Saburi Chirimi

Senior Coordinator, Nairobi Office, Global

Saburi Chirimi is based in the Burness Nairobi office, where she works with a dynamic team to bring awareness to Africa’s most pressing issues. In her time at Burness, she has focused in areas ranging from agriculture to food security to climate change, land rights and health, securing high-profile media coverage in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America.

Prior to joining Burness, she worked in the fields of business development, brand development, project management, training and capacity building and customer relationship management in the for-profit and humanitarian sectors. She holds an honors degree in management information systems.

Saburi lives in Nairobi and enjoys the outdoors.

Posts By Saburi

Save the Ugali!

I recently visited smallholder farmers in Iringa, Tanzania, with a team of nine journalists. We learned that ugali, the most common staple starch in my home country of Kenya, is under threat! But we also saw some incredible projects underway to save the dish.

Four Questions with Saburi Chirimi

Saburi Chirimi has been advancing social change from our Nairobi office since 2014. In this interview, Julie Mankowski explores the projects Saburi works on, the impact they have, and why she calls her bike “Chuck Norris.”

Home Is Where the Forest Is

After centuries of caring for their forest home, the last remaining forest dwellers of Kenya find themselves trespassers on their own land, which has been designated a national game reserve.

All Posts by Saburi

What Drives You?

The desire to see positive change in society

Hometown

Nairobi, Kenya

Vacation Destination

Dar es Salaam