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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the flagship projects of Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want and entered into force on 30 May 2019, with trading under the Agreement commencing on 1 January 2021. It is a high-ambition trade agreement aimed at bringing together all 55 African Union (AU) Member States, covering a market of more than 1.3 billion people.
With a comprehensive scope, the AfCFTA addresses key areas of Africa’s economy, including trade in goods and services, digital trade, investment protection, intellectual property rights, and competition policy among other areas.
By eliminating barriers to trade within the continent, the AfCFTA seeks to significantly boost intra-African trade, particularly in value-added production and services sectors. According to estimates, the Agreement has the potential to increase intra-African trade by 52.3% through tariff liberalization and trade facilitation measures.
Africa Agribiz Concepts is a catalyst for sustainable agribusiness transformation in Africa, delivering practical, inclusive, and tech-driven solutions tailored to meet the needs of smallholder farmers, youth, and women-led enterprises. Our expertise spans smart agriculture, Agritech, value chain development, financial inclusion, and climate resilience.
Africa Agribiz Concepts bridges critical gaps in the agribusiness ecosystem by leveraging digital trade platforms, strategic partnerships, and market-based approaches to unlock growth, resilience, and impact for local and cross-border markets.
"Zaulimi App is a user-friendly Android mobile application designed to empower farmers, extension officers, and agri-SMEs with practical agricultural advice and market linkages. Structured around the agricultural production cycle, the app provides step-by-step guidance on selected crops, livestock, and agroforestry practices.
Zaulimi addresses critical challenges in the agriculture sector by improving access to structured markets and delivering real-time commodity price information. It enhances users’ decision-making with timely and relevant content that supports both production and marketing activities thus making it an inclusive tool for bridging information gap for smallholder farmers and other agri-players for productivity promotion and improved market access through the following key features:
1. Crop and Animal Production Module which provides step-by-step guidance on selected crops, livestock, and agroforestry practices.
2. Farming Business Module which offers insights on transforming farming into a viable business.
3. Marketplace Module which connects buyers and sellers to facilitate trade.
4. Commodity Prices Module which provides up-to-date prices for key commodities traded through the Agricultural Commodity Exchange (ACE) for Africa "
Digital Food Safety and Trade Services (DiFSATS) Limited focuses on leveraging digital technology to provide solutions to non-compliance with food safety, animal health and plant health related trade requirements to enhance market access for agri-food businesses. DiFSATS envisions to become a continental catalyzing Hub for the use of digital facilities and tools to improve the efficiency and outcomes of food safety, SPS and standardization in Africa for increased trade compliance, market access and consumer safety. This is achieved by continuously identifying the pain points; developing and supporting use of suitable digital innovations, facilities and tools to address challenges faced by the farmers, agri-food value chain actors, exporters and Importers, regulators and consumers across Africa regarding food safety, SPS measures and trade compliance. DiFSATS is working on digital solutions for enhancing certification ,traceability systems, risk assessment, process monitoring and control of temperature, pests and hygiene practices in food production and processing; SPS documentation, inspections at the border and approvals to facilitate official controls, as well as appropriate information exchange and sharing platforms to facilitate coordiation of stakeholders.
Our flagship digital platform expected to transform agri-food trade across Africa, especially under AfCFTA, is The Pan African SPS Compliance Cross-Border Trade Management System (PASC-TMS). It facilitaes compliance with food safety, animal and plant health regulations applied in cross border trade for agri-food products by enabling Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), informal traders especially women and youth and smallholder farmers to streamline production, value chain and trading processes to ease compliance with requirements needed to access markets under the AfCFTA. The platform integrates four core functionalities to enhance SPS compliance in the agri-food value chain namely;
1. Automating Simplified Trade Regime (STR) that streamlines Informal Small-Scale Cross-Border Trade (ISSCBT) through digital registration of traders, automatic complaince with threshold requirements of products and qualitites allowed under STR, enables e-certification and declarations, simplifies customs clearance documents, it helps in ensuring complaince to SPS and standards and monitor the contribution of ISSCBT to the economy
2. Automating inspection and clearance of food imports at points of entry by digitizing pre-border, on-border and post-border procedures to be followed in accessing import permits by food importers and onborder inpsection and certification processes undertaken on imports by official control authorities
3. Automating a system for early detection of plant and animal diseases outbreaks and food contamination; communication systems and alerts, and facilitating processes in managing and coordinating response mechanisms by different stakeholders to prevent trade rejections and distortions arising from such outbreaks
4. Automating mutual recognition of food safety certificates of compliance issued by Competent Authorities (CA) across Africa through standardizing common Appropriate Levels of Protection (ALOP) based on adapted international best practices, agreed upon conformity assessment procedures; and agreed upon format of certificate of compliance, as well as protecting the integrity and authenticity of the certificates using a centralized QR code repository for instant food safety certification verification.
