Haward Msatsi
Business Intelligence at One Acre Fund
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolHaward Msatsi is a Business Intelligence specialist and PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics with over 10 years of experience applying data science, mathematical modelling and software development across agriculture, climate resilience and genomics. He combines deep technical skills in R, Python, SQL, Spark and Snowflake with practical BI delivery—building automated Dataiku pipelines and interactive dashboards that drive program decisions at One Acre Fund. His background includes leading RNA‑seq analysis and pipeline automation for H3Africa, which accredited a university node as an RNA‑Seq analysis centre, highlighting a rare bridge between bioinformatics and operational analytics. Haward is experienced in designing reproducible workflows (Nextflow), custom R packages and performance‑optimized code, and he regularly mentors students and stakeholders on data ethics and best practices. He holds advanced degrees in scientific computing and mathematical sciences and brings a track record of turning complex statistical problems into actionable insights, from gene expression to sales and sentiment prediction. Colleagues know him as a research‑minded problem solver who scales analytical rigor into useful, self‑service BI for field teams.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Mathematics at Masinde Muliro University of Science and TechnologyMaster of Science (MSc) Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Modeling and Numerical analysis, Very Good Pass (Second Class Honours Upper Division), Master of Science (MSc) Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Modeling and Numerical analysis, Very Good Pass (Second Class Honours Upper Division) at African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - AIMS SenegalBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Second Class Honours Upper Division, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Second Class Honours Upper Division at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)MPhil Scientific Computing and Industrial Modelling, Mathematics, A, MPhil Scientific Computing and Industrial Modelling, Mathematics, A at Kwame Nkrumah' University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
English, French, Swahili, luhya
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Github Skills (7)
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r10
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government-data5
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HawardKetoyoMsatsi/R-Instat
Jun 2020 - May 2022
A statistics software package powered by R
Contributions:243 PRs, 300 pushes, 182 branches in 1 year 10 months
r-packagestatisticsrstatsr-programming
HawardKetoyoMsatsi/RInstatClimatic
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:13 PRs, 31 pushes, 13 branches in 2 months
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