Both internships at RISA and AIMS Rwanda Centre were opportunities for Aime to practice and hone his skills in data science and networking. New valuable skills for use in life were also acquired. “Internship gave me tremendous hands-on research experience. My leadership skills also have been improved”. The work environment at the AIMS Rwanda and RISA was friendly enabling Aime to be engaged and learn from his colleagues skills that one cannot easily acquire in a classroom setting. “Fortunately, because of their feedback and daily tasks, I have improved the leadership, communication, problem-solving, networking skills, etc.”

Aime joined the Rwanda Information Society Agency (RISA) for ten months for internship to apply his skills in data science. He worked on the Government Command Centre (GCC) dashboard and researched on key government documents such as sector strategic plan (SSP) and National Strategy for Transformation (NST1) on which he performed data analysis to produce reports according to set performance indicators. His good command of data wrangling, statistical analysis, and machine learning models skills made the assignment enjoyable and led to identification of errors in SSP and NST1 which he informed his superiors for correction, “Through the knowledge from AIMS, I found those errors, and I reported them”, he says. He further proposed a method to get accurate data for use in SSP and NST1 for all ministries which RISA adopted for use in the GCC. After RISA, Aime joined the AIMS Rwanda Centre IT department to practice the mathematical science skills acquired in the classroom in solving challenges facing the community. He ensured a smooth running of the IT network at the Centre, serving the students, lecturers and the management especially during this time of COVID-19 when most learning is online and staff working remotely. The internships opened new insights in Aime’s future career. He is focusing on learning additional skills in cybersecurity to better manage network attacks. “In this regard, I want to continue my studies in cybersecurity-related to data for the better fight against the different technology attacks”.

In his education journey, Aime Ishimwe Beza joined AIMS Rwanda Centre in the class of 2018-2020 for his MSc. in Mathematical Sciences Cooperative education trajectory. He observed that Rwanda generated a lot of data which needed analyzing for solutions using mathematical sciences. By joining AIMS, he looked forward to become a data scientist and an engineer – having attained a BSc. In Electronics and Telecommunications from the University of Rwanda (UR) in 2017.

In his education journey, Aime Ishimwe Beza joined AIMS Rwanda for the class of 2018-2020 for his MSc. in Mathematical Sciences Cooperative education trajectory. He observed that Rwanda generated a lot of data which needed analyzing for solutions using mathematical sciences. By joining AIMS, he looked forward to become a data scientist and an engineer – having attained a BSc. In Electronics and Telecommunications from the University of Rwanda (UR) in 2017.

Aime joined the Rwanda Information Society Agency (RISA) for ten months for internship to apply his skills in data science. He worked on the Government Command Centre (GCC) dashboard and researched on key government documents such as sector strategic plan (SSP) and National Strategy for Transformation (NST1) on which he performed data analysis to produce reports according to set performance indicators. His good command of data wrangling, statistical analysis, and machine learning models skills made the assignment enjoyable and led to identification of errors in SSP and NST1 which he informed his superiors for correction, “Through the knowledge from AIMS, I found those errors, and I reported them”, he says. He further proposed a method to get accurate data for use in SSP and NST1 for all ministries which RISA adopted for use in the GCC.

After RISA, Aime joined the AIMS Rwanda Centre IT department to practice the mathematical science skills acquired in the classroom in solving challenges facing the community. He ensured a smooth running of the IT network at the Centre, serving the students, lecturers and the management especially during thef COVID-19 pandemic when most learning is carried out online, and staff working remotely.

The internships opened new insights in Aime’s future career. He is currently focusing on learning additional skills in cybersecurity to better manage network attacks. “In this regard, I want to continue my studies in cybersecurity-related to data for the better fight against the different technology attacks”.