Member profile
Ms. Shakira Ford
Independent Centers & Industry Labs
Biography
Research Fellow, Director of Inclusive Finance & Digital Inclusion Centre. Credit models for underbanked populations and lightweight AI tools for small island businesses.
Research areas
Related projects
Institute research topics aligned with the broad areas identified in this biography; these are not confirmed personal project assignments.
Governance, Compliance & Ethics
- Offshore-finance AI regulatory framework
- Benchmarked to BMA and CIMA guidance, compatible with FATF and the EU AI Act.
- Data protection & cross-border data handbook
- Compliance guides aligned with each jurisdiction's data protection laws.
- Explainability, audit trail & accountability
- Mechanisms that address regulators' distrust of black-box AI.
- Inclusive AI credit scoring
- Financial inclusion for unbanked and low-income island residents without traditional credit files.