I’m Munenyashaishe (Ishe) Hove, an AI governance and safety researcher from Zimbabwe.

My background spans audit, data science, AI teaching, digital transformation, responsible AI, and technology governance. I’m currently pursuing a PhD in Information Systems and Technology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

My PhD focuses on operationalizing AI safety governance in resource-constrained African organizational contexts. I’m especially interested in how organizations identify where AI is being used, make AI-related risks visible, generate risk signals through controls, evaluations, audits, monitoring, and incidents, and translate those signals into structured governance decisions.

I’m currently trying to build a sustainable career in AI safety, AI governance, technical governance, and related research or policy work. I’m particularly interested in the space between technical AI safety evidence and institutional decision-making.