Chair, C (2021). Shaping the Future of Multilateralism – Does data protection safeguard against gender-based risks in Southern Africa? This study is part of the series’ “Shaping the Future of Multilateralism -Inclusive Pathways to a Just and Crisis-Resilient Global Order” By the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung’s European Union and Washington, DC offices.

World Wide Web Foundation. (2021) Women’s Rights Online: closing the digital gender gap for a more equal world. (Project lead)

Chair, C. Articles for Gender IT a digital rights feminist publication

Surveillance in the Global South Researchers’ Workshop surveillance and gender session leader. The network aims to expand the scope of surveillance studies to include non-Western discourses and practices and hopes to be a place for exchange, collaboration, and activism against the undemocratic use of surveillance technologies. https://surveillance-global-south.net/conferences/

Chair, C., & De Lannoy, A. (2018). Youth, Deprivation and the Internet in Africa(Policy Paper No. 4; Series 5: After Access – Assessing Digital Inequality in Africa). Research ICT Africa. The study investigated – from young people’s own perspective – whether the Internet could be used to address the various issues they face, thus allowing policy makers to formulate a range of suggestions for policy intervention.

Engine Room (2019). Understanding lived experiences of Digital ID research. Country consultant focusing on Zimbabwe. The research documented many of the lived effects of digital ID systems among mostly marginalised communities in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Thailand

My Data Rights (Africa) (2020) – Through the eyes of a feminist, the intersections of Artificial intelligence, privacy and data protection are explored in the context of South Africa. The context of gendered marginalisation of women, gender diverse people and sexual minorities forms the basis of understanding the data concerns.

Histories of AI: Imaginaries and Materialities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQIkIpxDMEg&ab_channel=DigiLabour

Collaboration with Pollicy on Afrofeminist Data Futures (2021) “This project seeks to better understand how feminist movements in sub-Saharan Africa can be empowered through the production, sharing and use of gender data, and how this knowledge can be translated into actionable recommendations for private technology companies in terms of how they share non-commercial datasets.”

Afrofeminist Data Futures Community Webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-__Mwi-mTA

Superr Feminist Internet Principals contributor on Accessibility, equitable participation and representation

“Global Narratives of Artificial Intelligence: Sub-Saharan Africa – Current Perceptions and Modalities of AI in Africa Today” workshop hosted by the Human Sciences Research Council http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/events/global-narratives-of-artificial-intelligence

Bot Populi podcast series on feminist digital futures https://botpopuli.net/feminist-digital-futures-with-chenai-chair-episode-1

‘The Role Africa can Play in AI Ethics’ discussion moderated by Victor Famubode and organised by Foutse Yuehgoh, Belona Sonna and Rod Rivers of the Deep Decisions project

Fair Talk | Feminist imaginings for fair platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW_2N-2Yz98

Feminist Digital Praxis: A Feminist Lense for Datafied Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhQuvvJWkX8&ab_channel=HUMA

UK IGF 2021 – Session Moderator on “How to tackle Online Gender Based Violence” with Seyi Akiwowo and Hera Hussain.

Boards member:

• Pollicy – Pollicy is a feminist collective of technologists, data scientists, creatives and academics working at the intersection of data, design and technology to craft better life experiences by harnessing improved dat
• Digital Society Africa (2023 – 2024)- Digital Society of Africa (DSA) works to strengthen the resilience and ability of frontline activists; human rights defenders and other at-risk groups in the region to independently recognize and respond to digital threats and attacks.

Steering Committee member:

• CIGI Combatting online Gender Based Violence research project,
• Digital Freedom Fund Decolonising Digital Rights project.

Fellowships:

• Africa Policy Research Insitute nonresident fellow