Sep 2026
Machine Learning Symposium
on Justice, Brown University
Providence, RI
Sep 2026
Afri-Biomed Research
Scholars Program
Remote
Aug 2026
The Eko Dialogue
Lagos, Nigeria
Aug 2026
Deep Learning Indaba
Lagos, Nigeria
Jul 2026
Mind and Machines Summit
Columbus, OH
Jul 2026
AfricompLings Summer
School 2026
Remote
Jun 2026
"AI and the Global
Majority" Lecture for the EUI Florence School of Transnational Governance
Remote
Jun 2026
Fireside Chat — Thunderbird
Executive Master in Global Affairs and Management
Remote
Jun 2026
Talk at the 4IR and
Digitalization Seminar Series — University of South Africa (UNISA)
Remote
Apr 2026
Co-Opting
AI: Geopolitics webinar — UVA Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, NYU Institute
for Public Knowledge, and Sloane Lab
Remote
Apr 2026
"AI
Rising: Emerging Economies, Emerging Opportunities" Panel — Mastercard Global
Inclusive Growth Forum
Washington, D.C.
Apr 2026
Panel discussions at GITEX
Africa
Marrakech, Morocco
Mar 2026
Deploying
AI in Global Health: Partnerships, Power, and Public Value — Harvard Global Health
Institute and the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School
Remote
Mar 2026
Making AI Work for the
People — Georgetown University Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and Democratic
Citizenship
Washington, D.C.
Mar 2026
Towards a Citizens Track on
AI Governance — Connected by Data
Remote
Mar 2026
NRI 2025 Digital
Outperformers Webinar — Portulans Institute
Remote
Mar 2026
Guest Lecture, "AI: Policy,
Law, and Ethics" — Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Mar 2026
Guest Lecture, "Artificial
Intelligence, Ethics, and Society" — Yale University
New Haven, CT
Feb 2026
“International
Co-ordination for Inclusive Technology” Panel — University of Chicago
Remote
Feb 2026
"Anticolonial AI:
Reclaiming Power Against Systems of Algorithmic Extraction" — All Souls College
Oxford, UK
Feb 2026
"Toward
Collective Action: A Roundtable on Safe & Trusted AI" Panel — AI Impact Summit
New Delhi, India
Feb 2026
“Data
Governance at the Intersection of Digital Public Infrastructure and Artificial
Intelligence” Panel — AI Impact Summit
New Delhi, India
Feb 2026
"Advancing
Multilingual AI: Global South Governance" Panel — AI Impact Summit
New Delhi, India
Feb 2026
AI Startups in Africa
briefing presentation to the Harvard Business School Africa Research Center
Remote
Jan 2026
Keynote address the Nsk.ai
Exchange Workshop on AI Governance and Data Privacy
Remote
Jan 2026
"Benchmarking
Beyond Borders: Making AI Testing Truly Global" — Center for Democracy and
Technology
Washington, D.C.
Jan 2026
Lecture at the Data Privacy
& Protection Masterclass — Privacy Hub Africa
Remote
Dec 2025
Expert Consultation for
World Bank World Development Report (WDR) 2026
Virtual
Nov 2025
Keynote at the 8th Annual
MIT
Policy Hackathon — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Virtual
Nov 2025
Expert
Roundtable on Open Internet and Innovation — European University Institute (EUI)
Florence, Italy
Nov 2025
"Code
of the Continent: Designing an African Future with AI" Session — Wharton Africa
Business Forum
Philadelphia, PA
Oct 2025
blackcomputeHER Reimagining
AI Summit
Atlanta, GA
Oct 2025
UNA-NCA Young Professionals
Career Dinner
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2025
"African Youth and Women in
AI" Session at the G20
AI for Africa Conference
Cape Town, South
Africa
Sep 2025
Keynote at the launch of
the African
Hub on AI Safety, Peace, and Security
Cape Town, South
Africa
Aug 2025
"AI Governance, Ethics, and
Data Sovereignty" Panel — Gates Foundation AI for Disease Modeling Convening
Dakar, Senegal
Jul 2025
Keynote for the World Bank
Group "DRIVE for People" AI Training Workshop
Washington, D.C.
