Joshua Marikopo

 Hi Readers. Last week, the Vice President Rtd. Gen C. Chiwenga put out an official state statement shaming Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) organisation for awarding scholarships to Zimbabwean LGBTQIA students at tertiary institutions. The retort was the scholarships are a bait to lure Zimbabweans into practices of the West and that Zimbabwe is a Christian nation. Now, this is all wrong, coming from the V.P. First of all, the majority of Zimbabweans are Christians but this does not make us an entire Christian nation. There are millions who have different religious views and that statement by the VP sidelines many non Christian Zimbabweans.  The Constitution is clear that we have the freedom of worship, this statement may make a lot of non Christian feel segregated. Secondly, no place in our laws makes one being gay illegal. Its a human rights violation to criminalise people for their sexual orientation. This is terrible. African leaders have been known for not respecting ...

  Image credit: the internet. DATA! Its all around us, everywhere, and even within us. Humans have survived thousands of years because of data. By constantly processing information of our surroundings and improving the outcome based on real-time data we have evolved to become the superior species on the planet. Since the dawn of time great achievement were made possible through the collection of data, its analysis and use. Its what led Galileo to prove that the Earth is not flat, Sir Isaac Newton to discover gravity, Beethoven to write those symphonies and so on. Data has been crucial for development and we have achieved so much that we now know what's beyond our galaxy. But we have done that far too much for our own good. The mismanagement of data has resulted in global challenges such as environmental and biodiversity loss and climate change, conflicts in different parts of the world, inequalities and social issues. It is only a few years now that Artificial intelligence (AI) has...