulation from different sources: APIs, JSON,RDBMS, Spatia/Geodatabases.-Different data formats manipulation: Raster data(GeoTIFF), vector data, .csv, .xlsx, ........
Program Manager
-Product developments support -Geo spatial projects management.-Customer relationship management-Partnerships management-Data analytics
Geo-Spatial Data Analyst Intern
Geo referencing topo sheets, scanned maps and aerial Imagery, digitizing, map projection, geo data base, Raster mosaicking and Clipping, remote sensing and mobile data collection. Familiar with GIS and RS software.
Moodle Intern
Uploading all courses offered by the department of Forestry and Wood science, collecting data from teaching staff in the department, working with individual lecturers to upload their course material and to assist students who needed access to Moodle and/or retrieve assignments and/or upload reports for lecturers onto Moodle.
Android Mobile Application Ux Designer/ Content Developer
Developed two Android applications on Improving Forestry education in Kenya and Helping Farmers in Tree value calculations. These applications namely Eucalyps and MtiCalc are available in google play Store.
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Benjamin Mwasambo education
Master'S Degree, Geospatial Information Systems(Gis) & Remote Sensing
Bachelor'S Degree (B.Sc), Forestry
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Benjamin Mwasambo works for Root Capital.
What is Benjamin Mwasambo's role at Root Capital?
Benjamin Mwasambo is listed as Digital Business Intelligence Technical Specialist, Africa and Asia at Root Capital.
Where is Benjamin Mwasambo based?
Benjamin Mwasambo is based in Kenya while working with Root Capital.
What companies has Benjamin Mwasambo worked for?
Benjamin Mwasambo has worked for Root Capital, Icipe - International Centre Of Insect Physiology And Ecology, Blue Marble Microinsurance, Farmdrive, and Farmdrive Ltd.
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Benjamin Mwasambo's colleagues at Root Capital include Rose Ochieng, Erin Maxwell, Allam Blandón Vásquez, Jael O., and William Foote.
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What schools did Benjamin Mwasambo attend?
Benjamin Mwasambo holds Master'S Degree, Geospatial Information Systems(Gis) & Remote Sensing from Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture And Technology.
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Benjamin Mwasambo is listed with skills including Research, Project Management, Microsoft Office, Strategic Planning, Remote Sensing, Data Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, and Microsoft Excel.
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