Odanga Madung

Archetype: The Troublemaker

Programme role / lens: Political Reality Checker: exposing power, governance and corporate influence in AI.


Odanga is a Kenyan data journalist, researcher and co-founder of Odipo Dev. His work examines disinformation, platform governance, political choice and the ways digital systems reshape power, democracy and public accountability.

Session: Anatomy of Extraction: Platform Power and Governance


Odanga brings a technology accountability and policy lens to the Lab, exposing how platforms influence
public life, control attention and concentrate power while avoiding meaningful accountability.

Link: @odangaring on X