# African Inflation Monitor (`malmon/africa-inflation-monitor`) Actor Monthly CPI and inflation data for 7 African countries pulled directly from national statistics offices — Ghana (GSS), Morocco (HCP), Tunisia (INS), South Africa (SARB), Zambia (BoZ), Kenya (CBK), Uganda (UBOS). Returns CPI index, YoY %, MoM % and food sub-indices. Every record is source-attributed. - **URL**: https://apify.com/malmon/africa-inflation-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [Simon M](https://apify.com/malmon) (community) - **Categories:** Agents, Developer tools, News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.10 / latest cpi snapshot This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? 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For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Africa Inflation Monitor — Monthly CPI Data Delivers monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) and inflation rates for **7 African countries** — directly from national statistics offices and central banks. Data is typically available 2–4 weeks after the reference period, compared to 6–12 months for World Bank / IMF aggregator feeds. **Countries:** Ghana · Morocco · Tunisia · South Africa · Zambia · Kenya · Uganda --- ### Why this actor | Aggregator | Africa CPI lag | This actor | |---|---|---| | World Bank | 6–12 months | 2–4 weeks | | IMF | 6–12 months | 2–4 weeks | Each record includes CPI index level, year-on-year % change, month-on-month % change, and food/non-food sub-categories where available — normalised across all 7 countries. --- ### Coverage | Country | Source | Legal | CPI index | YoY | MoM | Food | Historical depth | |---------|--------|-------|-----------|-----|-----|------|-----------------| | Ghana (GH) | GSS StatsBank PX-Web API | 🟡 no ban | ✅ | ✅ pub | ✅ pub | ✅ index | Jan 1998 | | Morocco (MA) | HCP BDS API — CC-BY 4.0 | 🟢 CC-BY | ✅ | derived | derived | ✅ index | Jan 2017 | | Tunisia (TN) | INS HTML tables | 🟢 open | ✅ | ✅ pub | ✅ pub | ✅ index | Rolling 9 mo | | South Africa (ZA) | SARB JSON API | 🟡 © footer | — | ✅ pub | — | — | Jan 2000 | | Zambia (ZM) | BoZ JSON API | 🟡 no ban | — | ✅ pub | ✅ pub | ✅ yoy | Feb 2010 | | Kenya (KE) | CBK wpDataTables | 🟡 © footer | — | ✅ pub | — | — + annualAvg | Jan 2005 | | Uganda (UG) | UBOS Excel via WP | 🟡 © footer | ✅ | derived | derived | ✅ index | Jul 2017 | **Note:** Food sub-category is not available for South Africa or Kenya from any machine-readable source without browser automation. South Africa also lacks a CPI index level via the SARB API (headline YoY only). --- ### Modes #### `latest` (default) Returns the single most recently published CPI month for each country. One API call per country, results in ~7 records. Recommended for scheduled daily or weekly runs. #### `historical` Returns monthly CPI rows for a specified date range. Requires `dateFrom` and `dateTo` in `YYYY-MM` format. **Limitations in historical mode:** - **Tunisia:** only the rolling 9-month window is available — no archive API. - **Uganda:** each month requires downloading a separate Excel file (~650 KB each). For Uganda, `latest` mode is strongly recommended; historical across many months is slow. --- ### Input | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `mode` | string | `latest` | `latest` or `historical` | | `countries` | string[] | all 7 | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes: GH, MA, TN, ZA, ZM, KE, UG | | `dateFrom` | string | — | Required for historical. `YYYY-MM` | | `dateTo` | string | — | Required for historical. `YYYY-MM` | | `maxItems` | integer | 5000 | Hard cap on total output records | --- ### Output example **Ghana — latest:** ```json { "schemaVersion": "0.1", "id": "GH:2026-01", "country": "GH", "countryName": "Ghana", "period": "2026-01", "currency": "GHS", "cpiIndex": 262.3, "cpiBaseYear": "2018", "yoyChange": 3.8, "yoyChangeDerived": false, "momChange": 0.2, "momChangeDerived": false, "food": 294.3, "foodType": "index", "nonFood": 239.1, "nonFoodType": "index", "annualAverage": null, "source": { "name": "Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) StatsBank", "url": "https://statsbank.statsghana.gov.gh/api/v1/en/Macroeconomic Indicators/Prices and Inflation/cpi.px", "retrievedAt": "2026-06-04T14:05:06.862Z", "asOfDate": "2026-01", "licenseNote": "Source: Ghana Statistical Service (statsghana.gov.gh). Government