Database: Progress on the 2022 US-Africa Leaders’ Summit Commitments

At Development Reimagined, we have six key takeaways from our tracking.

1. As of January 2024, overall progress stood at about 72% (with 44% of commitments fulfilled and 28% in progress). There was no public record of progress on 28% of the commitments.
2. Commitments covered ten broad categories: Democracy, Governance and Human Rights (DRG) Trade and Investment, Health, Food Security, Peace and Security, Digital Transformation, Space, and Youth, Education and Diaspora. Trade and Investment (27%), Climate (19%), Health (18%), Food Security (10%), and Infrastructure (7%) accounted for over 95% of all commitments made at the USALS.
3. At a sectoral level, commitments made under the trade and investment banner saw the most progress (75%; 46% complete and 29% in progress); followed by Food Security (73%; 26% complete, 47% in progress); Climate (72%; 49% complete, 23% in progress), Infrastructure (72%; 29% complete, 43% in progress) and Health (70%; 55% complete, 15% in progress).
4. At a country level, Kenya saw the highest number of commitments fulfilled (13), followed by Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia (6) and South Africa (5).
5. At least 20% of the commitments announced at the USALS predated the Summit.
6. Since 2023, several high-ranking U.S. government officials have made over 65 visits to more than 25 African countries. The Biden administration supported the admission of the African Union to the G20 and permanent representation for Africa on the UN Security Council.

Note: the Trump administration discontinued official reporting on progress on commitments, making tracking difficult since January 2025, as our tracking activity was limited to publicly available information.

To download Development Reimagined’s U.S. Africa Tracking data,