Jun 2025
"Bridging the AI Language
Divide: Safeguarding Linguistic Diversity" Session at the UNESCO
Global Forum on the Ethics of AI
Bangkok, Thailand
Jun 2025
"Large Models and Small
Players: Leveraging AI in Small States and Startups" Session at the Internet
Governance Forum
Oslo, Norway
Jun 2025
"AI Explainability in the
Global Majority: Development and Policy Perspectives" Talk at the 4th
Explainable AI for Computer Vision (XAI4CV) Workshop — CVPR 2025
Remote
Jun 2025
"Contextualizing AI
Regulatory Approaches in Africa" Session —
2nd Conference on the State of Artificial Intelligence in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
May 2025
"AI for All Beings:
Translating Ethics Into Action" Session at Web
Summit
Vancouver, Canada
May 2025
"The Human Equation:
Balancing Act in AI Safety with Scale" Panel at Vancity
Innovation House
Vancouver, Canada
May 2025
"AI for Sustainable
Development in Africa" Webinar — Global Center on AI Governance and the African Observatory
on Responsible AI
Remote
May 2025
"Ethical Dimensions of AI
in Storytelling" Session for the Centre
for Journalism Innovation and Development AI & Tech Accountability Reporting
Fellowship
Remote
May 2025
"Global AI Governance -
Balancing Innovation and Accountability" Session at Deep
Tech Summit
Benguerir, Morocco
May 2025
"The Global Impact of AI"
Event for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Washington, D.C.
Apr 2025
"Building the Ecosystems:
Preparing Africa for the Digital Future" Panel at the George Washington University Africa's
Youth and the Technology Revolution Conference
Washington, D.C.
Apr 2025
"AI
for All: African Youth Voices Shaping the Future" Session at the Global AI Summit on
Africa
Kigali, Rwanda
Apr 2025
"Artificial Intelligence
& International Security" Lecture for the BPIA Colin Powell Leadership Institute
Remote
Apr 2025
"AI and Society" seminar
for the Tunisian National Defense Institute
Arlington, VA
Mar 2025
"What
Does AI Mean for Climate Change and Gender Equity?" Panel for Black Professionals in
International Affairs (BPIA)
Remote
Mar 2025
Inclusive AI Governance
Guest Lecture, Global AI Governance (SEST 6735) — Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Mar 2025
"Emerging Technologies and
the Global South" Panel at the Georgetown
Journal of International Law Symposium
Washington, D.C.
Mar 2025
"Risks and Rewards in the
AI Race" Panel at EuroFinance
Treasury & Cash Management Summit West Coast
Santa Clara, CA
Feb 2025
Taipei, Taiwan
Feb 2025
Artificial
Intelligence Strategy in the Security Domain Development Seminar — Africa Center for
Strategic Studies
Remote
Feb 2025
"Global
Governance of AI: Political and Ethical Challenges Across National, Regional, and
International Approaches" Panel — University of Illinois
Remote
Feb 2025
"Africa's AI Strategy:
Opportunities, Challenges, and the Path Forward" Panel at the Harvard
Africa Business Conference
Cambridge, MA
Feb 2025
United Nations Diplomats
Briefing "AI Key Concepts and Recent Trends: Information Session for Member States" for the
UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (ODET)
Remote
Feb 2025
"AI and the Global
Majority" Lecture for the EUI Florence School of Transnational Governance AI
and Governance: Embracing and Harnessing AI for the Public Good Course
Remote
Feb 2025
"Catalyzing AI Innovation
Ecosystems Worldwide" Panel at Trustworthy
Innovation for a Connected World — AI Action Summit Side Event
Paris, France
Jan 2025
Autonomous Innovation
Summit
Remote
Jan 2025
Howard Law Ferguson
Symposium
Washington, D.C.
Jan 2025
"Realizing
Africa's Potential: A Conversation with Book Author, Landry Signé" episode —
Brookings TechTank Podcast
Washington, D.C.
Dec 2024
Remote
Dec 2024
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Nov 2024
Technology
Transfer and Culture in Africa: Large Scale Models in Focus — University of
Johannesburg
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Nov 2024
San José, Costa
Rica
Oct 2024
"AI, Bias, and Ethics for
Tech Diplomacy" Lecture at the Foreign Service Institute
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2024
Wharton Lauder Institute
Africa Regional Seminar — University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Oct 2024
African Studies Center
Symposium on the Ethics of AI in Africa — University of Kansas
Remote
Oct 2024
"AI Governance: Navigating
the Ethics and Regulation of Emerging Technologies in Media & Communication" Panel —
Johns Hopkins University
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2024
MacArthur Foundation
"Technology, Media, and Democracy" Panel
Remote
Sep 2024
Wilson Center Science and
Technology Innovation Program Roundtable on "AI in the Global South"
New York, NY
Sep 2024
"The State of AI Governance
in the African Union" Panel at The Research Conference on Communications, Information and
Internet Policy (TPRC)
Washington, D.C.
