{"id":225435,"date":"2026-05-13T00:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=225435"},"modified":"2026-05-13T00:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T00:54:28","slug":"nigerian-ai-researcher-chinasa-t-okolo-joins-world-bank-to-advance-socioeconomic-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=225435","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian AI Researcher Chinasa T. Okolo Joins World Bank to Advance Socioeconomic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo has been selected as a 2026 World Bank Group Africa Fellow, joining the Development Economics Research Group to work on AI models for socioeconomic development and the World Development Report.<br \/>\nThe post Nigerian AI Researcher Chinasa T. 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