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Shaun Dippnall

founder CEO of EXPLORE

Shaun Dippnall is founder CEO of EXPLORE, a portfolio of Digital Academies that deliver digital skills at scale to young South Africans in an inclusive, innovative and creative way.

Within the EXPLORE Academies, the scientists research and develop scalable IP that is applicable to global audiences with a specific focus on financial services and utilities.

Dippnall is a qualified actuary and has lectured in actuarial science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has held the positions of chief data scientist for Telkom and was chief actuary for Vodacom and Nedbank. Prior to these roles, he was a business analyst for McKinsey.

Articles

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Why businesses need to start upskilling with data science

With pressure mounting on companies to embrace data science as a culture rather than a function, businesses are facing a challenge they never quite anticipated.

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Fast-track your career by upskilling to data science, data engineering

The traits of curiosity, determination, willingness to learn and desire for optimisation make for a top-rate data scientist. Do you have what it takes?

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Making sure data science works for your business

Any corporation seeking to embark on a data science journey needs to consider that a total transformation of culture, people and processes is required.