Nanjira Sambuli

Nanajira Sambuli is a fellow at the Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Nanjira Sambuli is a researcher, policy analyst and strategist interested in and working on understanding the unfolding, gendered impacts of ICT adoption on governance, media, entrepreneurship and culture. Nanjira is a Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a Ford Global Fellow.

She is also President and co-Chair of the Transform Health Coalition, a board member at The New Humanitarian, Development Gateway, Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), and a Commissioner on the Lancet & Financial Times Global Commission (Governing Health Futures 2030).

Nanjira Sambuli also sits on several advisory boards, including the World Economic Forum’s Technology and Social Justice Initiatives, <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms, and the Carnegie Council’s AI and Equality Initiative. Additionally, she is a Diplomacy Moderator at the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA).

Speaking events

Listen to Nanjira Sambuli speak at the conference

18 Nov3:06 pm - 3:18 pm

Session 3: Artificial Intelligence - A Human Creation with Human Impact

Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
Ikenna Azuike
Nanjira Sambuli
This section dives deeper into the humanistic aspect of the technological development, and in this discussion we highlight artificial intelligence (AI) - the new and most important technologies of today. Technology is not just about coding, machine learning, hardware, raw materials, policy papers and regulation. It is about people. Humans. Those that have created, designed, developed and innovated the codes and algorithms, but also those whose lives are affected by the very same technologies.

We dive into specific concerns such as biases, inadequate representation and digital inequality. But also how AI can contribute to a more democratic digital future. Through the artistic space, AI-artist Cecilie Falkenstrøm shows the utopia and dystopia of our digital future and extend the human imagination showing human fears and hopes for the future of tech and democracy.
18 Nov3:06 pm - 3:18 pm

Session 3: Artificial Intelligence - A Human Creation with Human Impact

This section dives deeper into the humanistic aspect of the technological development, and in this discussion we highlight artificial intelligence (AI) - the new and most important technologies of today. Technology is not just about coding, machine learning, hardware, raw materials, policy papers and regulation. It is about people. Humans. Those that have created, designed, developed and innovated the codes and algorithms, but also those whose lives are affected by the very same technologies.

We dive into specific concerns such as biases, inadequate representation and digital inequality. But also how AI can contribute to a more democratic digital future. Through the artistic space, AI-artist Cecilie Falkenstrøm shows the utopia and dystopia of our digital future and extend the human imagination showing human fears and hopes for the future of tech and democracy.
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Speakers
  • Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm is an award-winning artist working with artificial intelligence.
    Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm
  • Journalist Ikenna Azuike is a lawyer, journalist and the host of the Tech for Democracy conference 2021.
    Ikenna Azuike
  • Nanajira Sambuli is a fellow at the Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    Nanjira Sambuli