Ivy Payne Nkrumah is a researcher at the University of Ghana who co-authored *"Adaptive Cyber-Attack Detection and Mitigation in ATM Networks Using Network Motif Discovery, Machine Learning, SMOTE, and Hybrid Whitelisting-Blacklisting Strategies"* (2025). She also co-authored *"A Hybrid Self-Healing Framework Using Network Motif Discovery and Machine Learning With Blockchain Integration for Proactive Cyber-Attack Detection in Financial Networks,"* presented at the 2025 1st Future International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity (FICAC 2025). Her work applies AI and machine learning to secure critical financial infrastructure in Ghana.