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Everjoy Chiimba, “Assessing the Potential of Mobile Communication Technologies to Enhance Early Warning and Disaster Preparedness in Zimbabwe”

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In this episode, Sam Gleave Riemann (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Everjoy Grace Chiimba (Bonn), an affiliate of the Appraising Risk project, to discuss her ongoing PhD research into information circulation and social media before, during, and after Cyclone Idai and its devastating effects in Zimbabwe in 2019.

Everjoy Grace Chiimba is a PhD Candidate in Geography at the University of Bonn. She holds a BA in Geography and Archeology in 2014 from the University of Zimbabwe and a MSc. In Geography from Bonn and the United Nations University.

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Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con

Photo Credit: “Volunteers bring donated goods to be transported to Chimanimani and other affected areas by Cyclone Idai, March 19, 2019” by Columbus Mavhunga/VOA, via Wikimedia Commons.


The Indian Ocean World Podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sam Gleave Riemann, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”

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