Africain statistical newsletter 2017

Abstract

The Sixth SDMX global conference was successfully held in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) conference center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Under the theme SDMX for the Data Revolution, there were five major topics for the discussion: Global data sharing, Data validation, Applying SDMX to improve statistical business processes, SDMX infrastructure and tools, SDMX and global standardization. SDMX is a tool which all countries should embrace because of its potential uses and benefits. The data can no longer be a preserve of one institution and its principals. It is therefore hope that the conference will make a case of its benefits in improving consistency, quality and timeliness as well as discuss mechanisms of developing capacity in developing countries in order to adopt and use SDMX. Its expected the SDMX to be a game changer as part of the data revolution that will contribute to the acceleration of Africa’s economic transformation agenda and true integration to the global initiative.