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Introduction
I am a trained statistician with a passion for enhancing the use of evidence to inform policy formulation and decision-making processes in sectors that are so pertinent to the sustainable development of sub-Saharan Africa. Such sectors include agriculture etc.
I also have a great interest in maths and statistics education where I am involved in several initiatives to improve the teaching and learning of Mathematics across high schools and University. One such initiative is the Maths Camps.
Skills and Expertise
Current institution
Additional affiliations
January 2013 - present
Position
- Tutorial Fellow
Description
- On top of research work, I also teach statistics to undergrads. My roles here are to deliver lectures, organize and run tutorials, assess the student's understanding using CATS and exams and mentoring the students to become useful statisticians.
January 2013 - present
Position
- Tutorial Fellow
Description
- For the past 3 years, the focus of my research work has been on exploiting historical climate records to generate climate information of importance to smallholder farmers.
Education
September 2008 - November 2011
September 2003 - November 2007
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Publications (12)
Two introductory courses to statistics were taught to first year mathematics and statistics students as part of an initiative to introduce them to computers. The courses were offered using a blended approach which included both an eLearning and a face-to-face component. To introduce the students to the learning platform, they first had an "Orientat...
Lecturers in Kenyan universities usually start their work without any prior training on how to teach students. Hence the teaching tends to be traditional and new training techniques are rarely implemented. For effective teaching, lecturers need to develop skills on preparation and presentation of new course materials, using modern methods. One of m...
Statistics teaching and practice at Maseno University has benefited immensely from its collaboration with the Statistical Services Centre (SSC) at the University of Reading. The SSC, a self-sustaining entity providing statistical consultancy to a wide range of clients in Africa, has also found a trusted pair of hands to help with its work in the de...
As in many countries, Mathematics is on average the lowest performing subject in the Kenyan end of school exam. It is in fact the single greatest barrier to students achieving the grades needed to get government scholarships to university. This problem has persisted despite long running in-service teacher training initiatives to address the issue....
In Sub-Saharan Africa, a major driver of agricultural production is the weather, particularly rainfall. Therefore understanding the weather and climate and how it varies in time and space is important for understanding strategies and risks and making informed farming decisions. Farmers, especially smallholders who do not practice any irrigation, ne...
The African Data Initiative started as a crowd-sourced campaign to improve the teaching of statistics in African universities. The analysis of climate data provides one suitable context to illustrate ideas that lead to a radical new form of teaching. The problem within the context comes first, the technicalities are largely reduced-mathematics is s...
Every African country has a National Meteorological Service (NMS) which provides short- term forecasts, provides seasonal forecasts, and holds historical climactic data. Historical data are used in many applications, including PICSA (Participatory Integrated Climatic Services for Agriculture). The PICSA project uses historical climatic data to supp...
University courses in statistics in many African countries are dominated by data analysis. This is just one component of the subject and students therefore lack knowledge on many important practical laboratory work components. Here we consider how data collection and data entry can be included in training courses. The next important stage of prepar...
A series of papers at this conference have built on the African Data Initiative (ADI) which was started to improve statistical literacy and understanding. One immediate deliverables of this initiative has been new statistical software which is free, easy-to-use, open source and which encourages good statistical practice. Here we show how this softw...
This project enhanced smallholder farmers capacity to manage current climate risks and adapt to climate change
