How to Secure Africa's Data Revolution
"Africa needs to embrace the data revolution," argues Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of ECA. "The exponential increase in the volume and types of data available, ... is creating unprecedented opportunities to inform and transform societies."
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Africa:
How to Secure Africa's Data Revolution
UNECA, 7 December 2015
Africa needs to embrace the data revolution — the exponential increase in the volume and types of data available, which is creating unprecedented opportunities to inform and… Read more »
Ericsson
InFocus
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"ECA is working to ensure that the issue of the African Development Goals (ADGs) does not fall off our collective radar but we must remember that existing programmes and frameworks ... Read more »
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Africa:
ECA Launches African Statistical Community
UNECA, 8 November 2015
"The importance of statistics in our work and in addressing development challenges in our communities cannot be overstated," says Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, the Deputy Executive Secretary… Read more »
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Africa:
Embrace Data, Counter Stereotypes On Africa, Says Carlos Lopes to Media Leaders
UNECA, 3 November 2015
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Mr. Carlos Lopes has called on media leaders to counter stereotypes and perceptions about Africa, embrace the use of… Read more »
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Africa:
Encouraging West African Countries to Produce Reliable Statistics
UNECA, 8 August 2015
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will organize on September 1-2, 2015 at the Hotel Belle Ivoire in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) a meeting for the focal… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Call for Harmonised Spatial Data Management
New Times, 29 July 2015
Officials from the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) have urged institutions to harmonise the management of information on locations and shapes of… Read more »
