Sub-Saharan African Regional Chapter
A new regional chapter of WAPOR – WAPOR Sub-Saharan Africa – has been founded in August of 2022. WAPOR Council has approved the formal chapter application on August 17, 2022, and the festive launch of the new chapter took place on November 12, 2022, at the WAPOR 75th annual conference in Dubai, UAE. WAPOR-SSA is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. A Caretaker Executive Committee has been established before the chapter’s first elections due in 2023 comprising Interim President Angela Ambitho (Infotrak Research & Consulting, Kenya); Interim Vice-President Mari Harris (IPSOS, South Africa); Interim Secretary-Treasurer Paul Nnanwobu (Random Dynamic Resources, Nigeria).
WAPOR sincerely congratulates the SSA team on this important achievement and greatly appreciate all their efforts, patience and persistence over the last 5 years which made this amazing project happen. WAPOR mission to promote the right to conduct and publish scientific public opinion research remains highly relevant in the conditions of new social, political, security, economic and healthcare challenges which societies worldwide face these days. The newly established WAPOR-SSA Regional Chapter is an important platform to extent WAPOR activities and mission further to the African continent.
Activities and membership of WAPOR SSA shall be primarily focused on the countries of Sub-Saharan African region. Public opinion researchers and WAPOR members from neighboring or other world regions will be welcome to join WAPOR SSA should they have the wiliness to do so. Acquiring membership in the new chapter will be possible from January 1, 2023, via the WAPOR membership portal: http://members.wapor.org/welcome.
WAPOR SSA and its members commit themselves to the professional and ethical principles summarized in the WAPOR Code of Professional Ethics and Practices. The new WAPOR-SSA Regional Chapter will engage in a robust ongoing conversation using publications, seminars, meetings and other educational initiatives about the best way to collect data and maintain data quality in and around the sub-Saharan African region. WAPOR-SSA will continue to promote in each country or region in Sub Saharan Africa the right to conduct and publish scientific research on what the people and its groups think and how this thinking is influenced by various factors. WAPOR-SSA will help to promote further professional and ethical standards to enhance the capacities and skills of the national public opinion research communities across the African continents. Activities of the new chapter will ensure the citizens’ voices as the critical force to shape and transform African societies are heard.
Call for papers for the 2024 Regional Conference
WAPOR-SSA is holding the first chapter Regional Conference on April 15-18, 2024 in Mombasa, Kenya (the conference venue will be at the Sarova Whitesand Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya). Conference theme is Shaping a Sustainable Future: The Lessons and Legacies from Opinion Polling in Africa. This first call for papers invites scholars, specialists, researchers and practitioners to contribute to the dialogue by preparing a 250-300 word abstract on any of the sub-themes listed below. Submissions can be sent to secretariat@wapor-ssa.org before the deadline of February 25, 2024.
Contact details for WAPOR SSA
Mailing Address
WAPOR SSA
103 East Manani Rd, Lavington
Nairobi, Kenya
E-mail: info@wapor-ssa.org
Website: https://wapor-ssa.org/