Brian Simpande

IT enthusiast, @ ResearchByDesign+@

[UNDP Zambia @UNDPZambia]

At the Digital Rights & Inclusion Forum, Youth Programme Specialist @SharonWekwete led a panel on Harnessing AI & Digital tools for Youth Civic Engagement in 🇿🇲This aligns with @UNDP’s commitment to inclusive governance & empowering youth as 🔑actors in democratic processes.

[Panos Institute Southern Africa @Panos_PSAf]

On International #FactCheckingDay, Panos calls for more collaboration to protect integrity of the information ecosystem https://t.co/UjzWqkdiOS #AfricaFacts #FactChecking #misinformation #disinformation #HateSpeech

[Panos Institute Southern Africa @Panos_PSAf]

#IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay Panos calls for inclusive policies, gender-responsive actions to empower women and girls. Read our full statement on https://t.co/CRRwC5eBo6 #GenderEquity #WomensDay2025

[International Fact-Checking Network @factchecknet]

Statement from IFCN Director @AngieHolan

[Panos Institute Southern Africa @Panos_PSAf]

Last month, we were part of 50 fact-checking organisations in Africa that sign aed pact on information integrity https://t.co/78kf3aPEMj @AfricaCheck @FactCheckZambia

[United Nations @UN]

We all have a role to play in stopping the spread of harmful misinformation online, which can result in people being left uninformed, unprotected & vulnerable.

Before you share content online, pause to verify facts by doing further research & asking basic questions.

[Panos Institute Southern Africa @Panos_PSAf]

Today, Panos commemorates #YouthDay2024 with a call to governments and stakeholders to effectively implement strategies aimed at harnessing youths’ ability to use digital technology to drive sustainable development, accelerating #SDGs #Agenda2030 progress https://t.co/7rHG5zLXW4

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

🇿🇲 How can you turn human waste into energy?💩

Chaiwe Sanderse transforms human waste into energy and fertiliser by treating it at high temperatures which remove pathogens making it safe to use.

The briquettes produced are used as an alternative to charcoal in Zambia.

[United Nations @UN]

We all have a role to play in stopping the spread of harmful misinformation online, which can result in people being left uninformed, unprotected & vulnerable.

Before you share content online, pause to verify facts by asking basic questions.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Opaque algorithms push people into information bubbles and reinforce prejudices including racism, misogyny & discrimination of all kinds.

Big tech companies must take responsibility & mitigate harm to people and societies.

[Panos Institute Southern Africa @Panos_PSAf]

Call for Entries for the @USAIDZambia Open Spaces Zambia #WorldRadioDay Media Awards, to be held on 13th February 2024. The awards are open to Zambia based journalists, and deadline for submission of entries is 2nd Feb Details on https://t.co/xIJwzugjWx @InternewsZM @fhi360

[Brian Simpande @BSimpande]

@riyazmd774 Md, Python for me

[Panos Institute Southern Africa @Panos_PSAf]

Today, our team led by Executive Director @VusumuziS appeared before the National Assembly of Zambia’s Parliamentary Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technologies to discuss the Access to Information Bill (NAB No. 14 of 2023) which is currently before Parliament

[Brian Simpande @BSimpande]

National ICT Policy review-2023

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starlink now approved in Zambia

[Panos Institute Southern Africa @Panos_PSAf]

To commemorate #IDUAI2023 , we issued a statement calling on governments and other stakeholders to collaborate in putting in place measures, systems to address barriers to the use of online spaces for #AccessToInformation https://t.co/vYLQXsM6cH #AccessToInfoDay #RightToKnow

[Lionel Laurens @lionellaurens_]

Today was launched the DNA Forensic Laboratory, to provide evidence in GBV cases with support from Zambia Police Service & the Ministry of Home Affairs & Internal Security. We appreciate the financial support and valuable inputs rendered by @IrelandinZambia, @SwedenInZambia

[Panos Institute Southern Africa @Panos_PSAf]

The side event where @VusumuziS will speak is organised by our partners @CIVICUSalliance in collaboration with @RfldOrg. Among others, the session will tackle our report to the @achpr_cadhp 75th Ordinary Session where we share views on #accesstoinformation #FreedomOfExpression

[IFJ @IFJGlobal]

🔴Every year, more than 50 #journalists are killed, and most of these killings are left unpunished.

📽️Listen to Carmen Draghici, lawyer and drafter of the IFJ-led Convention on the safety of journalists to understand why this international instrument is key to #EndImpunity.

[Laura Miti @LauraMiti]

Working for, or around, an African politician is truly a calling. All of these people lined up, to stroke an individual's inflated ego in the pouring rain, had to pretend this ridiculousness was very normal.