What is changing
The rules, money and commitments that shape Africa's place in the global economy, tracked from official sources and explained simply.
The next 15 months
Key dates for the rules and negotiations we track. Hover or tap a dot for details.
Current standings
Coming up
Deadlines that bite next
Africa map
Where each of Africa's 54 countries stands on climate plans, debt, continental trade and sustainability reporting.
Policy tracker
Global and African rules and negotiations that change what African countries can sell, borrow, report or receive. Select one for what it is, what is changing and what it means.
Key dates at a glance
Select a row to open the policy.
Climate and NDCs
National climate plans, how far they go, and the state of the UN climate talks.
African countries filing new climate plans
Cumulative count of African countries with a new or updated NDC in the UN registry, by filing date. Hover a dot for the country.
Source: UNFCCC NDC registry (via Open Climate Data), SEED count.
Tracked policies
Finance, aid and debt
Climate finance goals against what is delivered, falling aid, and the debt squeeze.
Global climate finance
US$ trillion a year. Hatched: preliminary estimate.
Source: Climate Policy Initiative, Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2026.
Aid is falling three years running
Annual change in official development assistance from DAC donors. Hatched: projection.
Source: OECD, ODA projections for 2026.
African countries by debt-risk rating
IMF–World Bank Debt Sustainability Framework, ratings as of 31 March 2026. Hover a bar for the countries.
Tracked policies
Trade and minerals
EU border rules, US trade preferences, the African free trade area, and the push to process minerals at home.
Tracked policies
Sustainability reporting
Who must disclose climate and sustainability information, under which standards, and when.
Tracked policies
The economy
Growth, prices and oil: the backdrop for every policy choice.
Growth in 2026
IMF projections, October 2026.
Inflation is rising again
Median inflation in sub-Saharan Africa. Open circles: projections.
Source: IMF Regional Economic Outlook, October 2026.
Table view and sources
Sustainable Development Goals
Four years to 2030: how much of the agenda is on course.
Two ways of measuring progress
The UN counts targets on track or making moderate progress; SDSN counts only those on track. The gap between them is the scale of "almost".
Timeline
What has happened in 2026, and what is scheduled next.
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Sources and method
How SEED GlobalWatch works, and every source behind it.
How we work
Every figure has a source. Select any figure to see the document it comes from, the date, and the sentence it rests on. Where a figure is SEED's own count, such as the number of African countries with a new NDC, we say so and show how it was made.
Figures are never written by AI. New figures found by our checks wait in a holding list until a SEED researcher approves them. When a figure changes, the old value is kept.
Analysis is labelled. "What it means for Africa" is SEED's interpretation. Until a SEED researcher has reviewed it, it carries a Draft label.
Sister sites. SEED PolicyWatch tracks Ghana's policy commitments; SEED EconomyWatch tracks Ghana's economy.
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