Igbo Nigerian American Dr Chinasa T. Okolo is Making Igbo and Nigeria proud in recent times …. Dr Okolo was Recognized as one of the world’s most influential people in AI by
@TIME! Here is a little low down of how she started …. Dr Chinasa is a fellow in the Center for Technology Innovation in the Governance Studies program at Brookings and a recent computer science Ph.D. graduate from Cornell University.
Her research focuses on AI governance in emerging markets, AI literacy upskilling, human-centered approaches to AI explainability, the future of data work, and leveraging AI to advance global health. Recall Dr Chinasa is from Anambra State …. She then decided to venture into research incorporated ethnographic methods to understand how frontline healthcare workers in rural India perceive and value AI.
Her work also examined how explainability can be best leveraged in AI-enabled technologies deployed throughout the Global South, with a focus on healthcare. Outside of her dissertation focus, Dr. Okolo also conducted research examining the effective adoption and successful implementation of AI in Africa, COVID-19 misinformation spread on social networks within African communities, and the impact of generative AI within Africa.
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