Technology · AI · product · platforms
Senior technology, AI and product leader with more than 14 years of experience spanning software delivery, platform architecture, applied research and organisational transformation.
Profile
My work spans global nonprofits, African innovation ecosystems, civic technology, development programmes and startups. I combine executive strategy, direct software-development experience, stakeholder leadership and team building to move from ambiguity to practical delivery. Current interests include responsible AI adoption, human-in-the-loop evaluation, frameworks for assessing AI value and mission contribution, and the socio-technical conditions that influence implementation.
14+
years in technology, product and innovation
50+
startups supported or scouted
DBA
ongoing doctoral research on AI implementation in UK mission-driven organisations
Research and engineering practice
Applied research
Ongoing doctoral research on socio-technical AI implementation · Internal AI adoption and ethics study involving 107 colleagues · Framework development for assessing AI return, organisational value and mission contribution · Cross-country African ecosystem research · IFC Africa Internet Economy analysis · Education-technology experimentation
Engineering and delivery
Direct development of AI-enabled evaluation and applicant-support tools · Web and mobile products · Platform architecture · APIs and data integrations · Testing, deployment and maintenance · Technical leadership for partner-supported delivery
Professional experience
Ashoka, Changemakers: Technology and Platforms Leadership
- Lead technology and platform strategy across a global product portfolio, including roadmap, reliability, usability, adoption, support, training, analytics and continuous improvement.
- Translate programme and operational priorities into technical plans across distributed teams and external technology partners.
- Lead responsible AI adoption and develop research-informed approaches to trust, capability, governance, workflow change and organisational value.
- Designed and built an AI-enabled evaluation platform and a WhatsApp application bot, and led partner-supported delivery of an AI application assistant.
Premium E-commerce Support Services Ltd: Chief Technology Advisor
- Advise executive leadership on technology strategy, product architecture, standards, development practice, risk and long-term innovation planning.
- Provide oversight and mentoring across applications, testing, deployment, maintenance and cross-functional product delivery.
- Led development and publication of Frndix in selected countries and advise product direction for other learning and commerce products.
AfriLabs: Director of Technology / Director of Programmes / Programmes Manager
- Built the programmes and technology function from 2 to more than 10 people, strengthening delivery capacity for multi-country initiatives and digital platforms.
- Led technology vision and partner-supported delivery involving AFD, the European Union, GIZ, UNDP and Microsoft 4Afrika.
- Led technology-hub and social-innovation research in Nigeria, Togo, Ghana and Zambia as part of wider pan-African work.
- Led pan-African freelance and virtual-learning platforms and contributed to capacity-building and matching-fund programme design.
Arteri Africa: Co-founder and CEO/CTO
- Led technology strategy, product quality, infrastructure oversight, data-protection processes and early organisational setup for a health-fintech venture.
EdTech Hub: Regional Innovation Manager, Africa
- Developed a horizon-scanning framework and supported safe, rapid education-technology experimentation, including interactive radio programming for early-year pupils in Northern Uganda.
International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group: Research Consultant
- Contributed research, entrepreneurship-support survey analysis and ecosystem mapping during the early COVID-19 response period.
LoftyInc Allied Partners: Digital Transformation Consultant / Associate Partner / Operations Director
- Led digital-transformation and operations work, including a multi-location intranet, donor-backed workstreams, recruitment, onboarding and project handovers.
Isedowo Global Technologies / Lyfe TSL / GENY Foundation: Founder, Director and Lead Product Consultant
- Led distributed teams delivering platforms, product testing, research and entrepreneurship programmes for startups, universities and public-interest initiatives.
- Directed pipeline and early-stage innovation initiatives that supported or scouted more than 50 ventures.
Education and research
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), ongoing
Researching socio-technical factors influencing AI implementation in UK mission-driven organisations.
Master of Business Administration
BSc Economics
Capabilities
Leadership
Technology strategy · Product and platform leadership · Digital, Data and Technology · Service delivery · Organisational capability · Stakeholder and partner leadership
Responsible AI
Adoption strategy · Human-in-the-loop evaluation · AI value and mission-contribution frameworks · Governance · Trust and ethics · Organisational readiness
Delivery
Platform roadmaps · Business systems · Service design · Agile delivery · Analytics · User support and training · Change and release coordination
Engineering
Web and mobile software delivery · Data platforms · APIs and integrations · Cloud deployment · Testing and release management · Business systems and content-management platforms
Recognition
Obama Foundation Leaders Africa Fellow · Frances Hesselbein Leadership Fellow · Queen’s Young Leaders Programme runner-up and advisory panel member · Winner, Obafemi Awolowo University 50th Anniversary Essay Contest.