Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo is the celebrated scientist putting Anambra and Nigeria on the global map of Artificial Intelligence.
She was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Igbo parents from Anambra State.
She has been included in the list of 100 most influential people in Artificial Intelligence in the world for her groundbreaking work on responsible Super Intelligence (SI).
Dr Okolo is the Founder and Scientific Director of Technecultura and a consultant to the United Nations, World Bank Group, and Brookings Institution, where she advised the African Union’s Continental AI Strategy and Nigeria’s National AI Strategy.
She is a Pomona College and Cornell University Ph.D. graduate, former intern at Microsoft and Apple, and Forbes 30 Under 30 (AI, 2025), Dr. Okolo’s research focuses on making AI work for the Global South.
Her thesis, _“AI Explainability in the Global South: Towards an Inclusive Praxis for Emerging Technology Users” (Cornell, 2023)_, is pioneering ethnographic research on how AI is perceived and used in healthcare across Africa.
Dr Okolo was raised alongside her twin brother, she credits her awareness of structural racism and global inequity as the driving force behind her mission: to ensure Super Intelligence serves all communities, not just a few.
Anambra to the world!
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