Victor Akinode.
Engineer. Mentor. Visionary.
AI ethics, security, and governance. Cybersecurity educator. Shaping the future of tech, one solution at a time.
Brands I've worked with
Creating thefuture of tech
Victor Akinode is an AI engineer at McGill University (Mila) in Montréal, working across AI ethics, AI security, and AI governance. He also teaches cybersecurity at AltSchool Africa and mentors early-career professionals across the field.
Before moving into research, Victor co-founded Telneting, a subsidiary of Finaflex Technologies Limited, designed an AI-driven Threat Intelligence Platform at KPMG Nigeria, and led over 15 software solutions at Veenode. He's passionate about mentoring, innovation, and creating technology that truly makes an impact.
What I Do
Cybersecurity
Security Audits & Consulting
Strengthening digital systems through comprehensive security audits and expert consulting.
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Machine Learning Solutions
Transforming business operations with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
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Full-Stack Development
Building reliable, scalable, and intuitive systems that bring ideas to life.
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Tech Conferences & Events
Connecting audiences with technology and innovation through engaging talks.
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Career Guidance & Coaching
Supporting tech professionals as they navigate the next steps in their careers.
View detailsVictor Akinode Mentorship Program
The Victor Akinode Mentorship Program is designed to empower aspiring and early-career professionals in technology, with a special focus on cybersecurity, governance, risk & compliance (GRC), and security operations (SOC).
Program Details
Program Values:
Research Papers
Contributing to academic knowledge
TukaBench: A Culturally Grounded Jailbreak Benchmark for African Languages
Safety evaluation of Large Language Models (LLMs) remains heavily English-centric, leaving Low-Resource Languages (LRLs), particularly African ones, critically underexplored. We introduce TukaBench, a jailbreak benchmark for seven African languages that extends JailbreakBench beyond direct translation, isolating the effect of language, cultural grounding, and prompt evasiveness on model safety.
Authors:
Victor Akinode, Senyu Li, Wassim Hamidouche, Waqas Zamir, Inbal Becker-Reshef, David Ifeoluwa Adelani
Prediction of Urban House Rental Prices in Lagos - Nigeria: A Machine Learning Approach
This work aims to predict house rental prices in Lagos, Nigeria, using machine learning by examining the relationship between the rental price and features such as the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, toilets, location and house status(newly built, furnished, and/or serviced).
Authors:
Victor Akinode
Exploring ChatGPT’s Bias: Can AI Pass West Africa’s WAEC Exams the Way It Passed US.-Based Exams?
In this article, I put ChatGPT to the test with a dataset of 1000 questions and answers, 200 randomly selected across five subjects (Government, Civic Education, Agricultural Science, Economics, Commerce and Geography),
Authors:
Victor Akinode