Dawit Mekuria Fenti

Research Intern @ University of Verona

East Flanders, Belgium

A driven economist with years of expertise in data-driven policy analysis, econometric modeling, and financial research. Skilled in advanced tools like R, SPSS, Power BI, and Excel to uncover trends, forecast outcomes, and craft actionable recommendations. Fluent in English (C2) and proficient in Dutch (B2) with a proven ability to collaborate across teams as well as capable of working independently.

Top roles

Data Analyst< 2 years

Miscellaneous

Database

Excel

ETL Datawarehouse

DataStage

Microsoft Dynamics 365

MS Exchange Server

Business Intelligence

Power BI

Back-end

R / Matlab / SPSS

Language

Fluent English

English

Fluent

Dutch

Good

Work experience

Since 2018

Research Intern @ University of Verona

01 October 2021 - 31 March 2022

Cleaning data, developing do-files for STATA, analyzing data, and creating descriptive charts and visualizations.

Logistics Intern @ Plan International Ethiopia

01 January 2019 - 25 December 2019

Assist in price analysis for office supplies, monitoring and updating inventory records, data entry into the management system.

Research Intern @ Meles Zenawi Foundation

01 May 2018 - 31 December 2018

Assist in a comprehensive review of existing literature and publications, survey development, administrator interviews, data cleaning and analysis through SPSS, R, and STATA.

Education experience

Since 2014

International Masters in Rural Development @ Ghent University

03 September 2022 - 12 September 2024

Thesis on Socio-economic determinants of financial inclusion in Ethiopia.

Economics and Data Analysis @ University of Verona

05 September 2020 - 06 December 2022

Thesis on socioeconomic determinants of school dropout in rural Ethiopia.

Economics @ Addis Ababa University

01 September 2014 - 06 July 2017

Thesis on Determinants of Domestic Saving in Ethiopia.