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February 2026: We participated in the East African Interpreter and Translators Conference held in Nairobi, Kenya. Our community lead, Israel Omwayi, presented on behalf of the Swahili Verse Project: https://swahiliverseproject.com/
2026: Olaniyan, A. R., & Ajibola, Y. (2026). For Africa without Africa: Contextualizing West African cybersecurity strategies. In G. Odularu (Ed.), Behavioral cybersecurity and ethical AI in relational economics context: Policy lessons for Africa (ch.24). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Behavioral_Cybersecurity_and_Ethical_AI/eUp20QEACAAJ?hl=en
November 2025: My work has been accepted by the African Studies Association conference in Georgia [November 19-22]. This is one of the chapters in my upcoming dissertation.
Paper: Translators as Gig Workers: A Pilot Study Assessing the Resource Portfolio and Agency of Translators
Breaking work: An applied work of my dissertation: https://swahiliverseproject.com/
November 2025: Introduced the Swahili Verse Project at the Chawakama Conference, Maseno University, Kenya, recruiting volunteers for the ongoing community work.
October 2025: Received a Student Research Grant from the UW–Madison Graduate School to support conference travel.
August 2025: Organized a Swahili Verse Project workshop in Nairobi, bringing together linguists and experts to collaborate on language curation link.
Aug 2025: Exciting Milestone: Advanced to PhD candidacy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Information School, after successfully passing my proposal defense and portfolio review.
July 2025: My third and final field research trip to Kenya for my dissertation project.
May 2025: I received the FLAS fellowship for the Summer and Academic year. This is key as I continue to pursue my Swahili learning.
May 2025: I was the recipient of the Ebrahim Hussein Fellowship, awarded by the Department of African Cultural Studies
April 2025: My poster paper was accepted at the iConference titled “Evaluating the Usage of Social Media Platforms by Nigerian Immigrants.”
December 2024: My note submission titled “Technology Appropriation: Evaluating Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) Tools in Kenya” was accepted for the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
November 2024: I was accepted as a fellow at the Interdisciplinary Network for Technology and Entrepreneurship Research in Africa (INTERA).
September 2024: I published an article in the Nairobi Law Monthly titled “Policy Gaps in Nairobi’s Ride-hailing Sector.”
July 2024: My second research trip to Kenya. I also engaged in an intensive Swahili language course during my stay in Kenya.
April 2024: I co-authored a poster paper, which was accepted and presented at the iConference. The title of the poster is “Learning About Life in the US: A pilot Study on the Information Behavior of Nigerian Diasporans.”
August 2023: My first research trip to Kenya.
May 2023: I interned at Symplicity in Arlington, Virginia, as a Design Researcher.
June 2024: I co-authored a chapter in a book titled “Digital Ecosystem in Africa: Unfolding Regulatory Practices, Gaps, and Trends.”
November 2022: I served as a panelist at the LocWorld conference.
November 2021: I co-authored an article that was published in the IEEE journal Best Practices for Community Engagement in Smart Cities.
August 2021: I received the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) award for Incoming Graduate Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 2021: I was accepted into the Ph.D. program at the Information School (iSchool) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
May 2021: Yay!!! I have officially graduated from Ball State University with an M.A. in Political Science and an M.S.C. in Information Communication Science.
August 2019: I was accepted to begin my M.Sc program in the Center for Information and Communication Sciences at Ball State University
May 2019: I received a conference grant through the Sponsored Projects Aspire Internal Grant program at Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
August 2018: I was accepted to begin my Master’s program in the Department of Political Science at Ball State University