Dapo Ajayi

Senior Data Scientist at M-KOPA · SQL, Prophet

M-KOPA

Lagos, Nigeria · WAT (UTC+1)

4+ years experience

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

English, Yoruba

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Overview

Currently at M-KOPA, where I work on demand forecasting. Reduced stock-outs by 33% in the first season. Most at home with time series and Prophet.

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People who want to build this with me
Second opinions on time series decisions
Questions about demand forecasting
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Skills

Pythontime seriesanomaly detectionSQLSparkinventory optimisationProphet

Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

closes in 3 months

Need a go-to-market co-founder: school fee payments in the UK

The idea: School fee payments in the UK
Stage: Customer interviews
I bring: 12 years in demand forecasting
Looking for: Technical co-founder who has shipped B2B software
Commitment: Full-time now
Location: Lagos or remote

I bring 4 years of demand forecasting (currently M-KOPA). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Incorporated, self-funded so far.

Lagos, Nigeriaanomaly detectiontime seriesprophet

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Experience

Senior Data Scientist
Dec 2022 - Present
M-KOPA · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Lagos, Nigeria
- Taught SQL to 172 non-analysts.
- Reduced stock-outs by 33% in the first season.
- Built the forecasting models now used in 9 product decisions a quarter.

Projects

Write-up: demand forecasting in practice

2024

A long-form guide to demand forecasting for people starting out.

Side project: a recipe search engine

2022

Built with SQL and time series. 4413 people used it last year.

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Education

University of Nigeria, Nsukka
BEng, Computer Science
2017 - 2021

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