Ms. Nanjira Sambuli

Nanjira Sambuli is a researcher, policy analyst and strategist studying the unfolding, gendered impacts of digitalization/ICT adoption on governance, diplomacy, media, entrepreneurship, and culture, especially in Africa.

Nanjira is a Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a Ford Global Fellow. She is also a board member at The New Humanitarian, Development Gateway and Digital Impact Alliance.

Nanjira advises the Carnegie Council’s AI and Equality Initiative and the Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms. She is a member of the Gender Advisory Board at the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD). She is also a Diplomacy Moderator at the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA).

Nanjira was co-chair of Transform Health, a Commissioner on the Lancet & Financial Times Governing Health Futures 2030 Commission, and a panel member on the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation.