Oyindasola Oni

Nigerian AI ethicist revolutionizing tech inclusion across Africa.

At 29, Oyindasola Oni founded Dáttos, Africa's first AI ethics consultancy focused on cultural contexts. Her 2021 TEDxLagos talk exposed how facial recognition systems fail darker skin tones, sparking global audits in AI firms.

A University of Ibadan graduate, Oni developed Yoruba-language NLP tools to preserve indigenous knowledge. Her Bias Auditing Framework is now used by Kenya's Health Ministry to prevent algorithmic discrimination in HIV diagnostics.

Named to Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 (2023), Oni campaigns for UN Women's African STEM quotas. 'Tech isn't neutral,' she insists. 'It must honor our dialects, our skin, our stories.'