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Unlocking Africa’s Fintech Potential: A Data-driven Exploration

In the dynamic landscape of African innovation, fintech has emerged as a driving force for economic growth and financial inclusion. As we delve into the numbers, a fascinating picture unfolds. It reveals the top four countries in Africa housing the top fintech companies. According to recent data from Statista and Technext, Nigeria stands tall as […]

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Fraud Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques

The “Fraud Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques” project is a data-driven initiative aimed at combatting fraudulent activities in financial transactions. Leveraging the power of advanced machine learning algorithms, this project seeks to create a robust and accurate fraud detection system. The project utilizes a dataset sourced from Kaggle, a well-known platform for sharing and analyzing

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Reasons Why You Should Learn Data Science And Get Certified

I have often wondered how life after graduation would unfold after considering the present economic downturn we are currently experiencing in the country. Some of our lecturers had told us that some individuals would worry after graduation when they do not have jobs already waiting for them. One of Professor John’s reasons is that the

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Git & GitHub For Data Scientist: A beginners guide

My first day in a Tech lecture as a university “Freshman” already looked like a daunting proposition. Things only became worse when a few coursemates with more experience than I, started talking about Version Control Systems(VCS) and how it is Godsent. They were like, “Who listens to any self-acclaimed Tech guy who does not have

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What is Computer Vision?

According to Wikipedia, Computer vision is an interdisciplinary scientific field that deals with how computers can gain a high-level understanding from digital images or videos. From the perspective of engineering, it seeks to understand and automate tasks that the human visual system can do. Computer vision means when we consider image-based information (even video) as

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Identifying Outliers in Data

Outliers simply refer to observations that are unlike other observations in a dataset.  According to Wikipedia, An outlier is a data point that differs significantly from other observations. An outlier may be due to variability in the measurement or it may indicate experimental error; the latter are sometimes excluded from the data set. We need

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This is How Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Detect Police Brutality

International rules of law admit that the police have the right to use legitimate force if necessary to make an arrest or maintain order. However, when a law enforcement officer uses unwarranted, excessive, or illegal force against a civilian, he or she violates the law. For years, forms of police brutality such as assault, battery,

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The Roadmap To A Career In Data Analytics

The opportunities Data Analytics offers in this age of big data is endless. Data scientists are using data analytics techniques and tools to provide results to huge sets of data that many companies depend on to function. This has led to a huge demand for data scientists in the labour market. Many Millenials are looking

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