Martha Omoekpen Alade is a Computer Engineer, AI Strategist, and Digital Governance leader with over twenty years of experience advancing inclusive and accountable digital ecosystems across Africa. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN.org and WIT.ng), an organization in Special UN ECOSOC Consultative Status that promotes gender-responsive digital inclusion, AI literacy, and STEM access in underserved communities.

Martha has played an active leadership role in multistakeholder Internet governance processes for more than a decade through the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum, West Africa Internet Governance Forum, and Africa Internet Governance Forum, convening policymakers, regulators, civil society, academia, and private sector actors on AI, data governance, and digital public infrastructure. She represented Nigeria at the WSIS+20 Review and curated a high-level session at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum on bridging gender gaps through AI.

Her work bridges technical implementation and policy design, with expertise in AI governance, cybersecurity, data governance, and measurable digital cooperation frameworks aligned with SDGs and Global Digital Compact commitments. She brings strong program-shaping capacity and Global South perspectives to multistakeholder dialogue.
See also : https://witin.org/7-internet-governance-inclusion-advocacy/