Information from UNECA
Countries have embarked on national activities in celebration of the African Statistics Day under the theme “Modernising national statistical systems to provide data and statistics to support sustainable peace and development in Africa”. This year’s theme is in tandem with the theme of the African Union for the year 2020, “Silencing the guns: Creating conducive conditions for Africa’s development”.
Director of the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) African Statistics Centre, Oliver Chinganya, explains that the theme was chosen to raise awareness among decision-makers, technical and financial partners, data...
