Instructor

Mwende (Olive) Mukwanyaga is a Nairobi-based Gender & AI Systems Consultant and Media Development & AI Safety Specialist working at the intersection of journalism, gender equity, and AI governance. She specializes in auditing AI systems for bias, designing safety and accountability frameworks, and supporting newsrooms to adopt AI responsibly in high-risk contexts such as elections, conflict reporting and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). Mwende is Co-Founder of AI Salon and co-creator of the AI Newsroom Adoption MethodKit with DW Akademie. Her work bridges technical experimentation, institutional strategy, and training to advance ethical, gender-sensitive AI across African media ecosystems.