Oliver Chinganya

Oliver Chinganya is a Zambian chartered statistician, 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]

Oliver Chinganya
Born
Zambia
Alma materUniversity of Southampton
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsRoyal Statistical Society; United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Education

He became Royal Statistical Society in 1984.[3] He earned his MBA degree in Strategic Management from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and MSC in Statistics from Southampton University.[4]

Career

His career involved in the field of statistics and statistical development in Africa.[5] He served as ECA'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.
  • 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.
  • 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. 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. 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.

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.
  7. "CRVS systems fragilized by COVID-19 across Africa, says ECA's Chinganya - World | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. ReliefWeb. 9 August 2021.
  8. Hersey (31 October 2022). "UNECA and African experts urge civil registration to enable good governance | Biometric Update". www.biometricupdate.com.
  9. Mavhunga, Columbus (15 October 2019). "UN: Half of African Children Are Unregistered". Voice of America.
  10. Kunambura, Andrew. "Africa to revolutionise civil registration systems". NewsDay (Zimbabwean newspaper).
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