Tobias Willem Shinyemba

University of Namibia | UNAM · Department of Statistics

Water insecurity has long been a pressing issue, particularly in the informal settlements of Windhoek. The current study aims to investigate the relationship between water insecurity and residents' psychological distress in Windhoek's informal settlements. The study draws upon secondary data collected by Future Resilience for African Cities and Lan...

This study aims to review studies focusing on geospatial modelling of violence against children globally

This paper examined the accuracy of age-sex data reported in the Namibia population censuses with the aim to establish patterns and trends in the quality of age-sex reporting. To date, Namibia has conducted three population and housing censuses. However, it is not clear if there has been any advancement in the quality of data collected on age and s...

Fertility rate has been declining over the years in Namibia, and a number of studies have been conducted to investigate how socio-economic and physiological factors influenced fertility decline. This study was aimed at modelling the direct and indirect effects of socio-economic, socio-demographic and health attributes on fertility, as well as the p...

The Informal Food Sector in Oshakati, Namibia, by Lawrence N. Kazembe, Ndeyapo M. Nickanor, Tobias Shinyemba and Jonathan Crush – forms part of the network’s efforts to increase knowledge on urban food systems and household food insecurity in Africa’s cities. It presents the findings of AFSUN-FUEL’s survey of informal food vendors in Oshakati in no...

This report presents the results of the first comprehensive survey of the informal food sector in the Namibian capital of Windhoek. As such, it aims to shed light on the food system of the country’s largest urban centre. The informal food sector is critical to the food security of poor urban households in most rapidly growing towns and cities in th...

Namibia is experiencing an increase in its population living in urban areas due to rapid urbanisation, with the biggest growth rate experienced in Windhoek, where about 16% of the total population lives. With rapid population growth, Windhoek faces a number of challenges including the development of informal settlements, which manifest compromised...

Namibia is experiencing an increase in its population living in urban areas due to rapid urbanisation. However, this growth has not been the same in all parts of the country. Currently the biggest growth rate is experienced in Windhoek, which is home to about 16% of the total population. Due to rapid population growth, Windhoek has been facing a nu...

Impact of Food Insecurity on Quality of Life in Windhoek Informal Settlements: A structural Equation Modelling Approach

The study focused on demographic and statistical analyses that were based on causes of recent changes in adolescent fertility during the period 2006-07. The objective of the study was to identify factors that contributed to the decrease of adolescent fertility and also to compare adolescent fertility between rural and urban areas and across regions...