Sep 2024
"The
Transformative Power of AI" Panel — TIME100 Impact Dinner: Leaders Shaping the
Future of AI
San Francisco, CA
Sep 2024
"The
Promise and Perils of AI: Issues at Stake in the 2024 Election" — The Brookings
Institution and Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
Sep 2024
"Empowering
African Voices in AI: Data, Models, and Innovation" workshop at Deep Learning Indaba
Dakar, Senegal
Sep 2024
"Examining the Datafication
of African Consumers through Digital Microlending", Data
Power Conference
Remote
Aug 2024
"The
Realities of Women in Artificial Intelligence" segment on Voice of America "Our
Voices" Program
Washington, D.C.
Jul 2024
Brooklyn, NY
Jun 2024
Artificial Intelligence,
Elections, and the Future of Democracy and Leadership: Global Experiences and Directions” —
University of Johannesburg
Virtual
Jun 2024
Building
a Just AI Ecosystem in Africa - Just AI Conference Research ICT Africa
Cape Town, SA
Jun 2024
“Where
does Society Stand on Responsible AI?” Panel — Global Digital Development Forum
New York, NY
Jun 2024
Conclave: Accelerating
Responsible AI in Emerging Markets — FII PRIORITY Summit
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
May 2024
AI Research Group Seminar —
Georgia Tech School of Public Policy
Remote
May 2024
"An African Perspective on
AI Governance" Roundtable — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, D.C.
May 2024
Keynote in the AI, Digital
& Data Solutions for Health Session — UNDP HIV and Health Community of Practice Meeting
Remote
Apr 2024
"Incorporating
Trustworthiness as a Grounding Principle for AI in Africa" Webinar — Mozilla Foundation
Virtual
Apr 2024
"The African Union AI Continental Strategy: Examining the African AI Landscape"
Webinar — Center for Strategic & International Studies
Virtual
Apr 2024
“Anchoring AI in Policy and
Politics of Change” Session — CRPE Think Forward AI Learning Forum
Albuquerque, NM
Mar 2024
Inclusive AI Governance
Guest Lecture, Global AI Governance (SEST 6735) — Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Mar 2024
Roundtable on the
Implications of ChatGPT and Other AI Tools for Education in Africa — CEMRI
Remote
Feb 2024
Institute
for Urban Policy Research & Analysis (IUPRA) Seminar Series on Race, Ethnicity, and
Public Policy — UT Austin
Austin, TX
Feb 2024
Development and Inclusion of the Global South — Forum for Cooperation on AI (FCAI)
Roundtable on AI
Remote
Jan 2024
World Environmental
Education Congress (WEEC '24)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dec 2023
Algiers, Algeria
Nov 2023
AI
Safety Beyond the UK Summit: A Conversation with Secretary Michelle Donelan — The
Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C.
Oct 2023
Georgetown Hoyalytics
Seminar
Washington, D.C.
May 2023
Stanford
Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) Rising Stars Workshop — Stanford
University
Stanford, CA
Oct 2022
Change Seminar — University
of Washington
Remote
Aug 2022
AI4PAN
Artificial Intelligence for Pandemics Seminar Series — University of Queensland
Remote
Jul 2022
Microsoft Research
Technology & Empowerment (TEM) Seminar — Microsoft Research India
Bangalore, India
Jul 2022
AI for Social Good Group
Seminar — Google Research India
Bangalore, India
Jun 2022
Big
Data & AI in the Global South CRAFT Session — ACM Conference on Fairness,
Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT)
Seoul, Korea
Apr 2022
Technology for Underserved
Communities (INFO 6600) — Cornell University
Remote
Nov 2021
Computing for the
Socio-Techno Web (CS CS115) — Wellesley College
Remote
Jun 2021
Science Research Mentoring
Program (SRMP) — American Museum of Natural History
Remote
May 2021
2nd
ELLIS Workshop on Human-Centric Machine Learning — Alan Turing Institute, ELLIS
Society, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Remote
May 2021
Practical
Machine Learning for Developing Countries Workshop Keynote Talk — International
Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)
Remote
Apr 2021
Technology for Underserved
Communities (INFO 6600) — Cornell University
Remote
Apr 2021
Try AI Speaker Series —
Virtual
Remote
Dec 2020
Black in AI Workshop —
NeurIPS
Remote
Jul 2020
Women
in Computer Vision Workshop — Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference
(CVPR)
Remote
Jun 2020
OHUB365 Webinar
Remote
Mar 2020
SWE Local Buffalo —
Society of Women Engineers
Remote
Dec 2019
Black in AI Workshop —
NeurIPS
Remote
Dec 2019
Issues in African
Development Seminar Series — Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Apr 2019
Graduate Cohort Workshop
for Women — Computing Research Association
Chicago, IL
Mar 2019
Graduate Cohort Workshop
for URMD — Computing Research Association
Waikoloa, HI
Oct 2018
Microsoft Research PhD
Summit
Redmond, WA