'Kayode Akanni

I am the Executive Director of Knowledge House (KnowledgeHouseAfrica-KHA), a non-profit organization that empowers women and youth while working on digital rights, digital inclusion, and AI.I also serve at DesignIT International (now known as Knowledge Discovery Empowerment Foundation), an innovation hub that spins out social enterprises applying ICT empowerment and support systems, Digital rights advocacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and STEAM education to improve the livelihoods of unconnected, underserved youth, women, and the unborn.

I specialize in the application of Digital Development, Policy, and creating solutions from a sustainability perspective in developing countries. As a social Technopreneur, through Knowledge House (KHA), I have had a career in humanity-centered creative solution designs, Digital development, and a human rights perspective approach to innovations for individuals, institutions, nation-states, regional entities, and the International community. I serve as a Digital rights/freedom influencer in building, managing, and decommissioning our AI-enabled future.

KnowledgeHouseAfrica (KHA) was established in 2003 as a social enterprise that empowers women and youth to overcome poverty by imparting them with knowledge and skills using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as a key tool.

DesignIT Project is a social intervention that started in 2000 and evolved into DesignIT International in 2012. I was the Co-founder of KnowledgeHouseAfrica (KHA) from 2003 till KnowledgeHouseAfrica (KHA) was transferred to DesignIT International in July 2020. In 2024, DesignIT International was later restructured to birth Knowledge Discovery Empowerment Foundation and Knowledge House Worldwide Institute (KnowledgeHouseAfrica-KHA)

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