A founding team of researchers, technologists, and policy experts united by a single conviction: Africa's role in the global AI transition must be seen, measured, and understood.
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Jeffrey Curtis Dyson
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Jeffrey brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of technology strategy, international development, and AI policy. As Executive Director, he shapes AISA's institutional vision — building the intelligence infrastructure needed to make Africa's participation in the global AI transition legible, measurable, and impossible to ignore.
A strategist by training and a builder by disposition, Jeffrey has worked across West Africa, East Africa, and the United States, translating complex data narratives into actionable policy and research frameworks.
AI PolicyTechnology StrategyInt'l DevelopmentInstitutional Design
Clifford is AISA's technical architect — the engineer behind the platform's data ingestion pipelines, visualization systems, and machine intelligence layer. A software engineer and data scientist with roots in Lagos, he brings deep expertise in building scalable intelligence systems on constrained infrastructure.
His work spans applied ML, real-time analytics, and open-source tooling for African developer communities. Clifford believes that building for Africa first means building systems that are lean, resilient, and radiantly useful.
ML EngineeringData InfrastructureOpen SourceReal-Time Analytics
Selali leads AISA's research agenda — designing the methodological frameworks that underpin the Africa AI Adoption Index and all published intelligence. With a background spanning computational social science and African studies, she brings rigorous academic standards to a domain often dominated by anecdote.
Her research has focused on the digital infrastructure gap, mobile-first AI adoption patterns, and the political economy of data sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is committed to knowledge built with and for African communities.
Research DesignData SovereigntyAfrican StudiesComp. Social Science
Festus brings deep expertise in African technology policy, digital governance, and strategic institutional partnerships. As Head of Policy, he translates AISA's intelligence into frameworks that matter — advising governments, international bodies, and frontier labs on Africa's AI readiness and regulatory landscape.
With experience spanning Accra, Brussels, and Nairobi, Festus is AISA's bridge to the corridors of power where decisions about AI's global governance are made — and he ensures African voices are in the room when they are.
AI GovernancePolicy FrameworksDigital RightsStrategic Partnerships