Skip to content

Email

info@awaketopowercom.com

Phone

+234 (0) 814 360 6264

Data Analytics & Business Intelligence Internship

Master Data Analytics & Business Intelligence

We do not teach tools. We teach professionals how to solve business problems using analytical thinking and industry-standard tools.

6

Months Duration

24

Core Modules

6

Industry Projects

Delivery Platform

YouTube

Long-form Lessons

Live Mentoring

Weekly Sessions

Our Philosophy

Problem-Based Learning (PBL)

Designed for real-world impact. We focus on the ‘why’ before the ‘how’.

Problem-First Approach

Frame business problems before selecting analytical tools. Tools are introduced only when required to solve a real workplace problem.

Professional Mastery

We teach professionals how to solve business problems using analytical thinking, not just button-clicking in software.

Decision-Grade Output

Focus on building dashboards, executive reports, and automated workflows that drive actual business decisions.

Program Objectives

What You Will Achieve

By the end of this 6-month internship, you will be fully equipped to:

Frame business problems before selecting analytical tools.
Prepare and validate datasets for analysis.
Retrieve and integrate data from multiple sources.
Analyze business, healthcare, HR, finance, and NGO datasets.
Build dashboards and executive reports.
Communicate findings with confidence.
Automate recurring reporting processes.
Develop a professional analytics portfolio.
Tech Stack

Tools Covered

Industry-standard tools introduced contextually to solve real workplace problems.

Microsoft Excel

Data preparation, analysis, reporting

Power Query

Data extraction, cleaning and transformation

SQL

Data retrieval, joins, filtering and aggregation

DAX

Business calculations and KPIs

Power BI

Dashboards, storytelling and executive reporting

Curriculum Structure

A Progressive 4-Level Journey

From data preparation to enterprise analytics, master each stage of the analytics lifecycle.

LEVEL 1: Business Framing & Data Preparation

Theme: Can We Trust This Data?

Goal: Develop the mindset and skills required to understand business problems and prepare reliable data.

  • 1. Thinking Like a Data Analyst None / Excel
  • 2. Understanding Business Problems & Stakeholders Excel
  • 3. Assessing Data Quality Excel
  • 4. Cleaning Messy Data Excel, Power Query
  • 5. Transforming & Standardizing Data Excel, Power Query
  • 6. Combining Data from Multiple Sources Excel, Power Query
Monthly Project: Healthcare Data Migration Project – Clean and prepare a hospital database.
LEVEL 2: Data Analysis & Decision Support

Theme: What Is the Data Telling Us?

Goal: Learn to answer real organizational questions using structured analysis.

  • 7. Answering Business Questions with Data Excel
  • 8. Finding Information Across Multiple Tables Excel, SQL
  • 9. Building Business Logic & Decision Rules Excel
  • 10. Exploratory Data Analysis Excel
  • 11. SQL for Business Intelligence SQL
  • 12. Solving Real Business Cases Excel, SQL
Monthly Project: Executive Management Analysis Report
LEVEL 3: Business Intelligence & Dashboard Design

Theme: How Do We Turn Data into Decisions?

Goal: Develop professional dashboards and executive reports.

  • 13. Introduction to Power BI Power BI
  • 14. Data Modelling Power BI
  • 15. DAX Fundamentals DAX
  • 16. Building Executive Dashboards Power BI
  • 17. KPI Design & Performance Reporting Power BI, DAX
  • 18. Data Storytelling Power BI
Monthly Project: CEO Performance Dashboard
LEVEL 4: Enterprise Analytics & Automation

Theme: How Do Professionals Build Scalable Analytics Systems?

Goal: Build repeatable, enterprise-ready analytics solutions.

  • 19. Power Query Automation Power Query
  • 20. Advanced DAX DAX
  • 21. Enterprise Reporting Power BI
  • 22. AI-Assisted Analytics AI + Excel + Power BI
  • 23. Documentation & Professional Practice All Tools
  • 24. Capstone Analytics Project All Tools
Final Project: Design and present a complete end-to-end BI solution for a fictional organization.
Industry Experience

Monthly Industry Projects

Hands-on experience across 6 diverse sectors over the 6-month program.

Month 1

Healthcare

Patient Data Quality Assessment

Month 2

Human Resources

Workforce Analytics

Month 3

Retail

Sales Performance Analysis

Month 4

Banking

Customer Segmentation

Month 5

NGO

Survey & M&E Analytics

Month 6

Manufacturing

Inventory Analytics

Learning Model

The Weekly Workflow

Every week follows the same structured, professional workflow to build muscle memory.

1

Business Brief

Understand the organizational problem

2

Business Framing

Define objectives, stakeholders & success measures

3

Data Understanding

Explore the available data

4

Implementation

Use the appropriate tools

5

Insight Generation

Answer business questions

6

Decision Support

Make recommendations

7

Assignment

Individual practice

8

Reflection

Lessons learned & portfolio update

Evaluation

Assessment Strategy

A balanced evaluation model focused on practical application and professional readiness.

Monthly Industry Projects 30%
Capstone Project 25%
Weekly Assignments 20%
Team Projects 15%
Professional Portfolio 10%
Skills

Core Competencies

Graduates will demonstrate proficiency in:

Business Problem Framing
Stakeholder Analysis
Data Quality Assessment
Data Cleaning & Transformation
Data Integration
SQL Query Development
Exploratory Data Analysis
Business Analytics
Dashboard Development
DAX Modelling
Data Storytelling
Executive Reporting
Automation with Power Query
AI-Augmented Analytics
Professional Documentation
Portfolio Development
Learning Outcomes

What You Will Be Able To Do

At the end of the 6-month internship, participants will be able to:

  • Understand and frame business problems before selecting analytical tools.
  • Prepare, clean and integrate data from multiple sources.
  • Retrieve and manipulate data using SQL.
  • Perform business analysis using Excel and SQL.
  • Build data models and calculations using DAX.
  • Develop interactive dashboards in Power BI.
  • Present insights and recommendations to decision-makers.
  • Automate recurring reporting workflows.
  • Work collaboratively on industry-style analytics projects.
  • Demonstrate job-ready competence through a professional portfolio.