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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

The celebrations of this year put the focus on the quality of statistical data. The norm ISO 8402 of the International Standardization Organization defines quality as “the totality of features and characteristics of a ...

The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) organized the second meeting of the Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom-Africa) from 18 to 21 January 2010, at the ...

This issue of the Newsletter captures through a number of interesting articles on events that took place during the current quarter. These include: The Meeting of the extended Working Group on Informal Sector in Africa; ...

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 Centre for Statistics revived the publication of the African Statistical Newsletter in 2008 with the aim of providing a platform for sharing knowledge and information about statistical methodologies and their ...