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Governance before technology.
We start with mandate, accountability, and oversight, not tools. Without governance, technology choices compound risk.
ABOUT
Clarity before commitment.
Our story
A practice built for decisions.
By 2024, AI had moved from research labs to procurement requests inside private and public sectors. Boards were being asked to approve AI use without a single domestic firm offering credible, independent governance counsel.
We work with boards, audit committees, executives, and regulators. We do not sell technology, and we hold no commercial interest in any AI platform.
Our approach
Three principles guide every engagement.
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International standards, African context.
We translate ISO 42001, OECD, UNESCO and NIST into instruments that function under local law and operating realities.
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Advisory, not just assessment.
We do not deliver scorecards and disappear. Our engagements produce frameworks, evidence, and durable institutional capability.
Founders
The people accountable for our work.
The founders of Axion Advisory, both ISO 42001 Lead Implementers with backgrounds in law and corporate governance, built this firm to close that gap. Our reference points are international: NIST AI RMF, OECD AI Principles, UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, and ISO/IEC 42001:2023. Our jurisdiction and our loyalty are local.
Christine Chitongo
Managing Partner
Corporate and public affairs expert with over a decade of experience building institutional relationships, navigating complex regulatory environments, and driving coordinated action across industry and government, in Zimbabwe. She leads Axion Advisory's strategy, product and market development. Christine is the founder of AI Collective Harare Chapter and AI Safety Zimbabwe. She is also a BlueDot Impact Frontier AI Governance and AGI Strategy alumna.
- ISO 42001 Lead Implementer
- Corporate and Public Affairs Expert
- Founder, AI Collective Harare Chapter & AI Safety Zimbabwe
- BlueDot Impact Frontier AI Governance and AGI Strategy Alumna
Zainab Taonga Chirwa
Managing Partner
Legal researcher, civic strategist, and public intellectual working at the intersection of law, political economy, and AI governance. She leads Axion Advisory's governance advisory, legal analysis, and research functions. A Research Fellow at the Global Centre on AI Governance and an incoming MPhil fellow at UCT's African Hub on AI Safety, Peace and Security, she is also the founder of StrangersX, a pan-African civic media and research platform dedicated to AI governance. Zainab is a BlueDot Impact AI Governance Fellowship facilitator with AI Safety South Africa.
- Research Fellow, Global Centre on AI Governance
- Legal Researcher, Civic Strategist and Governance
- Founder, StrangersX
- BlueDot Impact AI Governance Fellowship Facilitator