The African Centre of Statistics (ACS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is pleased to invite everyone to a StatsTalk-Africa webinar series which will focus on: Using Large Language Models for Complex Information Extraction and Classification Tasks in Economics and Statistics and will take place on 31 August 2023 from 11:000 to 12:30 EAT via Microsoft Teams.

The webinar aims to introduce and demystify the use of LLMs in complex information extraction and classification tasks specific to the domains of economics and statistics​​​​​​.

StatsTalk-Africa webinar series aim to provide a space for dialogues about data, statistics, and innovative tools with data experts and users within ECA, Africa and rest of the world. Specifically, it is being conducted monthly by the ACS to:

1. Serve as a knowledge-sharing and exchange platform.
2. Demystify and promote greater understanding of key statistical concepts and alternative data sources that could be harnessed in the African context.

For more information please contact:

• Mr. Issoufou Seidou Sanda, ECA- ACS, seidoui@un.org
• Mr. Yonas Mersha, yonas.yigezu@un.org