Publications

Book Chapters 

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. 

2024:    Njathi, A., Muutung’u, G., & Ajibola, Y. (2024). Digital Ecosystem in Africa: Unfolding Regulatory Practices, Gaps and Trends. Routledge & CRC Press. 

Peer-Reviewed Article 

2026: Gao, Z., Ajibola, Y., & Thebault-Spieker, J. (2026). The labor of language: Auditing dialectal erasure and the repair burden in Swahili machine translation.

2025:  Issaka, S., Wang, K., Ajibola, Y., Samuel-Ipaye, O., Zhang, Z., Aguillon Jimenez, N., … & Gabriel, S. (2025). The African Languages Lab: A Collaborative Approach to Advancing Low-Resource African NLP. arXiv e-prints, arXiv-2510. 

2024:  Issaka, S., Zhang, Z., Heda, M., Wang, K., Ajibola, Y., DeMar, R., & Du, X. (2024). The Ghanaian NLP Landscape: A First Look. arXiv e-prints, arXiv-2405. 

2021:   Ajibola, Y., Daud, R., & Hammons, R. Best Practices for Community Engagement 

in Smart Cities. IEEE Technology Policy and Ethics, 6(6), 1–4. 

Posters and Conferences 

2025:  Ajibola, Y. & Odularu Gbadebo (accepted – 2025). Recentering Infrastructural Unsustainability in East Africa: A Case Study of Sino-Africa Relations. Paper accepted at the African Finance and Economics Association (AFEA) Conference. Nairobi, Kenya. July 16-18, 2025 [Paper Presentation] 

2025:  Ajibola, Y. (accepted – 2025). Finding Information: Evaluating the Usage of Social Media Platforms by Nigerian Immigrants. Poster for the iConference 2025 Program, March 18-22, 2025. [Poster] 

2024:  Ajibola, Y. (accepted – 2024). Technology Appropriation: Evaluating Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) Tools in Kenya. Notes for the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development [ICTD], December 11-13, 2024. [Poster] 

2024:  Ajibola, Y., Kociubuk, J., & Jackson, C. (2024). Learning about life in the US: A pilot study on the information behavior of Nigerian diasporans. Poster for the 5th Annual UW-Madison Data Science Hub Research Bazaar, February 7-8, 2024. Madison, WI. 

2023: Ajibola, Y. “Paper in Modern Voting Systems: Paper Voting vs E-Voting” Midwest  Political Science Association [MPSA] 

2023: Ajibola, Y. “Social Media Influence on Political Rights: A Case Study Analysis”

Midwest Political Science Association [MPSA] 

2019: Ajibola, Y. “The Green Parties in Britain” Ohio Association of Economists and 

Political Scientists. University Heights, OH 

2019: Ajibola, Y. “Presidential Approval Ratings on Midterm Elections” Student 

Symposium. Muncie, IN 
2019: Ajibola, Y. “Presidential Approval Ratings on Midterm Elections” Indiana Political Science Association (IPSA). Indianapolis, IN.