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A Young Statistician’s Reflections on Investing in Human Capacity to Drive Sustainable Development Fransina Amutenya is a Senior Statistician at, Namibia Statistics Agency. She has benefitted from the Takwimu Young African Statisticians (TYAS) Programme aimed at developing and empowering young statisticians in Africa. The programme, supported by the Economic Commission for Africa provides a platform for young statisticians to collaborate, innovate, and advance their skills, helping them stay in tune with the global data revolution. She speaks about her statistical experience: 🌍 What do statisticians do and what attracted you to become a statistician? Statisticians design data collection tools to gather information on a certain subject often called the population. They analyze the collected data to write a story or report on the findings. In brief, Statisticians are researchers. How did I become a Statistician? On my first day at university, I intended to register for a Bachelor of Science (Pure science) course. The Faculty officer seated at the registration counter at the time then said, “Hello young girl (I was 17 at the time), there is a new course in our faculty called Bachelor of Science in Population Studies, please consider enrolling for this course instead of pure science” ...As they say – the rest is history, I enrolled, and to this very day, I am forever grateful to Ms. Tekla Tjipura for steering me into this call of a Statistician. 📊 Why are data and statistics important for development and decision-making? Data and statistics are crucial for development and decision-making for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is only through empirical evidence that we can make informed decisions. By analyzing data, policymakers, businesses, and organizations can understand current trends, patterns, and potential future scenarios, enabling them to make decisions that are grounded rather than speculative. Secondly, with statistics, we can identify areas of concern or opportunities for improvement. Policymakers can detect inefficiencies in a process, uncover disparities in access to resources, or recognize emerging market trends. Thirdly, we use data to monitor progress and allocate resources efficiently. In the same vein and probably most importantly, statistics can serve as a basis for accountability and transparency in the decision-making processes. By documenting and sharing data on various aspects of development, decision-makers can be held accountable for their actions and policies. All in all, data and statistics play a fundamental role in guiding development efforts and ensuring that decisions are evidence-based, targeted, and effective. Read more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eG5ED2ZT Takwimu YAS Official #Statistics #SustainableDevelopment #DataScience #TYASProgramme #YoungStatisticians #Africa

“The #AfCFTA offers #Zimbabwe an unprecedented opportunity to diversify its trade, build resilient industries, and stimulate economic growth. However, to fully realize these benefits, it is critical that trade is inclusive and environmentally sustainable. Zimbabwe’s agriculture and forestry sectors, particularly the oleaginous plants, seeds and fruits and wood and paper value chains, play a crucial role in driving economic growth and reducing poverty. In this context, UNECA, in collaboration with the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has implemented a project funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) to identify green value chain opportunities and climate adaptation needs across 19 African countries and 5 regions, including Zimbabwe. The findings will be incorporated into the National AfCFTA Implementation Strategies as Green Supplements, aligning with Zimbabwe’s national priorities and the UN’s efforts to promote sustainable development” Ms Bineswaree Bolaky, Economic Affairs Officer, Subregional Initiatives Section, UNECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa. Eunice G. Kamwendo Abdallah Souleymane Olayinka Bandele Bineswaree Bolaky

“Government of #Zimbabwe has applauded the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) for providing technical assistance towards the development of the Green Supplement, which will be part of the national AfCFTA Implementation Strategy for Zimbabwe, once it has been developed. Today’s workshop aligns seamlessly with our goals of sustainable development of these critical value chains. The Government remains committed to promoting sustainable and inclusive growth of its economy to the benefit of the citizenry. We advocate for environmentally friendly production practices and are actively encouraging the adoption of climate-smart technologies in industries” says Mr Dayford Ndhema, Director Harare Metropolitan Province, Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Eunice G. Kamwendo Abdallah Souleymane Olayinka Bandele Bineswaree Bolaky

