About Commodity Plus
The intelligence layer for African commodity trade.
Commodity Plus is verified trade and compliance infrastructure for African commodities. It connects international buyers with inspected, contract-grade agricultural and mineral supply from 14 African markets — bringing structured demand, benchmark-referenced pricing, independent inspection, and escrow-protected settlement into a single platform.
Why we built it
African origins produce world-class commodities. The trade around them has been opaque, unverified, and hard to finance.
International buyers struggle to find supply they can trust. Suppliers struggle to prove quality, meet tightening compliance rules, and get paid on time. The result is friction that pushes value out of the origin countries that create it.
Commodity Plus exists to make that trade legible — to buyers, inspectors, regulators, and financiers alike. Every transaction is inspected at source, referenced against published benchmarks, settled under escrow, and carried by a permanent, auditable record.
How it works
One platform, from procurement request to settled, compliant contract.
- Structured demand
- International buyers publish procurement requests specifying commodity, grade, volume, delivery window, and price range. Verified suppliers respond against clear requirements.
- Independent inspection
- A certified inspector network grades each lot against international standards at farm level, collection, warehouse intake, and pre-shipment — producing immutable digital certificates.
- Escrow-protected settlement
- Contracts define fulfilment and inspection milestones. Funds are released against those milestones, so neither side carries the full counterparty risk.
- Built-in compliance
- EUDR Due Diligence Statements, polygon-grade farm-plot geolocation, an evidence vault, and a catalog of more than 30 regulatory regimes across four tiers.
Who it serves
Every participant in the commodity trade, on one shared record.
- International buyers sourcing verified African supply
- Suppliers and aggregators at African origins
- Inspection companies and certification bodies
- Processors and value-chain operators
- Financiers funding trade and working capital
- Ministries, standards authorities, trade bodies, and embassies
Compliance
Compliance that ships with the trade, not after it.
From EUDR Due Diligence Statements and farm-plot polygons to a 32+ regime catalog, compliance evidence is captured as part of fulfilment rather than reconstructed at the border.
Explore the compliance packageAcademy
Free trade education, written by practitioners.
The Commodity Plus Academy teaches the operators who move African commodities to international markets — export readiness, trade finance, Incoterms, and certified supply chains. Free, structured, and certified on completion.
Visit the AcademyFrequently asked questions
The essentials, answered.
- What is Commodity Plus?
- Commodity Plus is verified trade and compliance infrastructure for African commodities. It connects international buyers with inspected, contract-grade agricultural and mineral supply from 14 African markets, combining structured demand, benchmark-referenced pricing, independent inspection, and escrow-protected settlement in a single platform.
- Which commodities can I source on Commodity Plus?
- Agricultural commodities include coffee, sesame, cocoa, tea, vanilla, pulses, oilseeds, fresh produce, spices, and grains. Mineral commodities include tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, cobalt, copper, and lithium. Every commodity is graded against the relevant international standard.
- Which markets does Commodity Plus cover?
- Commodity Plus sources from 14 African markets across East Africa, West Africa, the Great Lakes region, and Southern Africa.
- How does Commodity Plus verify quality?
- Through independent inspection at every stage of fulfilment — farm level, collection point, warehouse intake, and pre-shipment. Inspections are carried out by a certified inspector network against international grading standards, and each produces a timestamped, geolocated, immutable digital certificate.
- How is payment handled?
- Settlement is escrow-protected and milestone-based. Funds are released against the fulfilment and inspection milestones defined in the contract, so both buyer and supplier are protected. There is no commitment until a contract is signed.
- Does Commodity Plus help with EUDR and other compliance regimes?
- Yes. The compliance package generates EUDR Due Diligence Statements, supports polygon-grade farm-plot geolocation, maintains an evidence vault, and covers a catalog of more than 30 regulatory regimes across four tiers — for both exporters and buyers.
- Who is Commodity Plus for?
- International buyers, African suppliers and aggregators, inspection companies, processors, and financiers — as well as government bodies including ministries, standards authorities, trade-promotion bodies, and embassies that participate in the commodity trade.
- Is the Commodity Plus Academy free?
- Yes. The Academy is free, structured, written by practitioners, and certified on completion. There is no paywall and no upsell.
Get started
Open an account and submit your first procurement request.
Specify commodity, grade, volume, delivery window, and price range. The platform matches your request to verified supply. There is no commitment until a contract is signed.