Aniaba N'guessan

Biography

Aniaba is a senior at Morehouse College triple majoring in Economics, Mathematics, and Computer Science. His academic work focuses on designing evidence-based models for African prosperity, drawing on research experiences at Stanford University in AI-driven causal inference and at Emory University in computational neuroscience. Originally from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, he has been deeply shaped by the African Leadership Academy and by the supportive intellectual community at Morehouse, where he served as an Oprah Winfrey Scholar and president of the International Students Organization. Aniaba is also the co-founder of Viridis AI, a productivity platform using artificial intelligence and cognitive science. At Oxford, he plans to pursue the MPhil in Economics and hopes to contribute to development policy and institution-building across Africa.