#Underway in #Harare, #Zimbabwe: 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐀𝐟𝐂𝐅𝐓𝐀) - 𝐙𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐰𝐞 - 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩, 𝟏𝟑 - 𝟏𝟒 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. The workshop is organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Africa Trade Policy Centre - ATPC and the Subregional Office for Southern Africa- (SROSA), under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) of the Republic of Zimbabwe and with funding from Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA). The study focuses on opportunities and challenges to develop green value-chains in oleaginous plants, seeds and fruits value chain, as well as the wood and paper value chain in Zimbabwe and will complement the National AfCFTA Strategy of Zimbabwe that was developed by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) with support from UNECA and the European Union. The main objectives of the validation workshop are: 1. To present and discuss the draft Green Supplement to the Strategy for the implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement in Zimbabwe.  2. Serve as a platform to stimulate discussions on the draft strategy to elicit feedback and inputs from a broad range of stakeholders in Zimbabwe 3. Ensure complementarities across the National AfCFTA Strategy, and other strategic policy documents of Zimbabwe. The aim of the Green Supplement is to provide strategies and actions for developing green value chains for exports to African markets. To promote long-term competitiveness and sustainability of these value chains, the Green Supplement strategy and action plan also contain measures to foster climate adaptation and promote green growth transitions in line with national development priorities. Eunice G. Kamwendo Olayinka Bandele Bineswaree Bolaky

#𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 #𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 : 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚: 𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝟐𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 - 𝟐𝟏 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒, 𝐇𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝: 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥. The 30th meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts (ICSOE) of Southern Africa is being convened by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) and hosted by the Government of Zambia in Livingstone from 20-21 November 2024 under the theme: Addressing the energy deficit in Southern Africa through investments in new and renewable energy technologies to reduce energy poverty and accelerate sustainable industrialization and structural transformation. The theme tackles one of the key enablers of industrialization in the face of climate change by providing stakeholders in Southern Africa with a platform to discuss how the region’s vast new and renewable energy resources could be exploited to support the clean and just energy transition as well as help reduce the regional energy gap for both productive and consumptive purposes. This session follows the successful 29th ICSOE Meeting hosted by the Government of Botswana in Gaborone on 8 and 9 November 2024 under the theme: Accelerating Implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area for Inclusive Development in Southern Africa: Building on the regional economic communities’ free trade areas, and Harnessing Technology and Innovation for Private Sector and Value Chains Development. The 30th ICSOE will be preceded by two Ad Hoc Experts Group Meetings (AEGMs) on 18th -19th November 2024 at the same venue. The two AEGMs will be on “Leveraging Renewable Energy Resources for a Just Energy Transition in Southern Africa” and on “Financing Climate Action and a Just Energy Transition in Southern Africa – Challenges and Opportunities.” 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: https://lnkd.in/dxBftK6z #energydeficit #renewableenergysolutions #energyfinance #greenindusrialization #poverty&inequalities Eunice G. Kamwendo Beatrice Mutali Olayinka Bandele Bineswaree Bolaky Talumba Chilipaine

#𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 #𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐙𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐰𝐞: 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭- 𝐙𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐰𝐞 - 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩, 𝟏𝟑- 𝟏𝟒 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Africa Trade Policy Centre - ATPC and the Subregional Office for Southern Africa- (SROSA), under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) of the Republic of Zimbabwe is convening a workshop to present and discuss the draft Green Supplement to the Strategy for the Implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement in Zimbabwe. The study focuses on opportunities and challenges to develop green value-chains in oleaginous plants, seeds and fruits value chain, as well as the wood and paper value chain in Zimbabwe and will complement the National AfCFTA Strategy of Zimbabwe that was developed by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) with support from UNECA. 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: https://lnkd.in/d4xJuZhW Eunice G. Kamwendo Olayinka Bandele Bineswaree Bolaky

