The first ever UN World Data Forum proudly declared Africa as the new cradle for data revolution, and was successfully convened in Cape Town, South Africa, on 15-18 January 2017. The conference, as a major demonstration ...

The African Statistical newsletter aims to supplement the efforts of the African Statistical Journal to provide a platform for sharing knowledge and information about statistical methodologies and their application to solve ...

The first ever conference of African Ministers responsible for civil registration took place from 13 to 14 August 2010 at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ...

This issue is packed with a lot of information on statistical developments in Africa. It contains interesting articles on statistical capacity building initiatives and focuses especially on recent training workshops, ...

The Joint Session of CoDG and StatCom-Africa contributes to the progress of policies on statistics and statistical activities in Africa, as each body had done hitherto, in a more integrated manner. The Joint Session considers ...

This issue of the Newsletter also has a lot of interesting information about statistical developments in Africa. It reports on: two octogenarian mathematics teachers in South Africa - against the backdrop that during the ...

This Second Conference of African ministers in charge of civil registration was preceded by an Experts’ Group Meeting from 3 to 5 September 2012 at the Durban International Convention Centre in Durban, Republic of South ...

When statisticians from all over Africa converged to Cape Town, South Africa, in 2006 to discuss the challenges they faced in supporting their countries’ development efforts through the provision of sound statistical ...

The ASSD has increased the ability of statistical practitioners to work together and embrace an Afrocentric approach to statistical development characterized by such frameworks as the Reference Regional Strategic Framework ...

The African Statistical newsletter aims to supplement the efforts of the African Statistical Journal to provide a platform for sharing knowledge and information about statistical methodologies and their application to solve ...