A Ghanaian PhD student at Texas Tech University advocates stronger protection for AI Data workers in Africa

A Ghanaian PhD student at Texas Tech University, Mr Jeffery Acheampong Adu, has called for stronger legal and policy protections for workers whose labour supports the development of artificial intelligence systems. Mr Adu presented his study at the 2026 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The study, titled “Data Workers in the AI Supply Chain: An Exploratory Study of the Legal and Policy Protections Governing Digital La...

By Caleb Ahinakwah