2026
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Advancing Global Inclusion in International AI Cooperation: An Analysis of African Engagement." To appear in the Tayarisha Working Papers Series on "Digital Governance Politics and Management: A view from the Global South".
Working Paper
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Datafication and Postcolonial Discontinuities: Analyzing the Sociodigital Exploitation of Africa." To appear in the Handbook of Critical Data Studies. Edited by Ulises A. Mejias, Jasmine McNealy, and Milagros Miceli. De Gruyter.
Book Chapter
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Charting New Frontiers for Governance and Democracy in Africa’s AI Era." To appear in Digital Policy Studies (DPS).
Journal Article
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo and Mubarak Raji. "The Majority World in Global AI Governance." To appear in the Handbook on the Global Governance of AI. Edited by Markus Furendal and Magnus Lundgren. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Book Chapter
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Examining Policy Barriers for AI Startup Growth in Africa." To appear in the AI Made in Africa Series. Global Center on AI Governance and GIZ African Union.
Policy Brief
2026
Vidisha Mishra, Chinasa T. Okolo, and Imane Bello. "We’ve Spent Four Years Talking About Governing AI. Geneva Has to Actually Do It." Science Politics. Georgetown University.
Op-Ed
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "The Paradox of an 'Open' Internet and AI Realities in the Global Majority." European University Institute.
Report
2026
Sacha Alanoca and Chinasa T. Okolo. "What Got Lost in the Global AI Summit Circuit?" TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Op-Ed
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Strategic Geopolitical Competition and Africa's AI Future." Just Tech. Social Science Research Council.
Article
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Global majority countries must embed critical minerals into AI governance." Science.
Journal Article
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Corporate Interests Must Not Co-Opt Africa’s AI Moment." The Pan-African Review.
Op-Ed
2026
Gathoni Ireri, Cecil Abungu, Jean Cheptumo, Sienka Dounia, Mark Gitau, Stephanie Kasaon, Michael Michie, Chinasa T. Okolo, Jonathan Shock. "Assessing the Case for Africa-Centric AI Safety Evaluations." ILINA Program.
Preprint
2026
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Priorities for U.S. Participation in International AI Capacity-Building." Lawfare.
Article
2025
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "AI Governance in a Global Context: Policy and Regulatory Approaches." In the 2025 Network Readiness Index. Portulans Institute.
Policy Report
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "The High Cost of U.S. Absence from Global AI Partnerships." The Opinion Pages.
Op-Ed
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Balancing Global Majority AI Ambitions with Environmental Considerations." (ACM Digital Library). In ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society Winter 2025 Newsletter, ACM.
Article
2025
Sumaya Nur Adan, Joanna Wiaterek, Varun Sen Bahl, Ima Bello, Camila Beltran, Tobias Dierks, Luise Eder, Liam Epstein, Abra Ganz, Natalie Kiilu, Marianne Lu, Chinasa T. Okolo, Sydney Reis, Said Saillant, Krishna Sharma, Marjia Siddik, Jan Pieter Snoeij, José Jaime Villalobos, and Anna Yelizarova. "AI Benefit-Sharing Framework: Balancing Access and Safety." Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative.
Policy Report
2025
Kevin R.B. Butler, Sunny Consolvo, Katie Siek, Tammy Toscos, ..., Chinasa T. Okolo, et al. "Supporting At-Risk Users Through Responsible Computing." Computing Research Association (CRA).
Technical Report
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Governance of AI-based Algorithms." In the Handbook of Human-Centered AI. Edited by Wei Xu. Springer.
Book Chapter
2025
Michelle Du and Chinasa T. Okolo. "Reimagining the Future of Data and AI Labor in the Global South." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "The paradox of AI accelerationism and the promise of public interest AI." Science.
Journal Article
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "AI-Generated Propaganda Threatens African Democracy." Democracy in Africa.
Article
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "AI is Not Africa’s Savior: Avoiding Technosolutionism in Digital Development." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Policy Commentary
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Generative AI Versus African Democracies." Issue 206. The Continent.
Article
2025
Abigail Oppong, Hellina Nigatu, and Chinasa T. Okolo. "Examining the Cultural Encoding of Gender Bias in LLMs for Low-Resourced African Languages." In the Workshop on Gender Bias for Natural Language Processing at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL).
