Lusaka, Zambia, October 18, 2019 (ECA) – Oliver Chinganya, the Director of Statistics at the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) African Centre for Statistics, had the opportunity to brief Zambia’s Vice President, Inonge Mutukwa Wina, on the 5th Conference of African Ministers responsible for CRVS and the records it was setting as Africa seeks to bridge the huge identity gap on the continent.
Mr. Chinganya’s brief to the VP was mainly about the CRVS, the content, coverage, number of participants and level. The conference was deliberated on the theme “Innovative Civil Registration and Vital Statistics systems as a foundation for legal identity management”. The Statistics Director emphasized that this was the largest conference since 2010 with over 800 high level delegates attending.