AI RESEARCH & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Malcolm Durosaye

Building AI for
the real world.

AI Researcher | Product Builder | Forward-Deployed Engineer | Technology Consultant

I research, build and evaluate practical AI systems, with a focus on agricultural intelligence, responsible deployment and measurable impact.

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CAPABILITIES

Core Skills

AI Systems & Research

Machine learning & deep learning
LLM fine-tuning and model evaluation
AI risk benchmarking and software testing
Python, Rego (Open Policy Agent), Docker
Feature engineering and data pipelines

Delivery & Strategy

Technical product management
Responsible AI adoption and governance
Workflow and process automation
Agile & PRINCE2 delivery
Data visualization and decision support

EXPERIENCE

Roles and outcomes

Lead AI Researcher

Dev-Afrique Development Advisors

Jul 2025 – Present

Lead AI research and contribute to technology development and responsible AI initiatives across agriculture and development.

Lead author and coordinator of three AGX AI research papers on agricultural LLM localisation and evaluation, trusted farmer data systems and AI policy. One published and two under peer review.
Advised the organisation's AI Task Force on responsible AI integration.

Technical Product Manager Jan 2024 – Feb 2025

Led end-to-end development of two regional digital mapping platforms for geospatial and WASH ecosystems across Africa and Southeast Asia, supported by the Gates Foundation and ESAWAS.

Technology Community of Practice Leader

Built Power Automate workflows reducing manual finance and HR administrative overhead by more than 35%.

Product Manager

Policy Vault Africa

Feb 2021 – Dec 2023

Promoted from Analyst. Led developers and research analysts maintaining a digital repository of 8,000+ African government policies across 17 markets. Used machine learning and data visualisation to develop intelligence reports for 1,000+ institutional subscribers, increasing active engagement by 40%.

Knowledge Manager (Data Analyst)

Centre for Health Economics and Development Africa

Mar 2022 – Dec 2023

Supported health planning across four Nigerian states, developed a UNFPA family planning investment dashboard, and analysed household out-of-pocket expenditure to inform health insurance design.

PROJECTS

Recent Builds

Applied AI, evaluation systems and data products. Built to address real-world challenges and support evidence-based decisions.

AGRICULTURAL AI

Gona AI

Co-founded an agricultural advisory platform delivering farm-specific recommendations using digital twins and Sentinel computer vision models for early pest and disease outbreak detection. Piloting across 30 farms, with a 14% farmer-income optimisation target.

Focus: Digital twins, computer vision, predictive analytics

AI SAFETY & EVALUATION

AI Risk Benchmark

A testing module for AI disease-detection systems, exploring how machine-readable policies can support systematic risk assessment.

Stack: Python, Rego, Open Policy Agent

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS

Kaggriculture

An autonomous AI agent for resource allocation and crop rotation decisions in simulated agricultural environments, developed for a Kaggle competition.

Stack: Python

RESEARCH · IN PROGRESS

Agricultural AI Evaluation Framework

Whitepaper on contextualised performance and deployment readiness of AI advisory systems across Africa and India.

Stack: Python, Harbor, Agent Evals

DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE

Regional Mapping Platforms

Two digital platforms mapping geospatial and WASH ecosystem actors and tools across Africa and Southeast Asia.

Focus: Product management, geospatial data, ecosystem intelligence

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WRITING & IDEAS

Writing

Research notes, perspectives and essays on responsible AI, technology, policy and development.

NEWSLETTER · SUBSTACK

Responsible AI and Beyond

Explore my writing on AI systems, governance and the practical challenges of deploying emerging technologies in real-world environments.

Read on Substack ↗

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GET IN TOUCH

Let's build something useful.

For research collaborations, AI systems and technology projects:
durosayemalcolm@gmail.com ↗
Connect with me on LinkedIn ↗