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PUBLICATION CATALOGUE18 publications · 2012—2026

Academic papers

Technical reports / published research / archives
  1. AI evaluation / Technical report · 2026

    Naija Eval: An Open Evaluation Pipeline for Nigerian-Language Translation and Speech Recognition

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    Extrafemi Research
  2. Technical report / AI verification · 2026

    Assay: Checking AI-Written Text Against Evidence, One Question at a Time

    Obasa Olorunfemi, MBAPrecious Olusegun, PhD

    Extrafemi Research
  3. Technical report / AI reliability · 2026

    Lodestone: Keeping AI Calls Working on Unreliable Free Models Inside a Serverless Time Limit

    Obasa Olorunfemi, MBAPrecious Olusegun, PhD

    Extrafemi Research
  4. Method · 2025

    Iterative Adversarial Inquiry: The Whetstone Method

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBADr. Precious Obasa (née Olusegun)

    SSRN
  5. AI · 2025

    AI, Knowledge Accessibility, and the Democratisation of High-Quality Research

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBADr. Precious Obasa (née Olusegun)Temitope Obasa, MScItunu Ijila

    SSRN
  6. Policy · 2025

    Ghost Statistics and Gender

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBADr. Precious Obasa (née Olusegun)Temitope Obasa, MScOluwatoni Abraham, MBBSVictoria Oladipo, MSc

    SSRN
  7. Demography · 2025

    Fertility Trends — The Aspiration Horizon

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBADr. Precious Obasa (née Olusegun)

    SSRN
  8. History · 2025

    Chief Micheal Soyebo Sowole of Ipara-Remo

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBADr. Precious Obasa (née Olusegun)Temitope Obasa, MScOluwatobiloba, BSc (Hons)

    SSRN
  9. Collaborative / Africa / Diaspora · 2022

    Africa 80 — Challenges and solutions across the continent and diaspora

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBAand 79 co-authors across 7 countries

    Africa 80
  10. Environment / Field research / Nigeria · 2012

    Impacts of Climate Change on Water Quality of Self-Supply Wells

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBAProf. Grace Oluwasanya (supervisor)

    FUNAAB · Abeokuta / Archive

Essays & press

Policy analysis / investigations / culture
  1. Corporate distribution / May 2026

    Who shares in corporate growth?

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    Extrafemi Research
  2. Policy essay / Sep 2026

    Water, sanitation, and the cost of what we take for granted

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    Extrafemi Research
  3. Culture / Aug 2021

    Celebrating diversity in the TRNC: five-star El Sabor

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    T-VINE
  4. Culture / Jul 2021

    Celebrating diversity in the TRNC: The Academy

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    T-VINE
  5. Opinion / Mar 2021

    How the TRNC can survive the economic fallout of the pandemic

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    T-VINE
  6. Investigation / Nov 2020

    The dubious role of agents and their enrolment practices for TRNC universities

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    T-VINE
  7. Opinion / Oct 2020

    Dear world, Nigeria needs your help to #EndSARS

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    T-VINE
  8. Opinion / Oct 2020

    Maximising opportunities: 5 ways to help North Cyprus to develop

    Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

    T-VINE

Beyond the catalogue

Journal publications & the public record
01 / Peer-reviewed · SAGE Open · 2025

Entrepreneurial Learning Dynamics of Nigerians in E-Commerce: A Case Study of Experiential Learning

Precious O. OlusegunSirin Atakan-Duman

53 Nigerian e-commerce founders. Semi-structured interviews and an experiential learning framework.

02 / MBA thesis · Monograph · 2022

Digital Marketing & Micro-Sized Businesses in North Cyprus

Olorunfemi Obasa, MBASirin Atakan-Duman

Cyprus International University. Accessioned into the Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Commerce library. ISBN 978-620-5-63306-9.

03 / Investigation · T-VINE · August 2021

The steps the Turkish Cypriot government must take to curb student human trafficking in the TRNC

Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

Reporting on student-agent trafficking into North Cyprus, cited in the Turkish Cypriot parliament.

04 / Policy feature · T-VINE / BRT 1 HD · 2022

Turning the TRNC into a tech hub

Olorunfemi Obasa, MBA

From a bylined policy feature to a broadcast conversation on the TRNC’s national public television.

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