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LATEST ISSUE
September 2025 volume 22 issue 5
NOTEBOOK
News
Allies and threats, US government data, 122nd ASA president, AI hallucinations and more
Puzzle
Luck be a lady
Plus the solution to “A tribute to John Haigh”
Editorial
There is no beauty but the beauty of action
PERSPECTIVES
AI in Africa
Africa has “plenty of ideas, but little support”, says a Ugandan data scientist
Bad stats
Our regular series revisiting well-known statistical screw-ups. This issue: statistical versus practical significance
Book review
Unreliable by Csaba Szabo, reviewed by Tom King
Letters
Significance readers share their thoughts
Crossword
Rolling Stones, by Sam Buttrey. Plus the solution to last issue’s crossword
Questions answered
Meet Elizabeth Ndjendja from the Ministry of Education, Namibia
STATSCOMM
The hidden use of statistics
Official statistics in everyday decisions
FEATURES
Agricultural data
Why data collaboration is the key to tackling food insecurity across Africa
Modernising examination management
Namibia is leading the way on digital transformation to benefit schoolchildren
Reaching the right people
Improving social protection programmes in Mali
Deforestation and satellite data
Evidence-driven decision-making in Cameroon
Citizen data
Data-gathering apps in Kenya and Ghana
PROFILES
Muhammed Semakula
PROFILES
Medical statistician and senior civil servant in Rwanda
Tinfissi-Joseph Ilboudo
Head of the African Centre for Statistics (UNECA) in Ethiopia