Speaker kit

Data, AI and African storytelling, from someone building in both.

I'm a Senior Analytics Engineer at Data Culture and the founder of ToriBOX, Africa's first vertical micro-drama streaming app. I speak to technical audiences about trustworthy data and AI, and to film and creator audiences about building for African storytellers.

Keynotes, panels, workshops and podcasts, in person or virtual.

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Talk topics

Each talk can be shaped to the audience and the time slot.

Data & AI

For tech, data and AI events

Keynote · TalkThe Trust Stack: scaling trust in AI analyticsA layered framework for getting AI analytics agents from demo to something a business will rely on: governed data, context, evaluation and guardrails.
Talk · WorkshopContext is infrastructureWhat AI agents need from a data team, and why documentation and semantic context should be engineered like any other part of the stack.
Talk · PanelThe data team of oneBuilding a modern data stack alone as a first data hire, and what changes when you become the founder hiring the data team.

Film & creators

For film, media and creator-economy events

Keynote · PanelBig stories, small episodesWhy vertical micro-drama fits how African audiences watch on their phones, and what it opens up for Nollywood and diaspora storytellers.
Talk · WorkshopFrom Nollywood to the vertical feedWhat changes when a story is told in 90-second episodes: a cliffhanger in every episode, a frame built for one hand, and pacing that survives a commute.
Talk · PanelGetting filmmakers paidDesigning a platform where filmmakers share in the revenue their stories earn, and why that has to be decided before launch, not after.
Talk · FiresideCharging African audiences for dramaPay-per-episode, local-currency pricing, app store fees and mobile payments: what it takes to get viewers to pay for stories in Nigeria and beyond.
Talk · FiresideLaunching a streaming app from LagosTaking ToriBOX from idea to the App Store and Google Play with a small team, and what I would do differently.
Talk · PanelMeasuring what audiences loveHow a streaming startup uses analytics to decide what to make next, without letting the numbers flatten the stories.

Talks, podcasts and press

I co-organise the Lagos dbt Meetup and was selected for the inaugural dbt Community Champion cohort, so much of my speaking happens in practitioner communities. ToriBOX's launch was covered by BusinessDay.

BusinessDay feature

ToriBOX launches Africa's vertical streaming platform for film-makers, audiences · July 2026

Behind The Data podcast

Guest · Surviving as the First Data Hire · March 2026

Lagos dbt Meetup

Co-organiser · workshops, panels and talks for data practitioners

dbt Community Champion

Selected for the inaugural cohort

Bios and headshot

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Short bio

David Effiong is a Senior Analytics Engineer at Data Culture and the founder of ToriBOX, Africa's first vertical micro-drama streaming app. A dbt Community Champion and co-organiser of the Lagos dbt Meetup, he builds data and AI infrastructure for teams and for African storytellers. He is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Long bio

David Effiong is a Senior Analytics Engineer at Data Culture, where he designs data and AI solutions for client teams, from data modelling and warehouse migrations to governed AI analytics agents with evaluation built in. He began his career as a data analyst, built a company's modern data stack as its first data hire, and worked in analytics engineering at Sterling Bank. He was selected for the inaugural dbt Community Champion cohort, co-organises the Lagos dbt Meetup, is Head of Programs at Young Data Professionals, and teaches on his YouTube channel, David Data. David is also the founder of ToriBOX, Africa's first vertical micro-drama streaming app, built for Nollywood and the African diaspora, with more than 3,000 episodes live. Its 2026 launch was featured in BusinessDay. His work in both fields comes back to one idea: infrastructure people can trust, for data teams and for African storytellers. He is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

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