Dr. Kweku Opoku-Agyemang is an economist and AI scientist, founder of Machine Learning X Doing, and Development Economics X.
TEDx Speaker, TEDxMississauga
Founder, Machine Learning X Doing
Founder, Development Economics X
Black African Economist of Influence, University of Toronto
Featured in The Economist
Author, Encountering Poverty, Thinking and Acting in an Unequal World
Presented to policy making officials from across all continents, big tech companies and many more.
An International Growth Centre (LSE/Oxford) affiliate, Kweku’s development and AI research has received NSF support and been featured in The Economist. A former UC Berkeley and Cornell Tech postdoc, he serves on the Editorial Board for the ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Contact
kweku[at]developmenteconomicsx[dot]com
kweku[at]machinelearningxdoing[dot]com
Thought Leadership
Behavioral Scientist, The Decision Lab, The Africa I Know
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