The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in data openness in Africa, with Tanzania—once on the frontline to support open data—ironically attracting global attention for hiding COVID-19 statistics.
Syriacus Buguzi
Syriacus Buguzi is a science journalist who is passionate about raising the
profile of Tanzania’s scientific research output and innovation through mass
media. He is a medical doctor (MD), who undertook post-graduate studies in mass Communication at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and is currently pursuing a Masters in Science Communication at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom.
Tanzania – Zero facts get in the way of the real Covid story
Tanzania: the Covid data void A moratorium on COVID-19 data, followed by government restrictions on information about the virus, has left Tanzanians and scientists in the dark. With more than 20 million cases of COVID-19 and close to 800,000 deaths around the world at...
Syriacus Buguzi
Syriacus Buguzi is a science journalist who is passionate about raising the
profile of Tanzania’s scientific research output and innovation through mass
media. He is a medical doctor (MD), who undertook post-graduate studies in mass Communication at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) and is currently pursuing a Masters in Science Communication at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom.
When data access is at the mercy of regime change
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in data openness in Africa, with Tanzania—once on the frontline to support open data—ironically attracting global attention for hiding COVID-19 statistics.
Tanzania – Zero facts get in the way of the real Covid story
Tanzania: the Covid data void A moratorium on COVID-19 data, followed by government restrictions on information about the virus, has left Tanzanians and scientists in the dark. With more than 20 million cases of COVID-19 and close to 800,000 deaths around the world at...