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Projects & Case Studies

Real work across six SDG domains. Public health, agriculture, finance, education, environment, and governance. Each project reflects field experience or original analysis.

AI, ML & Data Systems
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Predictive ML · Health operations

Healthcare Readmission Risk Prediction

Portfolio-grade predictive triage workflow showing feature engineering, model validation, risk bands, and deployment thinking for chronic care follow-up.

XGBoostRShinyModel monitoring Open project →
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Data engineering · ETL

ETL Pipeline Architecture

Raw survey and facility extracts transformed into validated reporting layers with reproducible R workflows and QA rules.

RETLValidation Open project →
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AI application · Evidence translation

Research Brief Generator

LLM-assisted workflow for turning long-form health papers into structured implementation briefs with a consistent schema.

PythonLLM workflowJSON Open project →
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Business case study · Health financing

NCD Financing Impact Case Study

Reframes chronic care financing bottlenecks as an operations problem with scenario modeling and implementation levers.

Case studyScenario modelOperations Open project →
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Dashboard product · Monitoring

Health Financing Real-Time Dashboard

A synthetic Shiny dashboard concept for tracking reimbursement lag, stockout risk, and facility-level intervention priorities.

ShinyKPIsAlerting Open project →
Public Health & M&E
Professor Nyongo launching the Kisumu health dashboard 📈

MSc Research · Kisumu County · Georgetown gui2de

Financial Determinants of NCD Management in Primary Health Facilities

Mixed methods study across 7 public primary care facilities in Seme Sub County examining how facility financing architecture shapes continuity of hypertension and diabetes care.

Manuscript data snapshot from 7 facilities

Frequent medicine stockouts 85.7%
Facilities without direct spending autonomy 100%
Facilities receiving direct county funding 28.6%
Facilities with dedicated NCD budget line 0%
Manuscript dataMixed methodsHealth financingPrimary care Read case study →
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Maternal Health · SDG 3

Maternal Mortality Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa

Multi-country analysis of maternal mortality ratios using WHO data, with difference-in-differences modelling and publication-quality visualisations.

Rggplot2DiD View →
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Oncology · KEMRI

Cancer Surveillance Dashboard in Kisumu

Epidemiological analysis of cancer incidence data from the KEMRI Oncology Registry, with interactive Power BI dashboard and trend analysis.

Power BIREpidemiology View →
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MEL Systems · USAID reporting context

MEL Framework for Multi Site Health Programmes

Designed indicator trees, data quality checks, and reporting schedules for complex health programmes. Supported alignment between field operations, donor metrics, and learning agendas.

MELIndicator designQA Case brief
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Health Economics · Georgetown gui2de

Health Financing Impact Evaluation

Built panel data workflows and quasi experimental analyses for health financing and household expenditure studies. Integrated dashboards and quarterly evidence products for program decisions.

DiDPanel dataPolicy reporting Case brief
Agriculture & Food Security
Goats at the farm — small-ruminant production in Homa Bay 🌾

Agricultural Economics · Homa Bay County · SDG 2

Goat Farming Economics: Small-Ruminant Production Systems

Field-collected profitability analysis of small-ruminant production in Homa Bay. Combines cost data from smallholder farmers with market price modelling to produce practical decision tools for extension services.

REconomic modellingField data View case study →
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Food Security · SDG 2

Food Security Analysis in East Africa

Regional food security trends using FAO and household survey data. Vulnerability mapping and seasonal analysis.

RFAO dataMapping View →
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Agri logistics · Input systems

Agricultural Supply Chain Analytics

Mapped fertilizer and seed distribution workflows, modeled delivery delays, and designed monitoring views for stock movement and last mile access in rural counties.

Supply chainForecastingLogistics Case brief
Finance & Economics
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Financial Inclusion · SDG 10

Mobile Money, Banking Access and Health Outcomes

Correlation analysis linking mobile money penetration, formal banking access, and health expenditure patterns across Sub-Saharan Africa using World Bank and GSMA datasets.

PythonPlotlyRegression View →
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Real estate strategy · portfolio planning

Mixed Use Development Feasibility Studio

Case brief and decision studio built from public market indicators, listing level comparables, and developer cost assumptions. Covers SQL and R data pipeline, cleaning and harmonization, discounted cash flow analysis, scenario testing, and dashboard outputs for investment and ROI decisions.

Data pipelineDCF modelROI strategy Case brief and dashboard →
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Household finance · Longitudinal data

Financial Diaries Analytics

Built analysis pipelines for high frequency household diaries, with volatility indicators, coping strategy tracking, and policy focused summaries for social protection design.

Panel dataRPolicy briefs Case brief
Supply Chain & Analytics Engineering
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Business analytics · development operations

Development Operations Case Brief

Shows end to end analytics delivery from data intake and cleaning to scenario modeling and executive dashboarding. Structured for finance, planning, engineering, and construction stakeholders aligning on cost control, phasing, and return outcomes.

SQLCross functionalDecision support Open case brief →
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Data engineering · Multi country RCT

Research Data Engineering Pipeline

Architected a reproducible pipeline for cleaning, harmonization, and dashboard outputs using SQL, R, and automated validation layers across multiple countries.

PostgreSQLETLQA Case brief
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Health information systems · DHIS2

DHIS2 Integration and Reporting Automation

Designed a reporting workflow that joins DHIS2 extracts with field operations data for faster indicator reporting, exception monitoring, and partner dashboards.

DHIS2AutomationMonitoring Case brief

Nichodemus AmolloResearch Data Manager · Analytics Engineering · M&E

+254 725 737 867Nairobi, Kenya · Open to remote and hybrid work

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