What if actuarial science could do more than quantify uncertainty? What if it could help identify risk earlier, support better decisions and contribute to preventing disease before it becomes a crisis? This is the thinking behind MammoRisk, an innovative AI and actuarial breast-cancer risk platform developed by Gideon Kiarie, a student at Murang’a University. Developed
The Actuarial Students’ Society of Kenya (ASSK) held their first physical event of the year 2023/2024 on Friday 17th November 2023 at Kabarak University, Nakuru. The Product Development Competition is an embodiment of everything innovative and sets the stage for the brightest minds to showcase their talents and innovations to a panel of judges who
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ASSK hosts the annual Product Design and Modelling Competition (PDC), with national levels being held in June. The event attracts over 200 actuarial students from various universities in Kenya including: JKUAT, Maseno, Kisii, Moi, Machakos, Meru, Karatina and Daystar, among others. Each university presents 2 teams each with a maximum of 4 members to proceed
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According to the World Health Organization, drunk driving is one of the leading causes of road accidents worldwide (2013). A National Transport and Safety Authority analysis estimates that by November 30, 2021, the number of traffic deaths will have climbed by 18.5%. These are brought on, among other things, by reckless driving, jaywalking, drunk walking,
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If you are reading this, I am presuming you want to know if pursuing a degree in Actuarial Science is for you and what opportunities it comes with. I will share my experience so far and try and paint a picture about what it’s really like to pursue Actuarial Science. I am currently a third-year
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As actuarial Students, we are well informed that the insurance and finance sector are our main employers. It goes without question that we hope that these sectors blossom. Aside from this selfish reason, we all agree that the insurance dream is good for everyone. According to the African Development Bank, in 2019 Kenya’s real GDP
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The Actuarial Society of Kenya (TASK) held their annual convention on 15th-16th Nov 2017 at Radisson Blu hotel, Nairobi. I got the chance to attend and the experience was inspiring and enlightening to say the least. Being from Meru University the only interaction I had with an actuary was at the 2017 Product design competition
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Who is a quant? It is sad that most people, especially in the developing world, do not even know that such a job exists. Oblivious to the fact that in the next 10 – 15 years, quants will be at the very centerpiece of investment banking. A quant (quantitative analyst) by definition, is someone who
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Q. Where did you start your actuarial career and start pursuing data science ? During my final year in high-school, as we were applying for university courses, my father advised me to consider a career in the Actuarial profession. To be honest, I didn’t know a whole lot about Actuarial Science, other than you needed
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