Morine Amutorine
Associate Researcher
A multi-stakeholder approach to engage and experiment in initiatives aimed at responsibly unlocking the value of data is what we need now to develop agile strategies to navigate the complex Datasphere we face today. This is at the heart of the Datasphere Initiative’s mission.
Morine is a Research Associate at the Datasphere Initiative, working on the Africa Sandboxes Project. She is a data analyst who has been active in Africa’s data space for nearly a decade. Her past work has focused on analyzing, visualizing, and communicating data to inform policy and humanitarian projects, with significant experience from her time at the UN Global Pulse in Uganda.
Morine’s experience spans several African countries, including Uganda, Somalia, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria. She has conducted research and data analysis with organizations such as Data4Change, the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health (CESH), and Data Science Africa (DSA), where she researched data sharing practices in Africa under the DSA visiting fellowship with Cambridge University’s Department of Computer Science.
Morine is also a board member of Data Science Africa (DSA). She actively engages in DSA capacity building events facilitating sessions aimed at demystifying policy environments for young and emerging data science professionals with the goal of equipping them with skills to translate data-driven initiatives into actionable policy insights.