Data Scientist and Artificial Intelligence Engineer with deep experience building production-grade AI systems for public sector, health, and digital public infrastructure across Africa. I currently lead AI initiatives at Data Science Nigeria, where I've architected and deployed sovereign, on-prem LLM platforms, multilingual RAG systems, agentic AI solutions, and cloud-native data platforms used by governments and institutions. My work spans NLP, multi-agent systems, MLOps, DHIS2, and large-scale data engineering, with published research in Geo-NLP and African language AI. I combine strong technical leadership with an impact mindset, translating complex AI capabilities into secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions

Ahmad Ibrahim Ismail

Data Scientist and Artificial Intelligence Engineer with deep experience building production-grade AI systems for public sector, health, and digital public infrastructure across Africa. I currently lead AI initiatives at Data Science Nigeria, where I've architected and deployed sovereign, on-prem LLM platforms, multilingual RAG systems, agentic AI solutions, and cloud-native data platforms used by governments and institutions. My work spans NLP, multi-agent systems, MLOps, DHIS2, and large-scale data engineering, with published research in Geo-NLP and African language AI. I combine strong technical leadership with an impact mindset, translating complex AI capabilities into secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions

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Data Scientist and Artificial Intelligence Engineer with deep experience building production-grade AI systems for public sector, health, and digital public infrastructure across Africa. I currently lead AI initiatives at Data Science Nigeria, where I’ve architected and deployed sovereign, on-prem LLM platforms, multilingual RAG systems, agentic AI solutions, and cloud-native data platforms used by governments and institutions. My work spans NLP, multi-agent systems, MLOps, DHIS2, and large-scale data engineering, with published research in Geo-NLP and African language AI. I combine strong technical leadership with an impact mindset, translating complex AI capabilities into secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions

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Language

English
Fluent
Hausa
Advanced

Work Experience

Data Scientist and ML Engineer at Data Science Nigeria
November 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023
Led end-to-end development of data science and ML solutions for academic and research clients, including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model development, and evaluation; produced technical reports translating complex analyses into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
ML Engineer at Data Science Nigeria
February 1, 2024 - May 1, 2024
Contributed to end-to-end development of AI/NLP-driven health and public-sector products; built NLP pipelines, software components, and data pipelines for RMNCHN use cases.
Technical Team Lead at Data Science Nigeria
May 1, 2024 - Present
Led development of a GenAI Gov Platform based on standard-framework scoring engine with gamified badges, dynamic profiling, PDF reporting, and governance coaching; architected end-to-end AI-enabled platforms supporting multi-language data processing; oversaw data pipelines including DHIS2 integration, on-prem LLM deployments, and secure multi-tenant workflows; established end-to-end data lifecycle.

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy at University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2019
Master’s in Public Health - Epidemiology at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
September 1, 2024 - December 28, 2025

Qualifications

Data Camp Courses: Data Science, ML DevOps, NLP, Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Statistics Inference, A/B Testing
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Government, Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services

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