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Manoj Chiba
manoj@i2ifacility.org
March 2017: Uganda
Overview
Who is Insight2Impact (i2i):
Resource centre that aims to catalyse the provision and use of data by
private and public sector actors to improve financial inclusion for:
Evidence based decisions;
Data-driven policies; &
Client-centric product design
Achieved through:
o Innovative use of data
o Promotion of open data:
Platform for datasets;
Capacity building; and
Knowledge sharing
Overview
Context
What is data?
Forms & access of and to data
What is data?
Forms & access of and to data
Gobbledygook
noun informal
Web scraping:
Technique to extract information from websites. Copying & pasting is tedious therefore the use
of a tool assists in ensuring we get the information (https://import.io)
What is data?
Forms & access of and to data
Basis (Technical)
Coding Skills
Core (Analytical)
Computational tools (software)
Enablement
Basic software development
Statistics & Math (Business)
Modeling & Simulation
Project management
Computer Science
Evaluation & Development
Data Visualization
TECH-SAVVY Business processes
Experiment design
Change Management
Research expertise
Communication Skills
Leadership Skills
SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM SOLVING
What is data?
Forms & access of and to data
Identification:
o Personal experience?
Over-heard someone saying?
o Complaints (think of Twitter and Facebook)
o Survey
o Latest developments (regulation change, political change, new
technologies)
o Given a problem statement?
Define what the problem is
Cannot get a
new clients WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY
Information
We have done a No materials Marketing has Marketing does has been
poor job at client (resources) to not updated not have the sitting the IT
presentations do a good job the material information Directors
inbox
Key questions in defining the problem
When does this problem occur? Why is this problem occurring? How should the process or system
During the rainy season or Why? work?
drought for example? How should individuals be
Why?
When did this problem first start financially included? Practically
Why?
occurring? and theoretically
Why?
How are individuals currently
Why are individuals financially
handling the problem?
excluded?
Drilling deeper Multiple issues
Key topics we should
Bank of Uganda explore to help solve this
wants to diversify problem?
its business. Bank
of Uganda wants to
extend credit to the
low income market Is there a market for
Issue #1 divesting this business? i.e.
to ensure financial
market interest
inclusion