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  • A Proposal for Evaluating AI-enabled Health Aid Tools in African Contexts 

    Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash On the 3rd of May 2026 I submitted a proposal for the Center for Artificial Intelligence Security and Access (CASA) African AI Safety Prize competition. This submission centered on developing a set of test questions that could be used to test any AI-enabled tools used in local African health…

  • Functional Emotions in a Frontier LLM-  Recommendations for Leaders

    by Olive Arinze, April 23rd 2026 In a new study by Claude researchers, they posit that their AI model Sonnet 4.5, and likely other similar frontier models have concepts of emotions that affect the output they produce in conversations with humans. To study this, the researchers listed 171 different words that describe human emotions like…

  • United Nations Informal Stakeholder Consultation for the Global Dialogue on AI Governance: Building AI Governance for All

    On March 18, 2026, I participated in the United Nations Informal Stakeholder Consultation on the Global Dialogue for Artificial Intelligence Governance. The meeting supported the work of the newly appointed UN Scientific Panel on AI and served as a prelude to the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, scheduled for July 6–7, 2026, in Geneva, Switzerland.…

  • 3 Business Lessons I’ve Learnt from my Beauty Service providers

    Here’s some background, before I expound on the lessons from my beauty journey. I like this picture above because it shows in really good lighting, my skin, and my hair. These are 2 things that have shaped my identity, and honestly, my future. I’m a Nigerian woman, and from when I was a child- had…

  • Young, Famous and African- and the African Queen’s Vulnerability

    Anyone with a Netflix subscription, or perhaps even a social media presence would have, over the past 3 weeks or so would’ve likely heard about, or watched the new Netflix show Young, Famous and African. Featuring in my opinion, the most eclectic mix of characters since Big Brother, the show stages a glimpse into the…

  • My Beauty Besties

    Hello reader! Long time no post! My apologies, life, and my laptop have been stressing me out but we’re back! Today’s topic is one of my favorite things ever to talk about- beauty! Beauty for me includes skincare, hair and makeup- and I’m titling this post #beautybesties , because these are the products I’ve used…

  • Highway ? at way past bedtime

    A sneaky link  Hospital page  Miss it and you’ll blink  Where they’re all off to sans the road rage On the way to say goodbye to a loved one that’s soon to be dearly departed Driving home after a night when they partied Maybe someone’s running away Or maybe a a come-over-I’m on my way…

  • 4 life lessons I’ve learnt from being in Sales

    I’ve been working in sales for about 8 months now. In that time, I’ve failed woefully, thought to give up and go work for my parents, closed huge deals, and most importantly learnt a lot, and continue to do so daily. Here are 4 takeaways I’ve had on the journey so far, that I hope…

  • Here’s to starting!

    Here’s to starting! I’ve dreamed, and planned and back tracked and started and stopped on writing this blog. On taking a chance on myself. On failing at it. On writing it, and sharing my talent and thoughts with the world. At long last, I’m starting, it’s here. In it’s most unedited, raw, and organic form,…