Reader
Anyone following business in Southern Africa
Free
- The weekly SADC Deals Brief by email
- Ten-year charts for every indicator
- Five full deal records a month
- Everything on the free site
Plans
Start free, pay when the deals data earns its keep
Country profiles, maps, elections and the latest deals are free for everyone. A free Reader account adds the weekly SADC Deals Brief, ten-year charts and five full deal records a month. Paid plans open the whole deals tracker, deal alerts, district infrastructure figures and downloads. Prices are in US dollars; payment is on dotzedw.com.
Individual
Analysts, consultants and journalists
US$190 a year
Two months free: US$19 a month paid monthly
- The full deals tracker, with parties, values, stages, sources and search
- Premium analysis articles in full
- Full history back to 1990, custom Investor Lens weights and sector rankings
- District power, grid, telecoms and water figures on the country maps
- A weekly email of new deals in the countries and sectors you follow
- Trade analysis: value chains from ore to finished goods, regional supply openings and each country's value-addition balance
Professional
Investors, advisers and business development teams
US$490 a year
Two months free: US$49 a month paid monthly
- Everything in Individual
- A morning email of new deals in the countries and sectors you follow
- CSV downloads of every indicator, deal, election and trade flow
- Mines and mobile base stations on the maps and in the district figures
Team
Investment firms, banks, law firms, consultancies and embassies
From US$2,500 a year
for 5 people
- Professional for five people, with more seats available
- Invoice and bank transfer billing
- A licence to use charts and figures in client work
- An onboarding call
Enterprise
Development lenders, large companies and research firms
From US$6,000 a year
- The Insights Centre API and bulk data feeds
- Custom country and sector cuts
- Analyst hours with the dotzedw team
Discounts. Half price for students, journalists at independent outlets and local non-profits. Ask us with proof of status. Contact us.
What each plan includes
| Feature | Explorer | Reader | Individual | Professional | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest figure for every indicator and country | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data cards: definitions, why it matters, rank and five-year change | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maps and the Atlas base layers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elections tracker | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Every national election with party results | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elections as a CSV download | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ten years of history on every chart | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full history back to 1990 | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CSV downloads | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Investor Lens with your own weights | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full tech market rankings | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Projects pipeline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The latest deals as headlines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full deal records (five a month for Readers) | – | 5 a month | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The full deals tracker, with search, charts and sources | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The deals tracker as a spreadsheet | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| dotzedw analysis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Premium analysis in full | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The weekly SADC Deals Brief by email | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weekly email of new deals you follow | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Morning email of new deals you follow | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Population, area and density by province and district | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| trade | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| trade_analysis | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| trade_downloads | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data API | – | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Atlas layers | |||||
| countries | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| cities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| water | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| roads | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| railways | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| airports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| power plants | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| provinces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| mines | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| projects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| planned lines | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| dams | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| water stress | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| energy | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| telecom | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| water infra | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| cells | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
Plan contents are set by dotzedw and may change. Team licences give every seat the Professional plan. Billing is on dotzedw.com.
Questions
- Can my company pay by invoice?
- Yes. Team and Enterprise plans are billed by invoice and bank transfer. Individual and Professional are paid by card or the other methods shown at checkout on dotzedw.com.
- Can I cancel?
- Yes, at any time from My Account. You keep access until the end of the period you have paid for.
- What does “reported” mean on a deal?
- The deal has been reported in the news but not yet confirmed by a regulator, exchange, lender or party to it. Our analysts confirm or remove reported deals. More on how deals are verified.
- I already pay for the old Standard or Premium plan.
- Nothing changes for you: Standard is now called Individual and Premium is Professional, and you keep your current price for at least twelve months.
- Do you share my details?
- No. Your account lives on dotzedw.com and is covered by our privacy policy. You can unsubscribe from the weekly brief at any time.