Experience | Bongo Seakhoa

Concurrent remote roles

Several roles overlapped across time zones and organisations. Dates are shown month by month so progression and concurrency are easy to follow.

Blossom Academy

Completed chapter

Superagent Mentor

Dates: Nov 2024 to Jun 2025
Context: Remote, Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Mentored emerging talent pursuing paid freelance work and stronger market readiness.

Guided mentees in freelance readiness, client communication and professional positioning.
Supported confidence, practical next steps and consistent progress toward paid opportunities.

Tools and focus

Mentoring
Career guidance
Technical communication

2U / edX

Completed chapter

Learning Specialist

Dates: Oct 2023 to Jun 2025
Context: Remote, Cape Town, South Africa

Supported learners across FinTech, AI and Data Visualization bootcamps delivered through multiple university partners under the 2U / edX umbrella.

Tutored learners across FinTech, AI and Data Visualization programmes, including Git, GitHub, Python and machine-learning topics.
Answered learner questions on the AskBCS platform and graded work against structured rubrics.
Helped sustain a supportive learning environment built on clarity, encouragement and technical precision.

Tools and focus

Git
GitHub
Python
Machine learning
AI bootcamp support
Data visualization
Assessment

MetaPOS

Current role

Data Engineering Scientist

Dates: Sept 2023 to Present
Context: Remote, Cape Town, South Africa

Builds retail data and governed AI-context systems that improve reliability, operational understanding and decision support within a point-of-sale environment.

Works with Python, SQL and data modelling to support data pipelines and analytics workflows.
Improves accuracy and efficiency in transaction, inventory and sales-related data processes.
Primary developer of MetaPOS Mind, a custom MCP-compatible context and governance layer for authorized employees and AI assistants.
Built its schema-first Python workflows across permission-aware context assembly, work assurance, multi-user handoffs, project reconciliation, read-only dashboards and deterministic validation.
Collaborates across functions to connect product, business, delivery and data context while preserving client-confidential boundaries.

Tools and focus

Python
SQL
Google Cloud Platform
Data modelling
MCP
JSON Schema
YAML
AI-assistant integration

1Eight

Completed chapter

Data Analyst Consultant

Dates: Dec 2022 to Apr 2023
Context: Remote, New South Wales, Australia

Delivered analytical insight and recommendations from complex datasets for client-facing business contexts.

Used SQL, GCP, Streamlit, visualisation and statistical analysis to interpret business data.
Turned technical outputs into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.

Tools and focus

SQL
Google Cloud Platform
Streamlit
Statistical analysis

Turing.com

Completed chapter

Freelance Data Scientist

Dates: May 2022 to Sept 2023
Context: Remote, Remote

Delivered freelance analytics and data science work across varied remote projects and client needs.

Worked across Python, SQL, visualisation and statistical analysis.
Contributed independently to data-driven solutions across multiple project contexts.

Tools and focus

Python
SQL
Visualisation
Statistical analysis

Appen

Completed chapter

Freelance Internet Analyst

Dates: Earlier experience; dates not recorded
Context: Remote, Remote

Evaluated online information and supported data-quality assurance through research and analytical review.

Applied research techniques and data-quality checks to internet analysis tasks.

Tools and focus

Internet research
Data quality assurance