Chinasa T. Okolo is an internationally recognized researcher, strategist, and policy advisor on AI governance in the Global South. She holds a PhD and a master’s degree in computer science from Cornell University, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Pomona College. She is the founder and scientific director of Technecultura and consults for the United Nations and World Bank. Her research examines how African governments can effectuate robust AI and data governance, investigates the geopolitical impacts of AI in the Majority World, and analyzes datafication and algorithmic marginalization in Africa. Okolo has been recognized by TIME as one of the world’s most influential people in AI and honored on the inaugural Forbes 30 Under 30 AI list. She has previously served as a consulting expert with the African Union AI Continental Strategy for Africa, an expert contributing writer to the International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety, and a drafting member of the Nigerian Federal Government National AI Strategy. She is a former fellow at the Brookings Institution and has worked in research-based roles at Apple and Microsoft. Okolo has been featured in TechCrunch and provided commentary to leading platforms such as the MIT Technology Review, New York Times, VICE, NPR, CNN, Scientific American, Fast Company, Voice of America, SEMAFOR, Rest of World, and Devex. Her research has also been widely covered in media outlets and published at top-tier venues in human-computer interaction and sociotechnical computing.