About the webinar
The African Centre of Statistics (ACS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will hold the next StatsTalk-Africa webinar series event on the topic Use of Big Data for Nowcasting on Tuesday, 31st October 2023, from 11:00 to 12:30 EAT via Microsoft Teams. The purpose of this webinar is to provide a deeper understanding of the methods used to nowcast GDP and other economic indicators.
The StatsTalk-Africa is a monthly webinar series being organized by the UNECA-ACS to demystify and provide a space for dialogues on data, statistics, and innovative techniques and tools among data experts and users with within ECA, Africa and rest of the world. Demystifying and unpacking statistical concepts mean that Stats Talk will have experienced speakers and practitioners from the region and across the globe.
Speakers:
- Welcome Remarks: Mr. Oliver Chinganya, Director, ECA-ACS
- Presenters:
- Nilanjana Roy, Department of Revenue, India
- Issoufou Seidou Sanda, African centre for Statistics
Moderator: Name: William Muhwava, Chief ECA-ACS
Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5a97c4f6-68ee-4ebf-af34-f167aadc13c3@0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70
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Contact Persons
- Ms. Anjana Dube, ECA-ACS, anjana.dube@un.org
- Mr. Issoufou Seidou Sanda, ECA-ACS, seidoui@un.org
- Mr. Yonas Mersha, yonas.yigezu@un.org
Presentations
- Estimation of GDP growth – Non-conventional approaches
- Nowcasting GDP using Big Data and Machine Learning - The African Experience