Ademulegun Blessing James

Ademulegun Blessing James is the Vice President and Chief AI Ethicist at the Africa Tech for Development Initiative, where he champions the ethical adoption of artificial intelligence across Africa. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Grinwad Integrated Tech Hub, a technology innovation hub focused on developing premium technology solutions for emerging markets.

His research centers on algorithmic bias detection and AI governance frameworks designed for Global South contexts with limited data infrastructure. He has worked as a Research Group Member and Team Leader at the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) and as a Fellow of the Pan-African Center for AI Ethics (PACFAIE).

James is a Fellow at ForHumanity, Partner at AI and Partners, Contributor at All Tech Is Human, and an active Member of the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Institute. He also volunteers with OpenEthics and Data Science Nigeria (DSN).

He is a member of the Internet Society of Nigeria (ISOCN) and serves as the Nigerian representative of the IEEE Future-Ready Workforce Africa Initiative, contributing to the PC4DT Coalition with a focus on human-centered design, ethics, diversity, equity, inclusion, and AI for social good. He also sits on the Executive Board of TechKids AI, Loughborough, UK.

James is a strategic member of the Open Ethics AI Literacy Framework development team. As co-developer of VisionX Scan, he contributed to a tool designed to identify systemic biases in AI systems, with the supplied bio stating that it reduced biases by over 30%. He is also a co-author of The Truth Behind The Code, exploring AI ethics and diversity in technological systems.

His policy expertise spans the EU AI Act, UNESCO Recommendation on AI Ethics, OECD Principles, Council of Europe AI Treaty, Hiroshima AI Process, African Union Continental AI Strategy, NAIS, NIST and other emerging regulatory approaches.