Dr Ugochi Adaku Okengwu is a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Computer Science in University of Port Harcourt. As an Early Career researcher whose research interest is in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning she has carried out researches using Artificial Learning techniques and tools that has produced several publications. Dr Okengwu earned her undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Uyo in 2000 and later obtained her PhD in the field from University of Port Harcourt in 2015. In addition to her participation in University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar (UMAPS) via the Michigan AI Lab where she conducted research in natural language processing to better understand public sentiment regarding climate change. Okengwu is a member of The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and has held a fellowship at the Institute for Training Science and Sports Informatics at German Sport University, Cologne as a TWAS-DFG Visiting Scientist.