Useful sources about Africa

Average retail prices of selected petroleum products over five years, including motor gasoline premium, gas oil, illuminating kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas. The information is published in the National Bureau of Statistics' Economic Survey of 2017.

Information on water purification points and boreholes drilled per financial year as per the National Bureau of Statistics' Economic Survey of 2017.

Data on water coverage as a percentage, in a performance report on Kenya’s water services sector for 2014-2015.

A table providing the top and worst performing utilities in Kenya, highlighted in a performance report published annually by the Water Services Regulatory Board.

A table which provides data on metering ratio, which is the number of functional water meters as a percentage of total connections highlighted in a performance report published annually by the Water Services Regulatory Board.

A report consisting of and providing data on five resource subsectors in Kenya namely environment, natural resources, water, irrigation and mining. It was published by National Treasury and covers the period 2018/19-2020/21.

A World Bank affiliated project, the Africa Power Mining database shows existing and planned mines across the continent by mineral, ore grade and project size. It synthesises existing data from annual reports, mining news sites, the US Geological Survey and others.

The State of Mining in Africa is a synthesised desktop-based report looking at investment trends and challenges on the continent. It includes royalty tax rates by country.