Darlington is a Zimbabwean parliamentarian, researcher and technologist from Harare, currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Budiriro South Constituency. His academic background combines management information systems, data science and analytics, and software engineering, with recent work focused on how emerging technologies can strengthen democratic governance. Darlington’s key contributions include the development of a parliamentary intelligence platform that uses natural language processing to analyse Hansard and support legislative oversight. His policy interests include artificial intelligence governance, digital transformation, open data, public-sector accountability, youth inclusion and the future of democratic institutions in Africa. Darlington is especially interested in how African governments can use artificial intelligence, open data and digital systems responsibly, without leaving citizens behind.