NanaWriting
Writing
Essays, op-eds, papers and my newsletter.
The Conversation · 2026
We are in a digital version of the enclosures: like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibility
I use the history of the enclosures and my Grok research to show how big tech took control of shared digital space, and I propose an authority awareness framework to map who holds power over AI.
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Guardian opinion · 2026
Liz Kendall's response to X 'nudification' is good, but not enough to solve the problem
I documented 565 requests to Grok for nonconsensual intimate images. I argue the law should make AI systems prevent this harm in the first place, through input filtering, independent audits and licensing conditions.
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Dataset, Zenodo · 2026
TfGBV-Grok dataset: AI-facilitated non-consensual intimate image generation
The dataset behind my Grok work: requests on X asking Grok to undress or sexualise real women and girls, collected and categorised.
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Book chapter, Zed Books / Bloomsbury · 2025
Digital surveillance in Nigeria
My chapter in Digital Surveillance in Africa: Power, Agency, and Rights. I look at how surveillance technology shapes Nigerians' agency and rights, and who holds power. Open access.
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Essay, Berkman Klein Center · 2025
I built a custom GPT, then read the fine print
I built a custom GPT and then read OpenAI's terms. I explain why they should concern creators and how the relationship could be fairer.
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Essay, Untold Magazine · 2024
When AI tells our stories: navigating ethics in the digital tapestry of crisis
What happens to consent and dignity when AI documents people living through humanitarian crises, and what technologists, storytellers and communities need to agree on.
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Consultation response, Zenodo (co-author) · 2025
AIAL feedback on the revised National Digital and AI Strategy for Ireland
Our lab's response to Ireland's consultation on its revised digital and AI strategy, written with Harshvardhan J. Pandit.
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Substack · 2026
Built for enterprise, sold to nonprofits
AI tools built for big companies are landing in nonprofits and regional offices. I look at what that means for the staff and communities who use them.
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Substack · 2026
Where are the reports
When a project closes, I ask where the reports are. A short piece on evidence, accountability and what gets lost.
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Substack · 2026
After the demo leaves the room
What to do when an AI tool a partner brought in gives a community member the wrong advice.
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Paper, NordiCHI '26 Adjunct Proceedings (co-author) · 2026
The Secret Keeper: Parenting, Smart Toys, and Surveillance Capitalism: Reframing Children's Rights in IoT Design and Education
We look at why parents buy smart toys that quietly collect their children's data, and use a fictional teddy bear called the Secret Keeper to start conversations about privacy, ethics education and children's right to shape the technology made for them.
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Paper, Deep Learning Indaba 2023 (lead author) · 2023
The Glamorisation of Unpaid Labour: AI and its Influencers
We show how AI gig platforms and influencer marketing rely on unpaid labour and data from the Global South, and set out what fairer practice would need.
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Paper, SSRN · 2022
Community-based humanitarian response to COVID-19 in Nigeria
How local, religious and displaced communities in Nigeria organised their own response to COVID-19.
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Paper, SSRN · 2021
Mapping of civil society organisations in Nigeria
A map of civil society organisations working across Nigeria.
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Paper, SSRN (co-author) · 2021
A meta-proposal for Twitter's Bluesky project
Written with colleagues for Twitter's Bluesky project on decentralised social media.
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Medium · 2024
Puberty Talk: Why Honesty Trumps Fear in Parenting
Why I talk to my kids about puberty honestly, with plain biology first, so they keep bringing me their questions.
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Essays
Medium essays
Personal essays on grief, faith, parenting and starting again.
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Newsletter
Substack
My newsletter on consent, authorisation and transparency when nonprofits adopt AI.
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