Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 3, 2018 (ECA) – Statisticians were on Wednesday urged to do more to explain and sell their work to ensure their product helps African governments to make informed policies that can change communities and democracies for the better.
Addis Ababa, 03 October 2018 (ECA) - The 13th session of the African Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) kicked off on Monday in Addis Ababa under the theme, “Application of economic statistics and national accounts in support of sustainable development.”
ASSD is an annual international meeting that brings together African statisticians together with regional and international partners to tackle economic, demographic and social themes.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2, 2018 (ECA) - The Eighth Meeting of the Forum on African Statistical Development (FASDev VIII) took place yesterday with member States at the end of the day calling on partners to increase financial support to member States, in line with priorities identified in their national strategies for the development of statistics.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 2, 2018 (ECA) - The Fourth Session of the Regional Committee on United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Africa continued in Addis Ababa Tuesday with the morning session focusing on Working Groups of the UNGGIM and how to make them more effective.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 01, 2018 (ECA) - The Fourth Session of the Regional Committee on the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Africa (UN-GGIM: Africa) opened Monday with participants discussing sustainable development goals’ demands for new data acquisition and integration approaches to improve the availability, quality, timeliness and disaggregation of data.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 01, 2018 (ECA) - Africa needs to start changing the way it produces and packages data and statistics to ensure its industrialization and diversification processes are backed by reliable and accurate data, Economic Commission for Africa’s Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist, Abdalla Hamdok, said Monday.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 1, 2018 (ECA) – The success of the sustainable development agenda calls for a data revolution to support Africa’s developmental endeavors at all levels, Ethiopian President Mr. Mulatu Teshome, said Monday.