I design technology that helps people learn and work better.

ECSCW 2025 Doctoral Colloquium

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

An international forum where doctoral students in computer-supported cooperative work present their research, discuss posters and get feedback from a panel of senior CSCW researchers.

Project Management in Academia

University of Oslo, Norway

A course for early-career researchers on applying project management principles to research, managing the higher risk of research projects, and turning the practice into transferable skills.

Designing Your Online Course

Quality Matters · Virtual

Professional development from the global organisation for quality assurance in online and blended teaching and learning.

SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education 2023

Toronto, Canada

The flagship conference of ACM SIGCSE on developing, implementing and evaluating computing programmes, curricula and courses. Attended in person.

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program eLearning Initiative

Online workshop

Supporting institutions in the Scholars Program network to deliver high-quality, inclusive e-learning so that all students can study from anywhere.

Fifth Annual Education Collaborative Convening

Ashesi University · Online

Member of the organising and support committee. Some 300 participants from over 100 organisations and higher-education institutions met on building institutional capacity to improve African higher-education outcomes.

Creating Ethical Technology in Africa

AfLIA 2021 · Online

Poster on the impact of critical information literacy and social-justice pedagogy on students' understanding of information ethics, from a machine learning and data analytics elective at Ashesi co-taught with a librarian.

CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa 2021

LHoFT Foundation, Luxembourg · Online

A fintech startup development programme for companies working on financial inclusion in Africa, building bridges between Africa and Europe.

OPEN 2021

Online

Conference on innovation and entrepreneurship education: new research findings, best practices, and conversations with funders.

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Faculty Development Seminar

Arizona State University, USA

Committee member for the fourth annual seminar in the 3+1+1 partnership, covering learner-centred teaching, research capability, and planning for a professional development symposium in Ghana.

Data Science Africa 2019

Ashesi University, Ghana

Organising committee member and participant. A summer school and workshop on machine learning and data science with speakers from Google AI, Amazon, Facebook AI, Makerere University and others.

Exploring Fairness in Machine Learning

MIT D-Lab · Ashesi University, Ghana

Two-day convening on identifying and addressing bias in machine learning for international development, with case studies and techniques for building fairness into algorithms.

Ashesi Innovation Experience (AIX) 2019

Ashesi University, Ghana

Supporting faculty for the robotics module alongside Dr. Ayorkor Korsah. 132 students from several countries learned leadership, teamwork and problem-solving, then demoed their projects at an open house.

ACM COMPASS 2019

Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana

Second annual ACM Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies, exploring how technology can address challenges in health, education, agriculture, financial services and governance.

Developing an Ethical AI Framework in Ghana

UN Global Pulse & Data Protection Commission · Accra International Conference Centre

Panelist on "Applications of AI for Social Impact in Ghana" alongside speakers from Google AI and the Ghana Statistical Service, discussing how AI can help achieve the SDGs in Ghana.

Education for Justice (E4J) Expert Workshop: Enhancing Capacity to Teach Cybercrime at Universities in Africa

UNODC · Accra, Ghana

Expert workshop for university lecturers on teaching and adapting the E4J University Module Series on Cybercrime.

Context Awareness Pedagogy in Computer Science: A Case Study of the Ashesi University Database Class

Education Collaborative 2019 · Ashesi University, Ghana

Hands-on workshop taking participants through the database development life cycle, from data modelling and ER diagrams to logical tables and SQL, using examples students in Africa can relate to.

Teaching Strategies for Maximum Engagement

Ashesi University, Ghana

Faculty workshop by Nefertiti A. Puplampu on cognitive science, learner-centricity and the MUSIC model of academic motivation.

Future of Education: The Role of Technology

Social Media Week Accra, Vodafone Ghana · Red Hub, Accra Mall

Panelist on the role that AI, virtual and augmented reality, big data, IoT, robotics, blockchain and gamification will play in education.

Cognitive Load Theory and Learning Objectives

Ashesi University, Ghana

Seminar on how an understanding of how people learn helps teachers introduce content in a way that maximises learning.

Ashesi Innovation Experience (AIX) 2018

Ashesi University, Ghana

Supporting faculty for the robotics module alongside Dr. Ayorkor Korsah, with 127 students from 13 countries.

Education Collaborative 2018: Facilitating Inclusive Classrooms

Ashesi University, Ghana

Presented the paper "Ashesi Success" with Diane Davis, on strategies for helping first-year students integrate into college life: managing attention, teamwork, giving voice to values, and ethics.

Using Learning and Engagement Strategies in Software Engineering and Programming Courses

Florida International University, Miami, USA

Instructor workshop on collaborative learning, gamification and problem-based learning with the SEP-CyLE cyberlearning environment.

SIGCSE 2018: CS for All

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Sessions included the New Educators Workshop, Courses for Non-majors, NoSQL databases, and designing classroom activities for engagement.

Academic Publishing Seminar

Noble International Business School · GIMPA, Accra, Ghana

Two-day seminar led by Prof. Kwaku Atuahene-Gima.

Introduction to Systems Modelling with UML

IEEE & KNUST College of Engineering · Kumasi, Ghana

Workshop for researchers on modelling complex systems: requirements analysis, use-case, sequence and class diagrams, and going from models to code.

Preparing for Graduate School

Ashesi Career Services alumni event · Accra, Ghana

Panelist on deciding whether graduate school is right, choosing between programmes, and preparing a competitive application.

Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) Workshop

Workshop on the student-centred, group-learning strategy in which the instructor facilitates and students construct their own understanding.

Enterprise Africa Summit

British Council

Policy, education and creative enterprise forums, an investor marketplace and enterprise clinics on entrepreneurship as a catalyst for Africa's development.

Oracle Executive Summit: Extraordinary Security & Optimized Solutions

Kempinski Hotel, Accra, Ghana

Sessions on securing cloud platforms, modernising legacy applications and protecting data with advanced encryption.

Time with Schneier: Security & Privacy in a Hyper-Connected World

University of Ghana Computing Systems with ISACA, KPMG and (ISC)²

Security lecture by Bruce Schneier.

MCT Summit 2016: Knowing the Cloud & Modern Workplace

Microsoft Certified Trainers Summit · Ghana

Demonstrations of Microsoft Azure, Office 365, SharePoint, Skype for Business, Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server.

Internet-enabled Teamwork Strategies with CATME

International Conference on Education, Development & Innovation (INCEDI 2016)

Co-presented under the conference theme "Education Delivery and New Learning Technologies".

Case Study Workshop

Business Administration Department, Ashesi University, Ghana

Case teaching and case writing: pedagogy, outlining, researching and conducting a case.

E-Commerce Software Seminar

Ashesi University, Ghana

Delivered a practical seminar from core internet standards to building transactional e-commerce applications with HTML, ASP.NET server controls, C#, ADO.NET and security basics.

Thinking and a Culture of Teaching and Learning

Olin design workshop · Ashesi University, Ghana

Design thinking for curriculum development, treating the educator's role as designing and facilitating learning experiences.

De Montfort University Open Day

Leicester, UK

Volunteer runner: welcomed guests, gave directions and information, and looked out for visitors' needs.

DMU Enhancing Learning through Technology Symposium

De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

University-wide discussion on technology and pedagogic change, online assessment and feedback, distance learning and digital literacy.

Open Doors, Open Minds: Engaging with Higher Education

De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

Conference on the retention and achievement of ethnic-minority students. Took part and filmed the entire conference.

Learning Technologies and Skills 2013

UK

Europe's leading showcase of technology-supported workplace learning.