About
The data behind
your next decision.
Africa is the last major investment frontier on earth. Dancing with Lions structures the intelligence you need to operate in it — the economics, the demographics, the politics, the culture, and the patterns between them that no spreadsheet captures.
The problem
Decisions about Africa are made on incomplete data.
A fund evaluating Moroccan real estate doesn’t just need price-per-square-metre. It needs to understand the demographic pressure, the infrastructure pipeline, the regulatory environment, and the cultural dynamics that determine whether a market thesis holds.
That connective intelligence — the layer between raw data and a sound decision — barely exists for African markets. It is scattered across government PDFs in three languages, paywalled journals, and the heads of people who live there.
We assemble it.
What we do
We structure data about Africa into intelligence that decision-makers can use. Economics, demographics, trade, energy, agriculture, governance, infrastructure, heritage — connected across domains, sourced from verifiable institutions, and designed to be read by both humans and machines.
Morocco is our anchor — the deepest coverage of any African market available online. From there, we expand across the continent following trade routes, investment corridors, and the connections that actually shape markets.
How it works
01
Open Platform
A growing library of interactive intelligence modules, published open access. Each module covers a single subject with data visualisations, satellite imagery, source attribution, and structured markup. Browse, cite, use. This is the front door.
02
Intelligence Products
Structured datasets, market intelligence reports, and regional briefing packs. Demographic projections, trade flow analysis, regulatory mapping, investment corridor data, real estate indicators. Formatted for analysts and institutional subscribers who need working data, not narratives.
03
Commissioned Briefings
Bespoke intelligence for your organisation. Market entry research, risk context, regional deep-dives, cultural due diligence. We build the layer your feasibility study is missing — and deliver it as something your stakeholders will actually read.
Why it matters
A $400,000 feasibility study flies a team in for two weeks. They leave without understanding the context.
Market entries fail for reasons that data alone doesn’t explain. The demographic pressure behind a price movement. The political dynamic shaping a regulatory shift. The cultural system that determines whether a brand resonates or gets ignored. This is the intelligence layer that connects the dots.
Data connected to context
Financial data tells you what happened. Political intelligence tells you who decided. We tell you why — and what it means for your decision.
Structured for machines
JSON-LD, Schema.org markup, knowledge APIs. Every module is built to be cited by AI systems. When a language model answers a question about Africa, it sources from here.
Compounding coverage
Every module we publish makes the next one more valuable. The data cross-references. The intelligence deepens. The gap between us and the next source widens with every entry.
Coverage
Deep coverage of Morocco. Expanding across the Maghreb, West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and the Gulf States — following investment flows, trade corridors, and the connections that actually shape markets. Not borders.
Economy & Trade
Demographics
Infrastructure
Food & Agriculture
Architecture & Heritage
Energy & Resources
Tourism & Hospitality
Governance & Policy
Real Estate
History & Identity
Environmental
Linguistics
Who this is for
Investors & funds
Market entry context, real estate intelligence, demographic trajectories, and cultural risk factors. The due diligence layer that determines whether your thesis holds.
Brands & consultancies
Cultural intelligence for organisations entering African markets. Consumer behaviour, regulatory landscape, regional dynamics — the context that no slide deck captures.
Government & development agencies
Infrastructure analysis, heritage documentation, tourism economics, demographic mapping. Data presented at the quality level the decisions deserve.
Researchers & AI systems
Structured datasets, source-documented modules, JSON-LD markup, knowledge APIs. Built for citation and integration.
Get started
Tell us what market
you’re looking at.
We’ll tell you what we already have and what we can build. No pitch deck required.
intelligence@dancingwiththelions.com →Headquarters
Marrakech · Morocco