Workshop Paper
2025
Teanna Barrett, Chinasa T. Okolo, B. Biira, Eman Sherif, Amy X. Zhang, and Leilani Battle. "African Data Ethics: A Discursive Framework for Black Decolonial AI." In the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (FAccT).
Conference Paper
2025
Joanna Wiaterek, Cecil Abungu, and Chinasa T. Okolo. "Building regional capacity for AI safety and security in Africa." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Re-envisioning AI safety through global majority perspectives." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2025
Chinasa T. Okolo. "AI Safety is a Misnomer Without Global Majority Inclusion." Compiler.
Article
2025
Yung-Hsuan Wu, Nitya Kuthiala, Joanna Wiaterek, Jonas Kgomo, and Chinasa T. Okolo. "Through the Praxis Lens: Approaching the AI Lifecycle with Ethnographic Methods." Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium.
Symposium Paper
2025
Claire Dennis, Sam Manning, Stephen Clare, Boxi Wu, Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Chinasa T. Okolo, Lennart Heim, and Katya Klinova. "Options and Motivations for International AI Benefit Sharing." Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI).
Policy Paper
2025
Katherine Grillaert, Matt Kennedy, and Chinasa T. Okolo. "Risks of State-Led AI Governance in a Federal Policy Vacuum." Tech Policy Press.
Op-Ed
2025
Yoshua Bengio et al. "International AI Safety Report 2025." The United Kingdom Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Technical Report
2024
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo and Marie Tano. "Closing the gap: A call for more inclusive language technologies." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Policy Report: Examining AI in Low and Middle-Income Countries." Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
Policy Report
2024
Sumaya N. Adan, Robert Trager, Kayla Blomquist, Claire Dennis, Gemma Edom, Lucia Velasco, Cecil Abungu, Ben Garfinkel, Julian Jacobs, Chinasa T. Okolo, Boxi Wu, Jai Vipra. "Voice and Access in AI: Global AI Majority Participation in Artificial Intelligence Development and Governance." Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative.
Policy Report
2024
Hongjin Lin, Naveena Karusala, Chinasa T. Okolo, Catherine D'Ignazio, and Krzysztof Gajos. " 'Come to us first': Centering Community Organizations in Artificial Intelligence for Social Good Partnerships." In the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM).
Conference Paper
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo and Hongjin Lin. "Explainable AI in Practice: Practitioner Perspectives on AI for Social Good and User Engagement in the Global South." In the ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO).
Conference Paper
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo and Marie Tano. "Moving toward truly responsible AI development in the global AI market." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Examining the capabilities and risks of advanced AI systems." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Operationalizing Comprehensive Data Governance in Africa." In the African Journal of Sustainable Development (AJSD) Special Issue: “Redefining African Futures: The State, Resilience, and Pathways to Progress.” Edited in partnership with the UN Office of the Special Advisor on Africa (OSAA) and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN).
Journal Article
2024
Kadijatou Diallo, Jonathan Smith, Chinasa T. Okolo, Dorcas Nyamwaya, Jonas Kgomo, and Richard Ngamita. "Case Studies of AI Policy Development in Africa." In the Data for Policy Conference, Data & Policy, Cambridge University Press.
Conference Paper
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo. "African Democracy in the Era of Generative Disinformation: Challenges and Countermeasures Against AI-Generated Propaganda." In the Building a Just AI Ecosystem in Africa Conference, Research ICT Africa.
Conference Paper
2024
Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi. "AI and the Future of Work in Africa." Microsoft.
White Paper
2024
UK Government Secretariat and Mila-Quebec AI Institute. "International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI - Interim Report." United Kingdom Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT).
Technical Report
2024
Charles Asiegbu and Chinasa T. Okolo. "How AI is Impacting Policy Processes and Outcomes in Africa." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Beyond AI Hype: A Hands-on Workshop Series for Enhancing AI Literacy in Middle and High School Students." In the Conference for Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT).
Conference Paper
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo and Hongjin Lin. " 'You can’t build what you don’t understand': Practitioner Perspectives on Explainable AI in the Global South." In the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).
