Research Portfolio
Selected Projects
DevelopmentEducation Policy✓ Completed
R & Quarto
Reproducible Research Report
Does Education Spending Influence GDP in Africa?
A reproducible empirical analysis examining the relationship between government education expenditure and economic growth across African economies, using panel data techniques and macroeconomic indicators. To view the project, check my GitHub acount below.
- Built a full Quarto research report with code, data, and findings integrated
- Applied econometric modelling to test policy-relevant hypotheses on human capital
- Demonstrated transparent, reproducible workflow using R and version control on GitHub
Why it matters: Provides evidence for African policymakers on whether education spending translates into measurable growth.
RQuartoGitHubPanel Data
MacroTime Series✓ Completed
1980–2021
40-Year Time Series
A Time Series Analysis of Public Debt on Ghana's Economic Growth
Bachelor's thesis analysing the long-run and short-run relationship between public debt and economic growth in Ghana using time series econometrics over four decades of data.
- Applied cointegration and econometric modelling to test the debt-growth nexus
- Found no significant long-run effect, with implications for debt management
- Contributed to academic debate on sustainable debt policy in developing economies
Outcome: Completed as part of First Class Honours BSc Economics — Central University Ghana.
EViewsSTATACointegration
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCEMARKETING ANALYTICS✓ Completed
Data Analytics
Excel to Power BI
Analysis of Top Uk Youtubers
Since the turn of the century, modern marketing uses tools like YouTube to engage audiences globally by enhancing brand visibility and increasing sales through data-driven and interactive methods. Therefore, the aim of this project is to analyze which top UK YouTubers are best fit to run a campaign.
- Engineered the full data pipeline from Excel exploration to SQL Server cleaning to Power BI visualization
- Authored DAX measures for subscriber engagement, views-per-subscriber, and average views per video
- Delivered ROI-modeled recommendations projecting up to $1.07M net profit per video on the top partnership
Impact: Translated raw social media data into a defensible go-to-market decision, recommending Dan Rhodes as the lead collaboration channel based on projected returns and engagement consistency across 100 UK channels.
SQL ServerPower BIDAXExcelData Modeling