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Shaun Dippnall

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.

Speaking engagements

SpeakerMar 9, 2021

ITWeb Business Intelligence Summit 2021

Topic: How can we encourage digital skills development in South Africa?

SpeakerMar 11, 2021

ITWeb Business Intelligence Summit 2021

Topic: Workshop starts

SpeakerMar 9, 2021

ITWeb Business Intelligence Summit 2021

Topic: Panel discussion: Strategies for increasing data literacy in your organisation

Articles

4:30

BI and Data AnalyticsJul 14, 2021

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.

Shaun Dippnall

6:20

BI and Data AnalyticsJun 4, 2021

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?

Shaun Dippnall

4:30

BI and Data AnalyticsOct 31, 2019

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.

Shaun Dippnall