The African Data Initiative officially started in 2015 with the overall aim of enabling good statistical understanding and informed decision making among African economies and the world over. The first part of the initiative involved the development of a free, powerful, easy to use statistical software that enhances learning of good statistical practices. The software, R-Instat, which is an important part of the initiative was officially launched on the side-lines of the ISI WSC 2017. The second part of the initiative has involved the use of software to teach statistical concepts using real data at both school and tertiary levels. Besides teaching, the software has also been instrumental in production of official statistics in climate among other sectors. The initiative has also included the use of electronic assessment in statistics teaching especially for large classes where personalized and immediate feedback is difficult to give using traditional assessment methods. In this session, we shall be presenting the general idea behind the initiative, progress made so far and future plans.

Organiser: Dr James Kaleli Musyoka

Chair: Dr David Stern

Speaker: James Musyoka

Speaker: Roger Stern

Speaker: Francis Torgbor

Speaker: Dr David Stern

Speaker: Mr Zachariah Mbasu