Vimbai B Chinembiri, Author at This is Africa

Bobi Wine Ready To Die For Freedom

Vimbai B Chinembiri — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:05:39 +0000

The Ugandan legislator Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, recently revealed that he is willing to die in the attempt to gain freedom for Uganda. Despite all the torture he has been through, he will be going back home to Uganda.

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Great Think Tanks Are the Solution to Development in Africa: YATC 2018

Vimbai B Chinembiri — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:28:44 +0000

The Young African Think'rs Convention is underway at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa. The annual event is premised on ensuring young people run with Agenda 2063 to ensure sustainability and ownership of development. This year over 100 creatives from 14 countries converge to create action points to realise the vision set by the African Union.

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African governments are lagging behind in open data

Vimbai B Chinembiri — Tue, 23 May 2017 06:01:13 +0000

African governments are lagging behind in open data, and are keeping data locked away as citizens demand accountability a new Open Data Barometer report has revealed. The report gives a global snapshot of how governments are using open data for accountability, innovation and social impact. The report revealed that key accountability metrics such as government spending, elections, public contracts, company ownership and land ownership are among the least open and often poor quality. The report recommends that government-held data must be open by default and follow the principles set out in the Open Data Charter.

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World Health Day: Three myths about depression we should debunk

Vimbai B Chinembiri — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 07:10:18 +0000

Today we commemorate World Health Day amid reports by the World Health Organisation indicating that depression is the number one cause of ill-health globally. The theme “Depression: let’s talk” recognizes that depression is a treatable condition and seeks to address the fact that, despite this, about 50% of cases of major depression still go untreated. As we commemorate World Health Day, let us all remember that we are all vulnerable to depression.

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Celebrating World Day of Social Justice

Vimbai B Chinembiri — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:56:19 +0000

Today is the World Day of Social Justice. Social justice is upheld through the promotion of social and gender equality or the rights of indigenous peoples and migrants. We can advance social justice by removing barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability.

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