Code Maktaba : Data Wrangling in R

Our third Code Maktaba event will be focussed on Data Wrangling in R programming language. This is a continuation of our previous event that focussed on Fundamentals in R.

Code Maktaba is a hands on training event series aimed at building and improving technical skills of Ai Kenya community members.

Africa R is a consortium of passionate Africa R user groups and users innovating with R every day, and are inspired to share their experience as well as communicate their findings to a global audience. As a community, our mission is to achieve improved representation by encouraging, inspiring, and empowering the African population of all genders who are underrepresented in the global R community.

This event will entail data control structures and functional programming.

By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:

>Learn how to subset different R objects and the different ways this can be achieved.
>Understand data control structures and how to implement them in R
>Learn how to handle repetitive tasks using loops and the apply family of functions.

Who is this training for? :
Beginner and Intermediate level programmers in R.
Expert programmers are also welcome to help assist in the training.

About the trainer.
Fridah Wanjala is currently working as a data scientist at M-Kopa Solar where she supports the business by conducting analytics that helps make data-driven decisions. An avid R user, she has heavily been involved in training different organizations and individuals in data analysis tools, data management and analysis.

What is needed?
(BYOD)Bring Your Own Device with R (https://cran.r-project.org/) and R studio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/) installed plus the following packages :
> readr
> readxl
> purrr
> rplyr

Program
9.00am - 9.30am : Event Check-in
9.30am - 9:50 am: Event kickoff by Alfred Ongere, Ai Kenya
9.50am - 10.20 am: Experiences & Highlights from useR 2019 Conference by Shelmith Kariuki
10.20am - 12.40 pm: Training led by Fridah Wanjala
12:40 pm - 1.00pm: Networking and close of event.

Carry your ID/Passport for identification at the building.

Ai Kenya Tshirts
We will be selling Ai Kenya T-shirts and R inspired Geek T-shirts at the event. Check out the designs and preorder on http://bit.ly/tshirtaik. We will have them available at the event.

This event is presented by Microsoft and powered by Whats Good Studios.

Event Filming notice: Please be advised that this event will be recorded for distribution use on our Youtube channel. Your entrance into the event will serve as your voluntary acceptance to appear in any footage exhibited throughout the world in perpetuity. Apologies for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.