My Post Career Plan when I come back to my Country - Kenya

Hi all. Please review my post career plan essay. I am applying for MSc Business Analytics for Chevening

career as a business analyst

My work experience working as a business analyst piqued my interest in analytics. I work with vast amounts of data to create solutions to a wide range of issues, and I would like to build a successful career in this field. I believe this master's programme will help me build a stronger foundation for this while the fast growth of Kenya's technological sector will allow me an excellent path achieve my career plan.

One of the UK's top priorities in Kenya is to improve the investment climate, market development, trade and access to finance. Recently, during her visit to Kenya, the British prime minister announced innovation partnerships between the UK and Kenya to be established to enable UK entrepreneurs to collaborate with the Kenyan counterparts at the cutting edge of technology. As a Kenyan citizen, I am committed to being part of this partnership. The plans to drive the UK priorities in Kenya will involve bringing together the best of British talent to offer tailored support to businesses and entrepreneurs across all industries. In Kenya, as much as there has been production of huge amounts of data, there is limited talent to analyse it and form insights to drive economic development, hence the over reliance on expatriates. My return back home will undeniably add to the pool of analysts in the country.

After graduation, I will apply for a senior analyst position at a consultancy firm such as McKinsey. I will use skills developed from my masters to provide data-driven insights which will help direct new investment to the right projects.

I will leverage on big data to connect global investors and drive investment to Kenya. From collecting and analyzing large groups of data, I will provide transparency to UK companies on the industries in which they should invest and give them confidence to do business in the Kenyan market hence jumpstarting the economic development process. After two years, i would like to work at the Commonwealth Development Corporation where i will continue to use data to drive investment decisions to profitable yet development oriented sectors, as well as recommend solutions to grow and turn around failing businesses.

Additionally, I will work actively with the Global Give Back Circle, in which I am a mentor, to promote technical courses, which are still thought to be a reserve of male students, more so technology and data analytics among the girls. Through the Chevening networks I form I will be able to start an arm to support this.

A career as a business analyst will develop my authority as a leading influencer and contributor in this field.

In the long term, I would like to get involved in policy making either on advisory capacity or as an analyst in the government. From my years of experience, I will have the ability provide leaders with facts on current drivers as opposed to past performance insights, which will elevate public policy making.

hai @dfwm i see your career plan essay is quite good since your second paragraph tell that there is coorperation between UK and your country. In your last paragraph it looks like you have not reached the best point to tell but you just stop the sentences. i think you should add some information as the final statement :)

Doreen, prior to working at the Commonwealth Development Corporation, how do you plan to improve UK relations with your country? Rather than focusing on a global method of promoting business to investors and bring in investments to Kenya, you should focus on recruiting financial investments directly from the UK. The UK is sponsoring your scholarship so you have to create a clear relationship not only between your country and the UK, but also yourself and your host country.

Consider the DFID operational plan for Kenya for 2018, or even the 2014-2016 plan, which includes financial and investment plans for the UK in Kenya and develop a better essay based on a multifaceted approach to financial investments in Kenya from the UK based on 2 involved agencies, the DFID and the CDC. Pick one project from each that you can participate in somehow, explain how you can participate and write about it. That way the essay will be more focused on your career development in relation to the UK partnerships with your country and professional field.

Your essay is way much more organised with a clear perspective than mine. I would say it is an effective essay because of the way you've linked your country and UK and the description of each goal in clear sense .

@barkha