Annual indicators of governance from Global Integrity (2013-)

The Africa Leadership Change (ALC) dataset records the ways leaders reach and leave power in the region over time, and allows for investigations into their broader implications. The dataset covers all leaders that held office in all fifty-four African states starting from 1960 (or subsequent year of independence).

Maintained by the Library of Congress, aims to capture the websites & born digital resources of government ministries, institutions and organizations for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 2014- onwards

Gazettes.Africa is a project by Laws.Africa and AfricanLII. Current & historic national government gazettes which contain official listings of notices and laws

South African based organisation aiming to improve governance across the continent.

Published by the London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundation, it measures the performance of government in 48 African nations South of the Sahara. Five major categories are covered Security; rule of law, transparency and corruption; participation and human rights; sustainable economic development and human development. It is possible to view country data from 2000 onwards.

SCAD focuses on protests, riots, strikes, inter-communal conflict, government violence against civilians, and other forms of social conflict not systematically tracked in other conflict datasets. SCAD currently covers social conflicts from 1990-2017, covering all of Africa, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean