For regrantors looking for evidence of our fieldwork capacity: In August 2025, I single-handedly led a strategic partnership with PLASMIDA (Plateau State Microfinance Development Agency) to train over 100 professionals and youth on Generative AI.
This wasn't just a basic workshop; we engaged a high-level cohort of lawyers, engineers, and entrepreneurs in Jos. You can see the scale of that engagement and the formal partnership in action here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/feranmi-williams-6417212b6_cheers-to-more-years-of-strategic-partnership-activity-7364691134184316931-UGXQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAEvs4FEBzilQ5lrr7ryL8GkiNPsvg_uUcYk
The $8,000 research project I am proposing now leverages this exact high-trust network. We are returning to these 100+ professionals to conduct Action Research, monitoring how their deployment of AI has evolved and identifying the 'Existential Leaks' that global policy currently overlooks."