Eazy Chain is a tech logistics company that offers short-sea shipping to link major hub ports to smaller ports along the West African coast combined with a digital platform.
Hafide is a digital financial platform designed to help African micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) replace manual bookkeeping with a simple, secure, and localized digital solution. Founded in response to the 2022 Waheen Market fire in Hargeisa, which destroyed billions of dollars in assets and wiped out paper-based financial records, Hafide was created to prevent the loss of businesses' financial data.
The platform enables MSMEs to easily track their income, expenses, and customer debts while securely storing records in the cloud. It is mobile-friendly, easy to use, and tailored for local business needs and languages.
With over 2,500 MSMEs onboarded and users across 2 countries, Hafide is helping businesses improve their financial visibility, access credit, and prepare for growth, including participation in cross-border trade under the AfCFTA framework.
Justtrade365 is a sustainable digital trade facilitation platform built to power inclusive, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)-aligned, and finance-ready e-commerce across Africa. Designed for both formal and informal markets, Justtrade365 is accessible via web, mobile app, and even USSD ensuring no one is left behind.
The platform is built around cutting-edge modules that deliver:
• AI powered real-time market intelligence and trade compliance
• Smart contracts and escrow
• Partner vetting
• ESG scoring and reports
• Trade Finance and Carbon offset matching
• Immersive AR/VR trade showcasing
• Multilingual trade support
• Logistics tracking
By lowering entry barriers and building trust into every transaction, Justtrade365 tackles the structural issues that have long held African traders back especially around transparency, finance, and fragmented markets.
KWIKLINK is a digital cross-border payment platform designed to enable fast, secure, and affordable money transfers within Africa, and from Africa to western world countries. KWIKLINK aims to bridge the financial gap faced by African micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), who struggle with outdated, expensive, and fragmented payment systems when transacting across borders.
Unlike most solutions that focus only on inbound remittances, KWIKLINK addresses the challenge of outbound and intra African payments by integrating the platform with local mobile money services and interoperable systems like PAPSS to allow seamless transfers in local currencies, eliminating unnecessary foreign exchange conversion and delays. KWIKLINK simplifies how businesses pay suppliers or partners across African borders making it a financial solution that unlocks economic potential by enabling smooth, borderless trade within Africa.
"Leoleo is a data management system designed to digitize the agricultural supply chain. Its core function is to enhance market integration by connecting buyers and sellers, while providing real-time information to support informed decision-making. The platform supports businesses with inventory management, promotes the use of digital payments, and enhances overall trade efficiency.
Leoleo is built to facilitate cross-border trade, enabling traders to conduct their business seamlessly within the platform. It specifically targets the food supply and agro-input supply chains, aiming to create a more transparent, efficient, and accessible agricultural trading ecosystem."
WareFlow connects SMEs in need of working capital solutions across value chains in supply chains with financiers by leveraging our technology, operations, and customer acquisition engine. This then enables financiers to scale, diversify, and manage supply chain finance more efficiently.
Zuputo is a legal technology simplifying cross-border trade and business growth in Africa. We support entrepreneurs, SMEs, and traders with business registration, intellectual property (IP) protection, and compliance management across multiple African countries. Through localised legal documents, automated compliance reminders, and access to verified lawyers, Zuputo helps businesses formalise, protect their innovations, and trade confidently across the continent.