The Afrobarometer Round 8 survey has finally kicked off with 16 Field Research Assistants and 4 field Supervisors trained from 18th to 24th November, 2020. This was followed by a pilot test conducted in Chilanga’s Shimabala area with each Field Research Assistant carrying out two personal interviews to obtain information from individual respondents from randomly selected households. The respondents answered a series of questions in a face-too face situation and in a language of the respondent’s choice.