Taking Africa's Pulse with Afrobarometer
Into Africa
English - November 16, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes - ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit africa nigeria politics technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Cooking Up a Storm from Dakar to Brooklyn
Next Episode: Angola’s Paradox of Abundance
Although data is a powerful tool in decision-making, data collection and production in Africa have proven to miss the mark in pattern prediction. Afrobarometer is a Pan- African, non-partisan, non-profit research network with headquarters in Ghana that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy, and society in Africa. Dr. Joseph Asunka, the CEO of Afrobarometer, speaks with Mvemba about the challenges in data collection in Africa as well as the ways Afrobarometer is building data collection methodologies for various contexts in Africa.