Chinasa T. Okolo spoke to Semafor about the first-ever global AI summit on Africa, held in Rwanda last week with cabinet officials from 20 African countries.
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Education
- Cornell University, Computer Science, Ph.D.
- Cornell University, Computer Science, M.S.
- Pomona College, Computer Science, BA
Media Coverage
Chinasa T. Okolo was honored in the inaugural Forbes “30 Under 30” AI list for her research on AI governance in the Global South.
Chinasa T. Okolo presented the talk ,“Green Futures: AI, ecology, and policies for people and the planet,” at RightsCon 2025.
Chinasa T. Okolo co-authored an article on the risks of state-led AI governance in a federal policy vacuum with Katherine Grillaert and Matt Kennedy.
On “Straight Talk Africa,” Chinasa T. Okolo discussed how artificial intelligence can be a tool to enhance government accountability with Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the...
Large companies like Google, Apple, OpenAI, for example, have not necessarily trained their models for tools that serve these markets. They don’t provide enough market value for them to..."
Chinasa T. Okolo appeared on BBC World’s “Focus on Africa” podcast. She spoke about her journey as a computer scientist, issues around gender equity in computing, risks from AI, and ways...
Chinasa T. Okolo was named one of TIME’s top 100 most influential people in AI of 2024 for her efforts in ensuring those living in the Global South are not victims of biased systems and...
“Large companies like Google, Apple, OpenAI, for example, have not necessarily trained their models for tools that serve these markets”
We don’t necessarily know its full capacity, and so it’s kind of hard to predict…by the time regulators or policymakers have drafted up some sort of legal framework, it could already be..."