Michael Zimba

Malawi University of Science and Technology, Malawi

Michael Zimba is the Executive Dean of Malawi Institute of Technology (MIT), founding Lead of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and STEAM (CAIST) and Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST).  Michael co-authored the African Union Technical Report on Artificial Intelligence titled “AI for Africa: Artificial Intelligence for Africa’s socio-economic development”, the African Union’s maiden Whitepaper on Artificial Intelligence titled “Regulation and Responsible Adoption of AI for Africa Towards Achievement of AU Agenda 2063” and the AUDA-NEPAD Artificial Intelligence Continental Roadmap for Africa. He reviews for several key AI Research Institutions & conferences including Deep Learning Indaba and AAAI’s AI Ethics & Society. He often leads Malawi’s dialogue on AI and Data.