How to become a Data Scientist in Nigeria

What does a Data Scientist do?

Database developers program, implement and coordinate changes to computer databases based on their expertise of database management systems.

Typical duties

  • Analyze, manipulate, or process large sets of data using statistical software.
  • Apply feature selection algorithms to models predicting outcomes of interest, such as sales, attrition, and healthcare use.
  • Apply sampling techniques to determine groups to be surveyed or use complete enumeration methods.
  • Clean and manipulate raw data using statistical software.
  • Compare models using statistical performance metrics, such as loss functions or proportion of explained variance.
  • Create graphs, charts, or other visualizations to convey the results of data analysis using specialized software.
  • Deliver oral or written presentations of the results of mathematical modeling and data analysis to management or other end users.
  • Design surveys, opinion polls, or other instruments to collect data.

Key skills

Knowledge

langage de requête Cadre de Description des Ressources outils de développement de bases de données outils d’extraction de transformation et de chargement stockage de données évaluation de la qualité de données systèmes de gestion de base de données langages de requête

Skills

effectuer des sauvegardes recueillir les commentaires des clients sur des applications tester des requêtes TIC écrire la documentation d’une base de données équilibrer les ressources d’une base de données créer des modèles de données utiliser des bases de données utiliser une interface spécifique à une application identifier les exigences des clients communiquer les résultats d’analyse
Alteryx software Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 Amazon Redshift Amazon Web Services AWS software Apache Airflow Apache Cassandra Apache Hadoop Apache Hive Apache Kafka Apache Spark

Career progression

Entry from: Computer Systems Analysts, Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians → Current: Data Scientists → Advancement: Survey Researchers, Biostatisticians, Computer and Information Research Scientists

Current job openings

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Frequently asked questions

How many job openings are there for Data Scientist in Nigeria?

There are currently 448 job openings in Data Scientist in Nigeria.

Sources: ESCO (European Commission), O*NET (US DOL), Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA)

Data updated: February 2026