Njiki Djemi
Data Governance • Digital Rights • Gender-Responsive Public Policy
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Njiki Djemi is a gender and public policy professional and applied researcher specializing in data governance, digital rights, and gender-responsive public policy. Her work explores how data and emerging technologies shape governance, public policy, and social inclusion across African contexts, with a particular interest in women's rights, digital inclusion, and equitable access to technology. Through research, community engagement, and policy advocacy, she works to advance people-centred digital transformation.
She has collaborated with civil society organizations, policymakers, researchers, and local communities across diverse linguistic and cultural contexts to strengthen dialogue around digital governance and inclusive technology. Her interests include responsible AI, women's data rights, Internet governance, and technology policy, with a commitment to translating complex policy challenges into practical, community-driven solutions.
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Who Governs Women’s Health Data in Africa
FemTech refers to a wide range of digital services that engage with women’s lives, from financial and social platforms to health technologies. This Lightning Talk uses women’s digital health as a case example to examine a broader and urgent question: who governs the data generated by women in Africa.
The story matters because data generated from women’s bodies, behaviors, and care journeys is not only shaping AI driven health systems, but also constitutes highly sensitive information about private life. Depending on the legal and policy environments in which women are located, this data can expose them to legal, social, or institutional consequences, particularly as it moves across platforms and national borders.
Drawing on policy and ecosystem experience, the talk highlights how transnational data flows, uneven regulation, and limited representation of women in decision making create governance gaps. These gaps determine who has power over women’s data, whose interests are prioritized, and whose voices are missing when rules are designed and enforced.
In under seven minutes, the session connects everyday digital health use to broader questions of power, accountability, and policy coordination. Participants will leave with a shifted perspective: governing women’s health data is not only a technical or legal issue, but a transnational political challenge that demands stronger policy coherence and the meaningful inclusion of women’s voices in data governance.
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