Favour Borokini

• Bachelor of Laws
• PhD Student at University of Nottingham

This open access book contributes to the discourse of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) from an African perspective. It is a unique collection that brings together prominent AI scholars to discuss AI ethics from theoretical and practical African perspectives and makes a case for African values, interests, expectations and principles to under...

In a bid to improve service delivery and efficiency in Nigeria, the use of conversational agents such as chatbots capable of providing round the clock responses is growing. This is gaining more traction in the financial sector, particularly in fintechs where there have been significant improvements in the last year. However, not enough research has...

Africa is quickly becoming the new data frontier in the face of continued increase in the deployment of digitaltechnologies. A proportionate data governance ecosystem is, however, still lacking. The available governanceecosystem is characterised by a lack of relevant institutions or in most cases non-functional institutions for effective datagovern...

This is the final report in Pollicy’s three-part series on African Women in AI. Launched in 2021, this project frames analysis of the state of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa through a gender lens by exploring the impact of AI on women. This third and final paper focuses on the lived experiences of African women working to shape various fiel...

National digital identity management systems have gained traction as a critical tool for inclusion of citizens in the increasingly digitised public services. With the help of the World Bank, countries around the world are committing to building and promoting digital identification systems to improve development outcomes as part of the Identity for...

This paper is the second in a series of three papers that explore the relationship between women in Africa today and Artificial Intelligence. Our Engendering AI report provided a broad overview of the state of AI in Africa and on women in Africa today, including an overview of the foundations and barriers impacting the development and integration o...

The significance of data to today’s economy has stimulated ongoing conversations about the regulation and management of data. This is evidenced in the massive amounts of value constantly derived and extracted from it and the severe impacts of its misuse in today’s economy. Our "Exploring the Future of Data Governance in Africa: Data Stewardship, Co...

As the science and advancement of AI develops, smart technologies are increasingly being deployed which will have profound ethical, psychological, social, economic, and legal consequences for human society and our planet. Our new Engendering AI report serves as the first part of our African Women in Artificial Intelligence project; a three-part ser...

Today, the right to freedom to expression online and data protection are perhaps the most basic forms of digital rights and while these rights are protected under the international human rights instruments, we continue to see both State and non-State actors violate these rights. Therefore, as a response, this report provides analyses of these basic...

This paper seeks to identify the key methods of digital extractivism that take place in the African continent, showcase case studies of how extraction happens, and provide existing or potential policy responses to these practices.

Artificial Intelligence (AI), a term often connected with robotics, cloud computing, data analytics and so on, has been considered by many to be a driving force behind the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), thus begging the question if Africa will be a part of this revolution or be left behind.

There has been a geometric increase in the use of Digital lending platforms (LendTechs) in recent times. These platforms have made loans easily accessible, reduced cumbersome documentation and increased prompt payouts. However, the practices of some of these LendTechs are riddled with disregard for adequate measures in the areas of data protection,...