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Data Management for Wits: Local Information: Africa

The following is general advice,data varies hugely between types of research and projects.

African statistical information: Censusus

National Statistics sponsored by UN

These are reliable sources of a  collected on an on-going basis . The first is from public sources in South Africa which measures a range of factors from awaiting trial prisoners to malaria prevalence. It is useful if you are looking for repeated measures.  The Reference Regional Strategic Framework for Statistical Capacity Building in Africa (RRSF) focus has been on providing quality and credible statistics for Africa and they have brought out three yearbooks in succession