statistical data, reproduced for informational purposes." }, "warnings": [] } ```` **Kenya — latest (headline-only source):** ```json { "id": "KE:2026-05", "country": "KE", "period": "2026-05", "currency": "KES", "cpiIndex": null, "yoyChange": 6.68, "momChange": null, "food": null, "annualAverage": 4.66, "source": { "name": "Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)", ... } } ``` *** ### Cost (Pay-per-event) | Run type | Cost | |---|---| | `latest` — all 7 countries | **$0.10** | | `latest` — 2 countries | **$0.10** (same snapshot charge) | | Historical — 1 country, 12 months | **$0.12** | | Historical — Ghana full (1998–2026, ~337 months) | **$3.37** | | Historical — all 7, full depth | ~**$13** | *** ### Legality & disclaimers All data reproduced from official government sources. Each output record carries a `source.licenseNote` with the legal basis: - **Morocco (HCP):** [CC-BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — explicit open licence - **Tunisia (INS):** Explicit open data declaration - **Ghana, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa:** No redistribution prohibition found on any government web page as of 2026-06-04 (verified via direct inspection). Published under the factual-data rationale: raw statistical figures are not copyrightable; only creative expression is protected. **This data is for informational purposes only. Not financial advice.** All values are reproduced faithfully from the source — no values are synthesised or adjusted. *** ### Limitations - **South Africa:** `cpiIndex = null`, `food = null` — SARB API only publishes headline YoY %. Stats SA (the primary source) is blocked by a WAF. - **Kenya:** `cpiIndex = null`, `food = null`, `momChange = null` — CBK only publishes YoY and 12-month annual average. - **Tunisia:** Rolling 9-month window only — no historical archive available via any machine-readable route. - **Uganda:** `historical` mode downloads one Excel file (~650 KB) per month. For ranges > 3 months, consider using `latest` mode on a schedule instead. - **Morocco:** `yoyChangeDerived: true` — YoY and MoM are computed from the index, not published directly by HCP. - Data cadence: CPI is published monthly, typically 2–4 weeks after the reference period. Scheduling this actor daily is fine but new data will only appear once per month. *** ### Issues / feedback [Open an issue](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues) or contact simon.maltzen@mail.de # Actor input Schema ## `mode` (type: `string`): latest returns one record per country for the most recently published month. historical returns the full time series for a date range. ## `countries` (type: `array`): Leave empty for all 7 countries. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes: GH, MA, TN, ZA, ZM, KE, UG. ## `dateFrom` (type: `string`): Start month in YYYY-MM format. Required in historical mode. Earliest: GH 1998-01, MA 2017-01, TN rolling 9mo, ZA 2000-01, ZM 2010-02, KE 2005-01, UG 2017-07. ## `dateTo` (type: `string`): End month in YYYY-MM format. Defaults to latest available. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on total output records. ## Actor input object example ```json { "mode": "latest", "countries": [ "GH", "MA", "TN", "ZA", "ZM", "KE", "UG" ], "dateFrom": "2023-01", "dateTo": "2026-05", "maxItems": 5000 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "countries": [ "GH", "MA", "TN", "ZA", "ZM", "KE", "UG" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("malmon/africa-inflation-monitor").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "countries": [ "GH", "MA", "TN", "ZA", "ZM", "KE", "UG", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("malmon/africa-inflation-monitor").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "countries": [ "GH", "MA", "TN", "ZA", "ZM", "KE", "UG" ] }' | apify call malmon/africa-inflation-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=malmon/africa-inflation-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "African Inflation Monitor", "description": "Monthly CPI and inflation data for 7 African countries pulled directly from national statistics offices — Ghana (GSS), Morocco (HCP), Tunisia (INS), South Africa (SARB), Zambia (BoZ), Kenya (CBK), Uganda (UBOS). Returns CPI index, YoY %, MoM % and food sub-indices. 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