Instructor

Israel Olatunji Tijani a data scientist at ChatVE, an organisation building and deploying custom AI-powered solutions. With five years of hands-on data science experience, he designs the organization’s AI pipeline architecture and embeds human rights-centered, ethics-by-design principles to ensure responsible AI development. In September 2025, he presented his research abstract, “The Human Touch: Navigating the Challenges of AI Automation and Accuracy in Journalism,” at the 4S Conference in Seattle, U.S.
Tijani’s contributions to AI innovation earned him a nomination in the “AI for Social Good” category at the Ghana AI Summit and Awards, hosted by The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra.
An award-winning professional, Tijani is a recipient of numerous continental and global fellowships. He is an alumnus of the Enterprise Development Centre at Pan Atlantic University, Lagos Business School, and the West Africa School on Internet Governance (WASIG).