The Factory Founder Podcast EP8: Community building through data science with Ekow Duker

Ekow Duker saw a gap in the market for African data scientists who do not have access to opportunities to build their skills in data science, accrue professional experience, or find meaningful work. To bring data science, artificial intelligence, and community together into a single app, Zindi Africa was created to address this problem. In this Factory Founder Podcast episode, Ekow shares in-trench insights about creating a community-based online marketplace for AI solutions and data science talent in response to and in support of the nascent African data scientist ecosystem.  What to look forward to in this episode: Market sizing and a view on capture strategy [1:20] Competitive advantage in the data science space [2:36] Principles of data science [04:53] Building a data science community [6:08] Zindi's customer relations strategy [08:01] Success stories [11:16] Zindi's customer acquisition cost [14:58] Navigating expansion in African markets [15:48] Tracking growth [18:50] Zindi's community size and growth [21:59] User behaviour [23:48] Achieving product-market fit [26:01] Zindi's most defensible attribute [26:41] Marketplace monetisation [27:16] Scaling as a business [28:33] Zindi's competitors [32:42] Overcoming challenges [35:02] Pitching to partners and investors [38:24] CONNECT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA:Connect with Ekow Duker on Linkedin.Tell us... What was your favourite quote lesson from this episode?  What topic would you like us to feature on a future podcast?  Let us know via our social media pages:Linkedin: Founders Factory Africa
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