Conference Paper
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo, Dhruv Agarwal, Aditya Vashistha, Nicola Dell. " 'If it is easy to understand then it will have value': Examining Perceptions of Explainable AI with Community Health Workers in Rural India." In the Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACM), Volume 8, Issue CSCW1, Article No. 71.
Conference Paper
2024
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Reforming Data Regulation to Advance AI Governance in Africa." Foresight Africa. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2024
African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). "AUDA-NEPAD White Paper: Regulation and Responsible Adoption of AI in Africa Towards Achievement of AU Agenda 2063." African Union.
White Paper
2024
African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). "AUDA-NEPAD Artificial Intelligence Roadmap for Africa: Contributing Towards A Continental AU Strategy On AI." African Union.
White Paper
2023
2023
Chinasa T. Okolo. "AI in the Global South: Opportunities and challenges towards more inclusive governance." TechTank. The Brookings Institution.
Research Commentary
2023
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Addressing Global Inequity in AI Development." In the Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence. Edited by Simon Lindgren. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Book Chapter
2023
Chinasa T. Okolo. "The Promise and Perils of Generative AI: Case Studies in an African Context." In the African Conference for Human Computer Interaction (AfriCHI).
Conference Paper
2023
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Navigating the Limits of AI Explainability: Designing for Novice Technology Users in Low-Resource Settings." In AIES '23: AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society.
Conference Paper
2023
Chinasa T. Okolo. "AI Explainability in the Global South: Towards an Inclusive Praxis for Emerging Technology Users." Dissertation. Cornell University.
Dissertation
2023
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Towards a Praxis for Intercultural Ethics in Explainable AI." In the Many Worlds of AI Conference.
Conference Paper
2023
Chinasa T. Okolo and Michelle González Amador. "IAC: A Framework for Enabling Patient Agency in the Use of AI-Enabled Healthcare."
Preprint
2023
Chinasa T. Okolo, Kehinde Aruleba, and George Obaido. "Challenges to Effective AI Adoption and Implementation in Africa." In Responsible AI in Africa - Challenges and Opportunities, pp 35-64. Edited by Kutoma Wakunuma, Damian Eke, and Simi Akintoye. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Book Chapter
2022
2022
Chinasa T. Okolo, Nicola Dell, and Aditya Vashistha. "Making AI Explainable in the Global South: A Systematic Review." In the Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS).
Conference Paper
2022
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Optimizing Human-centered AI for Healthcare in the Global South." Patterns, 100421. In Cell Press.
Journal Article
2021
2021
Chinasa T. Okolo, Srujana Kamath, Nicola Dell, and Aditya Vashistha. "'It cannot do all of my work': Community Health Worker Perceptions of AI-Enabled Mobile Health Applications in Rural India." In the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI).
Conference Paper
2021
Alan Chan, Chinasa T. Okolo, Zachary Terner, and Angelina Wang. "The Limits of Global Inclusion in AI Development." In the Reframing Diversity in AI: Representation, Inclusion & Power Workshop at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
Workshop Paper
2020
2020
Chinasa T. Okolo. "AI in the 'Real World': Examining the Impact of AI Deployment in Low-Resource Contexts." In the Navigating the Broader Impacts of AI Research Workshop at the Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS).
Workshop Paper
2020
Chinasa T. Okolo and Michelle González Amador. "ACIPS: A Framework for Evaluating Patient Perception in the Introduction of AI-enabled Healthcare." In the Data4Good: Designing for Diversity and Development Workshop at the International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI).
Workshop Paper
2020
Ezinne Nwankwo, Chinasa T. Okolo, and Cynthia Habonimana. "Topic Modeling Approaches for Understanding COVID-19 Misinformation Spread in Sub-Saharan Africa." In the Harvard CRCS Workshop on AI for Social Good.
Workshop Paper
2020
Chinasa T. Okolo. "CNN/RNN Approaches for Irregular Pediatric Respiratory Motion Detection." In the Women in Machine Learning Workshop at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML).
Workshop Paper
2020
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Automated detection of irregular pediatric breathing movements." In the Women in Computer Vision Workshop at the IEEE / CVF Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference (CVPR).
Workshop Paper
2020
Chinasa T. Okolo. "Privacy and Security Implications of mHealth Applications in Sub-Saharan Africa." In the Cornell Healthcare Review.
Article