LUANDA, Angola, December 17, 2025/APO Group: Afrobarometer has completed two weeks of training for journalists, civil society actors, as well as students and faculty from universities in Luanda, Huambo that forms part of its inaugural data-analysis workshops dedicated to participants from the Lusophone African region.
The series of workshops is a rare opportunity for participants hailing from Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique – many of whom had never previously attended Afrobarometer trainings – to build foundational skills in accessing, analysing, and interpreting Afrobarometer survey data.
One key takeaway lies in the fact that participants were able to strengthen their ability to use data effectively for news reporting, policy advocacy, and learning and teaching.
“Participants walk away from the training with improved capacity to transform public-opinion data into compelling, evidence-based stories, policy advocacy, and research outputs that elevate citizen voices and strengthen public discourse across Angola and the lusophone region,” commented, Afrobarometer’s capacity building manager Dominique Dryding.
A journalist for Rádio Essencial in Angola, Avelino Domingos, stressed the value offered by the training to distilling data-driven narratives grounded in citizen experiences and evaluations.
“I’m excited to apply the knowledge gained over the last three days in my investigations into the realities of everyday Angolans,” he said. “I also look forward to helping citizens understand the work of Afrobarometer in Africa, and particularly in Angola.”
Participants also lauded the user-friendly nature of the online data analysis (ODA) tool.
“The most exceptional thing about the Afrobarometer data is that you don’t need to be an expert to use it,” said a communications specialist from Cabo, Verde Cláudia Fernandes de Brito. “It’s in the public domain and freely available on the Afrobarometer website. All you have to do is access the data through the ODA and just use it.”
The workshops form part of Afrobarometer’s broader commitment to spreading data literacy and bolstering evidence-based decision making across all corners of Africa. By expanding the pool of practitioners who can responsibly use public-attitude data, Afrobarometer aims to amplify citizen voices for democratic governance, inform reporting and advocacy, deepen stakeholder engagement, and reinforce the organisation’s role as a key continental resource for research and capacity building.
