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Joshua Olufemi

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Abuja, United States
As seen in: Dataphyte, Medium, That Was The Week (Podcast), Premium Times, AllAfrica, Sahara Reporters, TheCable, Mail & Guardian, The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), HT Syndication, National Daily Newspaper and
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Joshua Olufemi’s Biography

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Joshua Olufemi is the Founder and Publisher of Dataphyte. Joshua Olufemi is a media innovation and development entrepreneur who believes that the media can recreate itself as a viable and sustainable pillar of good governance and global development.

Joshua has built an enviable career in the African media development and non-profit management sector. He was the pioneer Program Director of the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, where he launched the leading social accountabilit…

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Local language AI as economic infrastructure

Local language AI as economic infrastructure

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Beyond the Big Four: Enriching Nigeria’s AI language diversity

Beyond the Big Four: Enriching Nigeria’s AI language diversity

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#OpenAudit Scorecard: Gombe, Kano lead out of 19 states | Dataphyte

#OpenAudit Scorecard: Gombe, Kano lead out of 19 states | Dataphyte

Transparency in budgeting and contracting mostly remains missing in state governments. Even more uphill is th…

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2021 Budget: Security Agencies budget ₦22.7 Billion on Security Votes | Dataphyte

2021 Budget: Security Agencies budget ₦22.7 Billion on Security Votes | Dataphyte

A vote against Security Votes, controversial allocation makes a return to an uncertain 2021 budget with only …

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Federal Ministry of Health records first case of Coronavirus, more personnel may be infected | In...

Federal Ministry of Health records first case of Coronavirus, more personnel may be infected | In...

THE Federal Ministry of Health has recorded its first case of Coronavirus. An anonymous source who attended t…

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Federal Ministry of Health Records Index Case of Coronavirus, More Personnel May Be Infected | Da...

Federal Ministry of Health Records Index Case of Coronavirus, More Personnel May Be Infected | Da...

The Federal Ministry of Health has recorded the index case of Coronavirus, on Friday, June 19, DATAPHYTE can …

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By Joshua Olufemi

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By Joshua Olufemi
| Premium Times Verified
GoLoka's language data collection project, working with indigenous language broadcast content as the primary voice dataset pool, offers one answer: that language, when properly captured, structured, and shared, is not a cultural artefact but a driver of economic value, a foundation for the future of AI in Africa, and a resource whose time, frankly, is long overdue.
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Local language AI as economic infrastructure, By Joshua Olufemi

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By Joshua Olufemi
| HT Syndication
Nigeria, March 31 -- I visited a farmer's market in the Takoma Park area of Washington DC in 2019 on my landlady's advice, who thought that as an African man, I would find some comfort in fresh vegetables and the open-air ambience I said I missed from Nigeria. When I arrived there, I found quiet, polite exchanges, the kind you might have in any supermarket aisle - transactional and unhurried, with none of the density I had expected.
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My 2025 Hope Bearers: Five Nigerian Media Innovators

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By Joshua Olufemi
| Substack
When I think about the people I was most excited about their work in 2025, I’m not only thinking about popularity or visibility. I’m thinking about innovation with consequence: people who are stretching the boundaries of media and media development in Nigeria, and doing it in ways that force attention toward policy, accountability, sustainability, and new forms of value creation. These are my top five.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

To profile a secondary school Principal

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

It enabling the newsrooms and journalists to reach their readers but it's has become a tool to discredit and/or mislead journalists