Episode 25 w/ Ayodele Oluleye - The Community Builder: Fostering Data and Development Across the African Continent

In this podcast episode, host Ole Olesen-Bagneux welcomes Ayodele Oluleye, a trailblazer in Africa's data and tech scene. Hailing from Nigeria, he unfolds his transformative journey from an engineering student and graphic designer to becoming a leading data professional and author.The conversation delves into Ayodele's pivotal career transitions, highlighting his leap into analytics and his passion for writing, which led to the publication of his influential book on exploratory data analysis with Python. He shares the challenges and triumphs of authorship, as well as the impact his work has had on budding data scientists.Further enriching the discussion, Ayodele introduces DataFest Africa, a groundbreaking conference he played a crucial role in organizing, aimed at unifying the continent's data professionals and enthusiasts. He provides insights into the evolving data and tech landscape across Africa, emphasizing the community-driven growth, governmental support, and the continent's emergence as a tech talent hub.🎧 Tune into this insightful episode to explore Ayodele Oluleye's contributions to data analytics and technology in Africa, his visionary outlook on the continent's tech future, and the vibrant community driving its transformation.Bonus ⭐▶️  Watch the episode (video) on Youtube📖  Download Ole's ebook series "The Data Democracy" Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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The Data Democracy is a weekly data podcast that focuses on the ultimate goal of data management - exploring how to install a true data democracy in your company. We want to help you make all data discoverable, so that any employee can find anything from anywhere at any time. Each episode guest-stars a leading data visionary who shares valuable testimonies and key takeaways to help other data leaders make their enterprise data accessible and discoverable to all. Join us for stimulating conversations around data democratization and data discovery now! 🎙️ Presented by Ole Olesen-Bagneux | powered by Zeenea 🚀 Ole Olesen-Bagneux is a globally recognized thought leader on data catalogs and enterprise data management. He has written 'The Enterprise Data Catalog' published by O'Reilly. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen, in Library- and Information Science. His expertise of data management and -mesh is that of a specialist, a leader and an architect. After a rich experience as Enterprise Architect with GN Store Nord, he recently joined Zeenea as Chief Evangelist. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.