Olubayo Adekanmbi is a globally recognised artificial intelligence expert and innovation strategist, widely acknowledged as a leading voice in Africa\u2019s AI-for-development landscape. With over 24 years of executive and technical experience, he leads transformative work as Founder of Data Science Nigeria and Co-Founder of EqualyzAI, where he champions inclusive, agentic AI tailored for emerging markets. <\/p>\n
He holds a PhD from the University of London, with further executive training at Columbia, INSEAD and ETH Zurich. His AI innovations have earned international accolades from UNESCO and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Adekanmbi previously led data, analytics and innovation as a C-level executive at MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa UK – Africa\u2019s two largest telecommunications companies – serving more than 300 million users across over 30 countries. <\/p>\n
A key contributor to Nigeria\u2019s National AI Policy, he actively engages with global tech leaders such as Google, Meta, Microsoft and GSMA. He is also a published scholar and highly ranked data scientist dedicated to advancing Africa\u2019s AI talent, innovation and policy ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4018,"parent":0,"template":"","tags":[],"person-role":[27],"class_list":["post-3976","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/3976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/person"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3976"},{"taxonomy":"person-role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person-role?post=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}