Evidence on what AI really does for development
I evaluate how AI affects the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, and I support the skills and governance needed to use it responsibly.
What I do
- Evaluation of AI impacts on health, poverty, energy and climate
- AI skills programmes and personalised learning
- Supervision of machine-learning research in health and agriculture
- Governance questions: who measures AI's impact, and how?
Evidence from my work
- Principal Investigator, Future of Life Institute grant of US$15,000 on AI and the SDGs (2024)
- Researcher, Africa AI Upskilling programme with FATE Foundation and Google (US$57,333, 2026)
- Lead author, PLOS ONE 2025 protocol on AI and maternal mortality
- McGraw Hill personalised-learning workshop (2025); IBM cloud training (2020)
Supervision and examination
Supervised predictive-analytics PhDs; examined machine-learning theses on weather, HIV and diabetes.
Partners and funders
Future of Life Institute; FATE Foundation; Google.
Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 9
- SDG 10
- SDG 17
Collaboration ideas
- A results paper from the maternal-health study
- Evidence reviews of AI for development in East Africa
- AI skills curricula for universities
Related areas
Let us build something together
Whether you are a funder, a university looking for a partner, or a doctoral applicant, I would like to hear from you.
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