Ilori is a Senior ICFP fellow working with HURIDOCS to understand and improve digital security tools for civil society in Sub-Saharan African contexts. Focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Kenya and Zimbabwe, his fellowship project seeks to investigate how civil society use digital security tools, their safety needs, and how digital security tool developers can use this information to build and improve their tools to keep these users safe. In order to ensure civil society’s safety with the advent of pervasive and intrusive digital surveillance in highly repressive contexts, digital security tools need to reflect the actual needs of this community.
During his fellowship, Tomiwa will work with local organizations and tool developers to explore how digital security tools for can address civil society’s needs better. The project intends to inform tool developers on how to improve their tools for these users’ digital safety through sustainable feedback loops.
Ilori holds a doctorate degree on platform governance, business, and human rights. Prior to his ICFP fellowship, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. He has worked with several organizations on digital rights projects, research, and policy analysis.
