Capstone project for the Data Skillup Africa (DSA) program – A Power BI HR analytics dashboard uncovering gender distribution, pay gap, and bonus allocation insights for Palmora Group.
# 🎓 DSA Capstone Project: Palmora Group HR Analytics
This repository contains my capstone project for the **Data Skills Accelerator (DSA)** program. It focuses on solving a real-world HR analytics case for Palmora Group, a Nigerian manufacturing company, using Power BI.
The project addresses organizational issues such as **gender inequality**, **pay gaps**, and **performance-based bonus allocation**, through data visualization and insights generation.
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## 🏢 Project Background
Palmora Group came under public scrutiny after a media report accused the company of being a male-dominated organization. As part of a consulting team, I was tasked with analyzing their employee dataset and identifying gender-related imbalances, salary structures, and bonus payouts across three regions in Nigeria.
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## 🎯 Objective
To analyze HR data and generate actionable insights for management, focusing on:
- Gender distribution across regions and departments
- Performance ratings by gender
- Salary gap and regulatory compliance
- Bonus allocation based on performance
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## 📁 Files in This Repository
- `Palmoria Group emp-data.csv` – Cleaned employee dataset
- `Palmoria Group Bonus Rules.xlsx` – Bonus percentage rules by rating
- `Palmoria HR Dashboard.pbix` – Power BI file containing all visuals
- `README.md` – Project documentation
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## 📊 Dashboard Highlights
- 📌 Gender distribution by region & department
- 📌 Average performance ratings by gender
- 📌 Salary analysis with pay gap visuals
- 📌 Salary band histogram (grouped by $10k)
- 📌 Compliance with $90,000 minimum wage
- 📌 Performance-based bonus calculations
- 📌 Bonus payout totals by region
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## 🔍 Key Insights
- Gender imbalance was most severe in [Region X / Department Y]
- A significant portion of staff earned below $90,000 threshold
- Female employees had lower average ratings in certain departments
- Bonus payments automated successfully using performance logic
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## 🧰 Tools Used
- Power BI
- Power Que …