Quality statistics and sustainable funding critical for effective policymaking in Africa.
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 17, 2025(Story )Africa faces immense challenges in adequate and skilled human capital to produce quality statistics for evidence-based policymaking”. Tinfissi-Joseph Ilboudo, ACS
Robust statistical systems are key to economic development and social progress, says Outgoing Statistician Oliver Chinganya
Stories & Blogs ECANov 02, 2024(Story )Reliable data and statistics are necessary for informed decision-making if Africa is to achieve sustainable development, said Oliver Chinganya.
A Food Security Statistics Project is Enhancing Food Security Data across Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAOct 31, 2024(Story )Reliable food security statistics are essential for informed decisions on food access, quality, and affordability.
Embrace new technologies for digital collection methods for timely and relevant statistics – Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh
Stories & Blogs ECAOct 30, 2024(Story )Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Temesgen Tiruneh has challenged African policy makers to build robust data and statistical systems that support development.
It is Time to Rethink GDP: Why Quality of Life Matters More
Stories & Blogs ECAOct 30, 2024(Story )As the world strives for sustainable development, a pressing question arises: should we rethink what measures human well-being? Sweta Saxena (ECA)
A rallying call that emphasizes the pivotal role of digital integration in harmonizing civil registration and vital statistics systems with legal identity structures.
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 30, 2024(Story )Strengthening the linkage of civil registration and vital statistics to legal identity systems through digitalization for enhanced inclusion
As Africa’s Population Crosses 1.5 Billion, The Demographic Window Is Opening; Getting The Dividend Requires More Time And Stronger Effort.
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 12, 2024(Story )On the World Population Day 2024, the United Nations’ Population Division released the 28th edition of official World Population Prospects (WPP) and forecast.
Opening Remarks by Oliver Chiganya at the Sixth Africa Gender Statistics Forum
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 08, 2024(Story )Pooling Together for Gender Statistics: Financing the Numbers that make Women and Girls Count
Harmonised methods for informal cross border trade data collection critical in monitoring intra-African Trade
Stories & Blogs ECAApr 28, 2023(Story )There are no agreed methods to accurately measure cross border trade, experts said at the first physical meeting of the ...
ECA launches program to modernize statistical production processes in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 29, 2023(Story )The program follows the road map for transformation and modernizing official statistics in Africa, which was approved by the ECA’s Conference of Ministers of Finance and Economic ...