Data analysis and data science
Make data speak and inform decisions.
Your running project
A school's dashboard
- The need
- See where students drop off, to help teachers act in time.
- The data
- Anonymous data or public education statistics.
- External tools
- SQLPythonPower BI
Workshop
Establish the needs
Who uses it, what problem it solves, how to tell it worked.
What you will learn
- SQL, spreadsheets and Python
- Useful statistics and testing
- Dashboards with Power BI
- Presenting a result to decision makers
Certifications to aim for at the end
- Entry levelGoogle Data Analytics Professional CertificateGoogle (Coursera)A course series rather than an independent exam.
- IntermediateMicrosoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)MicrosoftExam available in French.
- AdvancedCompTIA DataAI (DY0-001)CompTIAFormerly DataX; CompTIA estimates retirement in 2027, with no fixed date.
These certifications are issued by their own bodies, not by Nangmo, and their exams are paid for with them. Checked on 3 November 2026: confirm the language, price and exam location on their site before registering. These exams are generally taken without AI: you will need to read and reason on your own.
How to start a career in this field
- 1Learn SQL and a dashboard tool on data from your country.
- 2Publish three analyses that each answer a real question.
- 3Take PL-300: Power BI is in demand and the exam exists in French.
- 4Apply as a junior data analyst, at banks, telecoms, NGOs and public bodies.
First jobs to aim for
- Junior data analyst
- BI analyst
- Junior data scientist
The workshop is open, but this path's lessons are not online yet. Tell us you are interested: it helps us decide which to write first.