Lwazi Khumalo

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Analytics Manager at Ecobank · Product analytics

Ecobank
Cape Town, South Africa · SAST (UTC+2)
12+ years experience
University of Nairobi
English, Afrikaans
Advising
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Overview

Currently at Ecobank, where I lead product analytics with a team of 27. Built the product analytics models now used in 10 product decisions a quarter. Before that: Flutterwave and Andela. Outside work: long runs and longer podcasts.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Advice on product analytics
  • Working sessions on funnel analysis
  • Second opinions on Amplitude decisions
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Replies between meetings, usually same day

Skills
Amplitudefunnel analysismodel governanceSQL
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for students choosing a first job: product analytics and model governance

Topics
product analytics, funnel analysis, SQL
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Paid
Capacity
Two calls a month
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

14 years of product analytics. One call a month or async reviews.

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Experience

  1. Analytics Manager
    Jul 2025 - Present
    Ecobank · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Built the product analytics models now used in 7 product decisions a quarter.
    • Taught SQL to 150 non-analysts.
    • Replaced 57 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
  2. Senior Data Scientist
    Nov 2022 - Jul 2025
    Flutterwave · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Built the product analytics models now used in 6 product decisions a quarter.
    • Replaced 109 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
  3. Data Analyst
    May 2021 - Nov 2022
    Andela · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
    • Taught SQL to 123 non-analysts.
  4. Senior Data Scientist
    Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
    Absa · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Taught SQL to 30 non-analysts.
  5. Data Scientist
    May 2014 - Oct 2017
    Meta · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
    • Taught SQL to 88 non-analysts.

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Education

  1. University of Nairobi
    BSc, Statistics
    2008 - 2012

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