Mutale Nkonde
Mutale Nkonde | |
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| File:Mutale Nkonde (cropped).jpg Nkonde in 2021 | |
| Born | Zambia |
| Education | Leeds Metropolitan University Columbia University |
| Occupations | Journalist, AI policy researcher |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | New York Emmy Award (2021) |
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Mutale Nkonde is a Zambian journalist and artificial intelligence policy researcher. She founded the nonprofit, AI for the People, aimed at reducing algorithmic bias.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Nkonde was born in Zambia and raised in the United Kingdom (UK).[1] She later lived in Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and Japan.[1] Nkonde studied in the neurology department at Leeds Metropolitan University for three years before completing a B.Sc. with honors in sociology.[2][3] She earned a M.A. in American studies from the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.[4] Nkonde is pursuing a Ph.D. in digital humanities as a Harding distinguished postgraduate scholar at University of Cambridge.[5]
Career
[edit | edit source]Working as a journalist, Nkonde moved to New York City in 2005.[1] She started working in politics during the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign.[1] Nkonde worked as the director of labor of Bill Lynch Associates.[1] She later founded the management consultancy firm, Nkonde & Associates.[1]
Following the publication of Weapons of Math Destruction in 2016, Nkonde began researching algorithmic bias.[6] She co-authored the 2019 article, Advancing Racial Literacy in Tech with Jessie Daniels and Darakhshan Mir. Nkonde founded AI for the People, a nonprofit advocating for the reduction of algorithmic bias.[6] It supported the drafting of the "Algorithmic Accountability Act" introduced by Yvette Clarke to the United States House of Representatives in 2019.[6][7] In 2019, Nkonde became a fellow at both the Harvard Law School Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society and the civil society lab at Stanford University.[8][9] In 2021, she won a New York Emmy Award for her storytelling efforts on a news segment covering facial recognition.[8] In 2024, Nkonde supported the development of the AI policy platform of the Congressional Black Caucus.[5]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Nkonde and her husband separated in 2010.[1] As of 2014, Nkonde resided in Brooklyn with her two sons.[1]
References
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- Living people
- Zambian women journalists
- 21st-century Zambian women writers
- 21st-century Zambian writers
- 21st-century women journalists
- Journalists from Brooklyn
- Zambian emigrants to the United States
- Zambian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Artificial intelligence researchers
- Women nonprofit executives
- Women company founders
- 21st-century Zambian businesswomen
- 21st-century Zambian businesspeople
- Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
- Stanford University DCSL practitioner fellows