About us

Background on

AFCFTA Trading Company

Incorporated in February 2023, the AFCFTA Trading Company is a premier African owned and operated company comprehensively involved in logistics, trading, importing and exporting businesses across Africa. The key priorities of the AFCFTA Trading Company are to make intra-African trade possible by providing a one-stop solution for free trade in Africa, building mutually beneficial relationships with all clients (i.e., private or commercial) and efficiently and effectively responding to the trading needs and requirements of our clients. African countries have, in the past, made several unsuccessful attempts at improving trade. Given the history of lackluster performance of these earlier African regional agreements, the anticipated benefits of the AfCFTA will largely be realized if a private sector company like the AFCFTA Trading Company with extensive logistics and other technical capabilities plays a leading role in intra-Africa trade by providing a one-stop marketplace solution to make intra-African trade a reality. This will be the only solution to the current situation where African markets are segmented and there is no readily available information on what goods and services are available for export and what imports are needed in each country.

The AFCFTA Trading Company and its zonal offices will help solve this problem by providing the one-stop solution for all intra-Africa trade. As a partnership between the private sector and the AfCFTA Secretariat, the AFCFTA Trading Company is uniquely positioned to mesh the relentless drive for efficiency and value creation brought by the private sector partner and the improved socio-economic wellbeing of all Africans being championed by the AfCFTA Secretariat and the African Union.

With an MOU between the AfCFTA Secretariat and McDan Shipping making the AFCFTA Trading Company the preferred logistics and smart trading platform partner to AfCFTA and the African continent, the AFCFTA Trading Company is in prime position to help make AfCFTA a resounding success and also achieve breakthrough stakeholder performance due to a confluence of four important factors – the expertise of the team, the innovativeness of our products and services, the robust trading and payments platforms as well as the logistics leadership of the company.

Vision

To facilitate intra- Africa trade and uplift Africa’s trading position in the global market by connecting business to business and trade aggregating with large, medium and small enterprises.

Mission

To be the leading trading company in Africa, providing premium trading services, connecting business to business, working with small holder farmers, manufacturers, producers through trade aggregation and acting as a true agent of development.

Core Values

- - Professionalism – consistency of quality;
  - Results oriented/ Reliability – focused and going all out to make it happen;
  - Proactivity – anticipates and plan effective solution; and,
  - Integrity – trustworthiness.