Statistics plays an important and vital role in every domain of human activity. Thinking about numbers is becoming
so critical that in all facets of the society, people in academia, business and governments need to rely on data in order to
take optimal decisions.
Despite the high demand of statisticians and data analyst in Africa, there is a persistent concern that African students are
not pursuing degrees in statistics at under and post graduate levels in sufficient number to meet the demand and developmental
challenges Africa is facing.
Thus in order to address multi-sectorial challenges in Africa, we call for efforts to enhance awareness of careers in statistics
and related analytics fields among high students throughout Africa. Also, there is a need to systematically document the
current and future needs for statisticians in Africa