ICSOE 2024: ECA Offices for North and West Africa to focus on Digital, Economic Transformation in the Context of the AfCFTA The sub regional Offices for West and North Africa of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are jointly organizing the 39th and 27th sessions of the Intergovernmental Committees of Senior Officials and Experts for North Africa and West Africa (ICSOE) on 19-21 November in Rabat (Morocco). The meeting will provide an opportunity to take stock of the results achieved by the ECA Offices in North and West Africa over the past year, outline strategic priorities for the coming year, assess the economic and social conditions in both subregions and make recommendations in support to member countries’ efforts to accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2030 (SDGs) and Agenda 2063 while promoting deeper regional integration. This year’s joint session is themed: “Accelerating the Implementation of the AfCFTA in North and West Africa through Digital Transformation and Economic Diversification.” Parallel to this event, the offices will hold on 19-20 November an expert group meeting (EGM) on the same topic (hybrid format). Participants at the ICSOE and EGM meetings will include delegates and representatives from 22 countries of North and West Africa including high-level officials, policymakers, representatives of regional economic communities, academics, development partners, civil society and the private sector.   EVENT: 39th and 27th session of the Intergovernmental Committees of Senior Officials and Experts for North Africa and West Africa   DATE: 19-21 November 2024, starting at 9 am GMT+1   PLACE: Sofitel Jardin des roses, Rabat, Morocco. Participants wishing to attend remotely can register here: ∙ ICSOE meeting on “Accelerating the implementation of the AfCFTA in North and West Africa through digital transformation and economic diversification”: https://lnkd.in/e9CFkBJz ∙ EGM meeting on “Harnessing the potential of the AfCFTA: the catalytic role of economic diversification and innovative digital technologies »: https://lnkd.in/ehQdUKgZ   WORKING LANGUAGES: Real time translation will be provided in English, French and Arabic.   Note to editors: The event documents can be accessed on the ECA website, here: https://lnkd.in/eNUGm7Q6   High resolution photos of the event will be available on the ECA Flickr account: https://lnkd.in/eassSBpX For more information about this event and for your interview requests, please send an email to: filali-ansary@un.org (North Africa) or gouro2@un.org (West Africa). Click here for more information : https://lnkd.in/eNUGm7Q6 #AfCFTA #DigitalTransformation #EconomicDiversification #AfricaIntegration #SustainableDevelopment #Agenda2030 #Agenda2063 #NorthAfrica #WestAfrica #Rabat #Morocco

📣#AppelACandidature ✅Cours en ligne - L'autonomisation des #Femmes et des #Jeunes dans l'Agriculture dans le contexte de la #ZLECAf 🗓️Durée :  5⃣semaines 📆Période : 1⃣8⃣novembre - 2⃣0⃣décembre 🗣️ Langues : Français & Anglais 💸Gratuit 📌Inscription👉🏿https://lnkd.in/eYPvNPq9 🔚Date limite de dépôt des candidatures :  1⃣5⃣novembre #IDEPCourses United Nations Economic Commission for Africa United Nations United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa (UNCC-AA) FAO

ECA Examines Contribution of Migrant Remittances to Development in Tunisia The Economic Commission for Africa subregional office for North Africa will hold, in partnership with the Tunisian Ministry of Economy and Planning, an inception workshop for the program, “Strengthening the Migration-Development Nexus in Africa – Tunisia,” on 13 November in Tunis. The event will gather representatives from relevant sectoral ministries, government agencies responsible for Tunisian expatriates, planning and investment bodies, the United Nations, private sector stakeholders, and civil society organizations. The primary objective is to examine how the Tunisian diaspora’s remittances can contribute to national development. This initial meeting aims to enhance understanding of the remittance process, the transmission channels used, the challenges faced, and areas for potential improvement. This workshop is part of ECA’s “Strengthening the migration-development nexus in Africa” programme (2024-2028), which is to be carried out in six African countries and increase their capacity to incorporate migrant remittances into national strategies and sectoral plans, thereby maximizing their contribution to sustainable development. EVENT: Inception workshop “Strengthening the Migration-Development Nexus in Africa – Tunisia”  📅 Date: November 13, 2024, 9:00 AM 📍 Location: Hôtel Mövenpick, Berges du Lac1, Tunis (Tunisia) 🌐 Language: French For more information about this event and your interview requests, please send an email to filali-ansary@un.org #AfricaDevelopment #Migration #development #EconomicDevelopment #Remittances #Tunisia

Hanan Morsy, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), speaks on the panel "Redesigning the Global Financial Architecture to Unlock Capital at a Fair Cost for Africa" at the 2024 FT LIVE Africa Summit. November 1, 2024.