Dr. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang is an economist and AI scientist exploring how artificial intelligence can expand human decision-making. He is helping shape the next generation of development economics. He is the founder of Machine Learning X Doing and Development Economics X.
Featured in The Economist
TEDx Speaker — TEDxMississauga
NSF-supported researcher
Black African Economist of Influence, University of Toronto
Author, Encountering Poverty, Thinking and Acting in an Unequal World
Review Board — ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies (Representing Development Economics X)
A former postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley and Cornell Tech, Kweku is an affiliate of the International Growth Centre (LSE/Oxford). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Thought Leadership
Bookings and Engagements
Dr. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang is available for select corporate keynotes, global summits, and high-level advisory sessions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human decision-making, and macroeconomics.
For speaking invitations, development economics partnerships and event bookings:
kweku[at]developmenteconomicsx[dot]com
For enterprise AI partnerships and technical consulting:
kweku[at]machinelearningxdoing[dot]com
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