Organized every four years by the Union for African Population Studies (UAPS), the African Population Conference (APC) is the largest scientific meeting on population issues that examines the state and knowledge gaps regarding various population and development issues pertaining to the African continent. Since 1984, UAPS has worked to promote the generation of evidence through rigorous research, strengthening research capacity, and advancing the use of population related scientific evidence to develop policies and programmes in Africa. UAPS is the only population-focused organization that represents all regions of Africa, bridging linguistic and geographical barriers to foster networking, knowledge sharing and learning across the continent. UAPS facilitates dialogue and collaboration between researchers, policy makers, civil society, the donor community, programme implementers and representatives of regional and international organizations and who need reliable evidence to support their work.
Building on the success of past APCs, UAPS is organizing the 9^th APC, a convening on population and development in Africa with expected attendance of  about 1,000 participants.

Almost 10 years after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the implementation of the First Ten-Year of the AU Agenda 2063, 30 years after the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and 50 years after the Bucharest World Population Conference, the 9^th APC offers a unique opportunity and a platform for in-depth engagement and discussion with multi-sectoral stakeholders under one roof on how we can leverage Africa’s human capital to achieve transformation in a world of uncertainty and on what has worked, what has not worked, and why?