Uyi joins the Center as Vice President, Inclusive Innovation & Analytics, and will oversee, create and execute a portfolio of initiatives and partnerships to ensure new technologies, including AI and data innovation, enable inclusive growth and build on the Center’s cutting-edge Impact Data Science portfolio.

Uyi brings over 25 years of experience in inclusive innovation, AI, and digital transformation projects in commercial and non-profit sectors in the USA, India, Europe, LAC and Africa. He was IBM’s first Chief Scientist & co-founder of the first commercial AI Lab in Africa, focused on using AI for social & business impact. He has deployed over 500 digital, data and AI solutions engaged by 1M+ users globally.

Most recently, Uyi served as Chief Data and Technology Officer of data.org, where the Center is a founding funder and partner. At data.org, Uyi led the programmatic strategy to successfully deliver multi-year global programs in digital public goods and capacity building, including developing the ecosystem for interdisciplinary data science and AI curriculum that has now trained ~100,000 learners.

As a passionate global champion for inclusive innovation, Uyi was recently featured in Devex as an AI Thought Leader advocating for AI’s linguistic diversity toward digital empowerment and inclusive growth.

Uyi holds a PhD in Generative Linguistics Theory from McGill University, Montreal, Canada and an MPhil in Linguistics from Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.

Uyi Stewart