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Hezron Ochiel
Strategic communication & PR expert
Moran Award
Public Relations Society of Kenya
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Whose knowledge becomes visible when AI explains African humanitarian crises? Findings from the African Humanitarian AI Citation Index: 1,083 verifiable citations across four AI platforms and ten African countries.
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Original research
A study of whose knowledge AI platforms cite when they explain humanitarian crises in Africa — and whose contributions remain largely invisible.
Key findings
10
African countries analysed
1,083
answer-linked citations across four AI platforms
5.5%
of citations came from country-local sources
68.8%
came from UN and multilateral sources
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The Findability Advantage
How to Make Expertise Visible, Verifiable and Trusted in the Age of AI
HEZRON OCHIEL
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How to Make Expertise Visible, Verifiable and Trusted in the Age of AI
Expertise creates value when the people who need it can find, understand and trust it. The book explores how professionals, leaders and organisations can strengthen the visibility, authority and trust required to be discovered across search engines, AI platforms, media and digital ecosystems.
Publication: 2026 · ISBN 978-9914-37-639-5
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