How Afrimintel compares
A three-way comparison of Africa-focused mining-investment information products. Each platform has a distinct shape and serves a distinct user. This page documents the structural differences observable from public information, not the relative merits.
At a glance
| Dimension | Afrimintel | ProjectsIQ | Africa Intelligence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product shape | Decision-grade investment intelligence: province scoring + intelligence-grade asset dossiers + bankability + downstream-risk + ESG framework substrate | Project pipeline database: project-by-project tracking across African capital projects | News-led intelligence service: editorial briefings on African corporate, political and economic developments |
| Coverage | 13 African mineral provinces, 40 African countries, 18 intelligence-grade asset dossiers, 25 comparable transactions & valuation benchmarks 2015–2025 | Africa-wide project pipeline across mining + infrastructure + energy + industry | Africa-wide news + corporate intelligence including mining context |
| Pricing (single-seat entry) | $149/month (Pro tier) or $1,490/year (save 17%) | ZAR 8,000–9,000/month (approximately $430–$490 USD at current rates) | Subscription pricing not publicly listed; positioned at institutional tier |
| Free / evaluation tier | Free tier with full province scoring + methodology + audit log + Quality Standard page | Limited free preview observable on public site | Free preview articles; paywall on substantive content |
| Methodology transparency | Public methodology page documenting scoring composites, dossier verification rules, bankability framework, SAVi-mining adaptation | Methodology documentation observable in product but not the primary editorial frame | Editorial standards typical of journalism rather than published structured methodology |
| Quality Standard | Three-state Sourced / Derived / Absent published per claim; field-level provenance on intelligence-grade dossiers | Source attribution observable on records | Standard journalism source attribution |
| Audit log | Public versioned audit log (123+ entries) recording every correction, fix, data update, and version bump | Update history observable on records | Standard journalism correction practice |
| Correction Velocity SLA | Published — 7 business days material, 30 non-material | Not publicly published | Not publicly published |
| Bankability / valuation layer | DCF + six-component risk-adjusted discount rate framework + SAVi-Mining externality-monetised valuation methodology on worked dossiers | Project economics where disclosed in source materials | Editorial context not analytical machinery |
| ESG framework substrate | Component E v1.2 — TNFD + IFC PS + WB ESF + AfDB ISS alignment per dossier | Project-level ESG context where disclosed | ESG context in editorial framing |
| Build-time governance | 37-check pre-deploy audit pipeline enforcing structural discipline at every deploy | Standard CMS-style update workflow | Standard editorial workflow |
| Editorial responsibility | Single named editor — Nikesh Patel, Honorary Consul of Rwanda in Mauritius | Corporate ownership; editorial team | Editorial team under group ownership |
Who each product serves best
ProjectsIQ — best for project-pipeline tracking
ProjectsIQ excels at the question "what projects are in development across Africa, by sector, by country?" Its database orientation suits operators of professional services firms tracking pipeline opportunities, project finance teams scanning for emerging mandates, and equipment vendors monitoring construction pipelines.
Africa Intelligence — best for news + corporate intelligence
Africa Intelligence excels at the question "what is happening this week across the African political, economic, and corporate landscape that I need to know about?" Its editorial intelligence orientation suits subscribers who need timely briefings on developments that affect operating context, including political shifts, regulatory changes, and corporate transactions.
Afrimintel — best for methodology-grade investment decisions
Afrimintel excels at the question "is this African mineral asset bankable, on what basis, and against which framework?" Its substrate covers province-level prospectivity through asset-level bankability through ESG-framework alignment with published methodology and public audit log. This serves exploration geologists making screening decisions, junior CEOs preparing financing narratives, investment teams running due diligence, DFI desks aligning with their internal safeguards frameworks, and consultancies producing client deliverables that need methodology-grade substrate.
Why the three are complementary, not substitutes
Many institutional subscribers will use multiple Africa-focused information products. ProjectsIQ for pipeline scanning, Africa Intelligence for news monitoring, Afrimintel for methodology-grade investment analysis. Each occupies a distinct niche; the choice between them is not which-one-but the question of which combination serves a specific workflow.
Afrimintel was built to fill the methodology-grade investment-analysis gap that neither pipeline databases nor news services cover by design. The bankability layer, the SAVi-Mining externality-monetised valuation framework, the Component E v1.2 ESG framework substrate, and the 37-check pre-deploy audit pipeline are infrastructure built for one purpose: making African mining investment decisions on a foundation of documented methodology with traceable verification.
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Free tier includes full province scoring, methodology page, audit log, and Quality Standard documentation.
Open the platform View pricingAbout this comparison. ProjectsIQ and Africa Intelligence are independent products with their own public information available at their respective websites. The comparison above documents observable structural differences from publicly available information at the time of writing; it is not a competitive critique. Pricing references are rounded to the nearest meaningful band and may have changed since this page was last updated. Last updated: May 2026.
Editorial responsibility: Nikesh Patel, Founder, Afrimintel. If you operate one of the named products and identify a factual inaccuracy in the comparison, please email and corrections will be applied within our 7-business-day Correction Velocity SLA.