The ECA programme for young statisticians, coined as Takwimu Young African Statisticians Programme (Takwimu YASP), is intended to create a network of young male and female statisticians and data practitioners from African National Statistical Systems 5 , Statistical Training Centres, Universities and research centres, private sector including those from national statistical associations and societies .
The programme also recognizes the collection of professions and skills that contribute to the skill-mix of the statistical value chain, which includes demography, population studies, methodology, economics, econometrics, mathematics, geography, geospatial information management, remote sensing, public health, development studies or economics, planning and other expertise required for stakeholder engagement, research, collection design, information technology, data transformation, analysis and data quality management in a statistical value chain.
