A talk with Manchester Futurists — 17 June 2021.

Edafe Onerhime discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. From names to the colour red, and why short, afro hair isn’t (always) a political statement.

This project seeks to better understand how feminist movements in sub-Saharan Africa can be empowered through the production, sharing and use of gender data, and how this knowledge can be translated into actionable recommendations for private technology companies in terms of how they share non-commercial datasets.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning tools have become the hammer every messy social challenge is bashed with. This work hopes for a system-wide acceptance of critical work as an essential component of AI ethics, fairness, and justice.