Oliver Chinganya

Oliver Chinganya
Born	Livingstone, Zambia
Alma mater	University of Dar es Salaam University of Southampton Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Statistics
Institutions	Royal Statistical Society United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Oliver Chinganyais a Zambian chartered statistician (since 1999), chartered Scientist and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He currently serves as the director of African Centre for Statistics at UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). ^[1] He is also serving as the Vice President of the International Statistical Institute. ^{[2] [3]}

Education

He was born in Livingstone, Zambia. ^[4] After graduating from secondary school, he joined the Zambian Statistics Agency. ^[4] In 1984, he enrolled in a training program sponsored by the UN Population Fund. ^[4] He earned the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from the Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre at the University of Dar es Salaam. ^[4] He earned an M.Sc in Statistics from Southampton University in 1991, and later an MBA in Strategic Management from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in 2008. ^[4]

Career

His career involved in the field of statistics and statistical development in Africa. ^[5] He served as UNECA's Officer in Charge for the Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resources Management Division, and also set up the Digital Centre of Excellence. ^[6]

Currently, Chinganya serves as the Director of the African Centre for Statistics at the UN Economic Commission for Africa. ^[7]

Chinganya emphasized the importance of integrated civil registration and ID management and also highlighted the significance of civil registration as the foundation for collecting data from birth to death. ^[8]

In 2020, he bemoaned the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on civil registration and vital statistics systems, ^[9] particularly in Africa, leading to the absence of vital data. ^[10]

Selected publications

• Chinganya, Oliver; Adam, Abdoulaye; Kouakou, Marc (31 March 2017). "Comparative analysis of costs of some selected infrastructure components across Africa". Infrastructure in Africa: 569–582. doi:10.46692/9781447326656.015. ISBN   9781447326656.
• Chikamata, Davy M.; Chinganya, Oliver; Jones, Heidi; RamaRao, Saumya (June 2002). "Dual Needs: Contraceptive and Sexually Transmitted Infection Protection in Lusaka, Zambia". International Family Planning Perspectives. 28 (2): 96. doi:10.2307/3088241. JSTOR   3088241.
• MacKeith, N; Chinganya, OJ; Ahmed, Y; Murray, SF (April 2003). "Zambian women's experiences of urban maternity care: results from a community survey in Lusaka". African Journal of Reproductive Health. 7 (1): 92–102. doi:10.2307/3583349. hdl: 1807/2589 . JSTOR   3583349. PMID   12828141.
• Setel, P; AbouZahr, C; Atuheire, EB; Bratschi, M; Cercone, E; Chinganya, O; Clapham, B; Clark, SJ; Congdon, C; de Savigny, D; Karpati, A; Nichols, E; Jakob, R; Mwanza, J; Muhwava, W; Nahmias, P; Ortiz, EM; Tshangela, A (1 June 2020). "Mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 98 (6): 374. doi:10.2471/BLT.20.263194. PMC   7265935 . PMID   32514207.
• Chinganya, Oliver (25 December 2020). "Special Issue: Official statistics in Africa". Statistical Journal of the IAOS. 36: 3–5. doi:10.3233/SJI-200767. S2CID   228856186.

References

1. "Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Zimbabwe sign agreement". The Mail (Zimbabwe) . 16 January 2020.
2. "More investment in data and statistics needed in Africa". African Business . 24 March 2023.
3. "Oliver Chinganya". Cepei.
4. "Under Oliver Chinganya's leadership, the African Centre for Statistics is spearheading improvements in systems and training" (PDF). Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems.
5. Anaja, Hauwa Abubakar (24 March 2023). "SDGs: ECA Calls for Investment in Data and Statistics". Voice of Nigeria .
6. "UN entities support ethiopias quest for policy coherence for sdgs". East African Business Week . Archived from the original on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
7. "CRVS systems fragilized by COVID-19 across Africa, says ECA's Chinganya - World". ReliefWeb . OCHA. 9 August 2021.
8. Hersey, Frank (31 October 2022). "UNECA and African experts urge civil registration to enable good governance". Biometric Update.
9. Mavhunga, Columbus (15 October 2019). "UN: Half of African Children Are Unregistered". Voice of America .
10. Kunambura, Andrew (2021-04-30). "Africa to revolutionise civil registration systems". NewsDay (Zimbabwean newspaper) .