lmkasanda-cpu/zambia-governance-tracker

Key Zambian Governance and Economic Indicators # 🇿🇲 Zambia Governance Tracker **Live civic dashboard tracking Zambia's key economic, governance, social, and democratic indicators.** > Built for the Zambian public — and the academics, researchers, traders, policy-makers, NGOs, and IGOs who study and serve it. 🌐 **Live site:** lmkasanda-cpu.github.io --- ## What it tracks | Category | Indicators | |---|---| | **Currency** | ZMW/USD, GBP, EUR, ZAR — live rates + 14-year history chart | | **Copper** | Live LME price, annual production 2010–2024, 2025 projections, 3M tonne roadmap | | **Other minerals** | Cobalt, nickel, gold, emeralds — production & prices (PwC 2025) | | **Macroeconomics** | Inflation, GDP growth, GDP per capita, current account | | **Fiscal** | Budget performance, revenue, deficit, debt/GDP, debt restructuring (92.2% AIP) | | **Foreign reserves** | USD total + months of import cover (IMF benchmark: ≥3 months) | | **Governance indices** | CPI (TI), Mo Ibrahim IIAG, Press Freedom (RSF), Democracy (EIU), Rule of Law (WJP), HDI (UNDP) | | **Demographics** | Population, poverty rate, life expectancy, unemployment | | **Energy** | ZESCO load-shedding status, electricity access (NEAS 2023), fuel pump prices (ERB) | | **Agriculture** | Maize production 2017–2026, food security, Strategic Food Reserve | | **Social sector** | Education & health budgets, Social Cash Transfer, poverty analysis (2026 Budget) | | **News** | Live RSS from 8+ Zambian and international sources with sentiment tagging | --- ## Data sources ### Live / API | Data | Source | Refresh | |---|---|---| | Exchange rates | Open Exchange Rates | Every 5 min | | Copper price | Yahoo Finance (HG=F) | On load | | Macro & social indicators | World Bank Open Data | On load | | ZMW/USD annual history | Bank of Zambia (BoZ) | Static | | News | Daily Mail, Diggers, Daily Nation, Makanday, Lusaka Times, ZNBC, BBC Africa, Reuters Africa | Every 15 min | ### Official documents (hardcoded, dated) | Data | Source …