Our #WCW is Vimbai Mutinhiri who is a Zimbabwean actress, model and television personality. She was born on 18 February 1987 in Harare, Zimbabwe but raised in Belgrade, Serbia and in Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to participating in Big Brother Africa Amplified in 2011, she studied in South Africa graduating from the University of Cape Town with an honours degree in politics, philosophy and economics.Vimbai is the youngest of four children of Ambrose Mutinhiri and Tracy Mutinhiri, both of whom are Zimbabwean cabinet ministers.
She attended school at St Edward’s School, Oxford and Arundel School in Harare. She then went to on to study Social Sciences at the University of Cape Town, graduating in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree.Vimbai scored her first acting gig at 15 years as an actress in a short film titled “Who’s In Charge”, which featured at the Zimbabwe International Film Festival. She also had a lead role in Zimbabwe’s first soap opera titled “Studio 263”. While studying at the University of Cape Town, she continued modelling.
In 2011, Vimbai took part in Big Brother Africa season 6. She hosted various major African events, including the first Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards broadcast live to 54 countries from Lagos, Nigeria.
Currently the Face of Castle Milk Stout (Cameroon) she has also been on the runway at the SA Fashion Week and the Zimbabwe Fashion Week. In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Vimbai married Andrew Ekpenyong in Calabar, Nigeria.
