Africa GIS Background The seventh Africa GIS conference was held at the CSIR International Convention Centre, Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, from 31 October to 4 November 2005. Delegates from Africa and other regions of the Globe met to discuss the use of geo-information in Africa and challenges facing them in the decade ahead. Stats SA's involvement Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) was one of six polygon sponsors. The Geography Division contributed to this conference by hosting a workshop, technical visits, oral and poster presentations. Mr Lehohla (Statistician General) and Dr Liz Gavin (Deputy Director General) were keynote speakers. The following Oral papers as presented at Africa GIS 2005 are available / can be viewed: Oral Paper Author Title 552 Ilse Brits Geo-referencing of place name datasets: What is best, polygons or points? 657 Andre Brand Development versus Flight safety zones 678 Marisa Lombaard Geographical Support for Social Statistics 679 Marisa Lombaard South African Postcode Geography 685 Nick Grobbelaar The development of a small area spatial layer to serve as the most detailed geographical entity for the dissemination of Census 2001 data Key note address P. Lehohla "Statistics needs Geography; Geography needs Statistics"