The Statistics Department of the African Development Bank AfDB , in collaboration with the African Union Institute of Statistics STATAFRIC , the Africa Centre for Statistics of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNECA , and other international partners held a week-long Regional Workshop on Statistical Data and Metadata exchange SDMX and the Bank's Open Data Platform 2.0 ODP 2.0.
The workshop, held in Addis Ababa from 21 to 25 July 2025, brought together more than 40 participants from 16 countries, alongside delegates from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, Paris21, and four regional institutions. Participants engaged in hands-on training on leveraging SDMX to enhance data management and dissemination in support of evidence-based policymaking.
SDMX has emerged as a leading global standard for statistical data exchange, enabling greater efficiency, automation, and integration across national, regional, and global statistical systems. Its adoption by African countries is set to boost the reliability and comparability of official statistics across the continent.
