About
Salimatou Barry is the Senior Data Analyst at 2M Corp, where she leads survey project management, oversees data quality control, and manages the training of the associate data analyst cadre. She has coordinated field operations and data quality on the company's largest survey operations, including the PAMP Civil Service & Pensioner Verification and the Open Location Codes research surveys, and is a key user and tester of HoneyGuide, 2M Corp's data quality platform.
Her expertise covers electronic form design (SurveyCTO, KoboCollect, ODK, Ona), field data collection, and statistical analysis using Stata.
She holds an MA in Economics from the University of Mauritius and a BSc in Economics from the University of The Gambia. Salimatou joined 2M Corp as an intern in 2019 and has progressed through every level of the data team.
Career and education
- At 2M Corp since
- 2019
- Progression
- Senior Data Analyst
- Education
- MA Economics, University of Mauritius
- BSc Economics, University of The Gambia
Areas of expertise
- Stata (Advanced)
- ODK Form Design (SurveyCTO, KoboCollect, ODK, Ona)
- Survey Project Management
- Data Quality Control
- Microsoft Office 365
- MSSQL
Selected project contributions
EGRA/EGMA Learning Assessments for the Luminos Foundation · Assessment coordinator
Coordinated and managed the EGRA/EGMA learning assessments for the Luminos Foundation.
MEISS Education Evaluation — Assessment Instruments and Data Quality · Form design and collection lead
Oversaw form design and data collection for the baseline and midline assessments.
Civil Service & Pensioner Verification · Data quality and field lead
Managed data quality and field coordination for the nationwide verification exercise.
School Feeding Impact Evaluation — Survey Implementation · Form design and collection lead
Oversaw form design and data collection across the multi-round school survey.
HoneyGuide · Key user and tester
Tests HoneyGuide and uses it across the data team's survey operations.
Open Location Codes Research — KMC & University Consortium · Survey coordinator
Coordinated the baseline and endline household surveys.
MCC Education Compact Survey · Survey coordinator
Coordinated the school and tertiary institution survey.
National Childcare Demand Survey · Survey coordinator
Coordinated the national household survey on childcare demand.
Also contributed to: Government Data Assessment & Inventory, Nafa Quick Cash Transfer MIS (Kaarange), NOVAFRICA Migration Research Surveys, Eye Care Accessibility Survey, Youth Empowerment Project — M&E.