Chenai Chair

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Digital Tech & Feminism

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I enjoy connecting dots on issues by collaboratively working and guiding people in thinking through the arising questions and thoughts related to digital technology. I am available for:

Speaking engagements and panel discussions

Facilitation

Workshops and training sessions

Digital rights research and consultancy

Strategic advisory for stakeholders interested in addressing social issues with technology

Work advisory for individuals trying to navigate the digital tech development and workspace

My skills

This is what I can do with you

Producing accessible reports and research, particularly in public interest policy

Expertise in gender-specific research through a feminist framework

Supporting technology builders

Designing communication strategies to meet purpose of work

Active participation in speaking engagements, panels, keynotes, and podcasts

Contributing through advisory roles on boards and councils

Creating content through opinion pieces and podcast appearances

Connecting diverse stakeholders and identifying potential in programs and people

Mentoring and providing peer support

Leading initiatives across communications, research, and program management

Promoting equity in regional project management

Championing shifts in organizational practices to ensure equitable support for peers and partners

Building communities around feminism through an intersectional lens

Serving as a strategic sounding board for various stakeholders – Policymakers, activists, technologists, and organizations

My Experience

This is what I have done before

My Data Rights (Africa)

Founded an initiative to address data protection and AI ethics from an African feminist perspective.

Masakhane African Languages Hub

Leader of the Hub, responsible for shaping and executing the Hub’s strategy to position it as a global leader in African language AI.

Mozilla Foundation

Led digital innovation programs across Africa, focusing on equitable technology development. Worked with team to build East African languages repository on Mozilla Common Voice.

Heinrich Böll Stiftung

Commissioned to write a feminist critique of Southern African Development Community data protection.

Policy

Lead consultant focused in Afrofeminist data futures model law.

Feminist Internet Research Network

Consultant

Creative Commons Advisory Council (2025)

Africa Policy Research Institute nonresident fellow (Present)

Policy Board member (2023 - Present)

For sociologist, Chenai Chair, tech isn’t just tech by Sakhile Dube

South Africa’s cybersecurity threat level is rising; here’s why by Sakhile Dube

How do we get the internet to recognise minority languages

Chenai Chair discusses technology and intersectional feminism