About Commodity Plus
The intelligence layer for African commodity trade.
Commodity Plus is a trusted home for trading African commodities. It connects international buyers with inspected, contract-ready farm and mineral supply from 14 African markets — bringing clear demand, fair benchmark pricing, independent inspection, and protected payment together in one platform.
Why we built it
African origins grow world-class commodities. The trade around them has been murky, hard to verify, and hard to finance.
Buyers struggle to find supply they can trust. Suppliers struggle to prove quality, keep up with tightening rules, and get paid on time. All that friction pushes value out of the very countries that create it.
Commodity Plus exists to make that trade clear and trustworthy — for buyers, inspectors, regulators, and lenders alike. Every deal is inspected at the source, priced against published benchmarks, paid out safely in stages, and backed by a permanent, checkable record.
How it works
One platform, from first request to a paid, compliant contract.
- Clear demand
- Buyers post exactly what they want — commodity, grade, quantity, delivery dates, and price range — and verified suppliers respond against those clear requirements.
- Independent inspection
- A network of certified inspectors grades each lot against international standards — at the farm, at collection, at the warehouse, and before shipping — producing digital certificates that can't be changed.
- Protected payment
- Contracts set clear delivery and inspection stages, and payment is released as each one is met — so neither side carries all the risk.
- Built-in compliance
- EUDR compliance documents, farms mapped to the required level, one home for all your documents, and more than 30 rules covered across four simple tiers.
Who it serves
Everyone 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 others along the supply chain
- Lenders funding trade and working capital
- Ministries, standards authorities, trade bodies, and embassies
Compliance
Compliance that ships with the trade, not after it.
From EUDR compliance documents and mapped farms to more than 30 rules covered, the proof is gathered as you trade — not pieced together at the border.
Explore the compliance packageAcademy
Free trade education, written by practitioners.
The Commodity Plus Academy teaches the people who move African commodities to the world — export readiness, trade finance, delivery terms (Incoterms), and certified supply chains. Free, structured, and certified when you finish.
Visit the AcademyFrequently asked questions
The essentials, answered.
- What is Commodity Plus?
- Commodity Plus is a trusted home for trading African commodities. It connects international buyers with inspected, contract-ready farm and mineral supply from 14 African markets, bringing clear demand, fair benchmark pricing, independent inspection, and protected payment together in one platform.
- Which commodities can I source on Commodity Plus?
- Farm commodities include coffee, sesame, cocoa, tea, vanilla, pulses, oilseeds, fresh produce, spices, and grains. Minerals include tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, cobalt, copper, and lithium. Every one is graded to 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 — at the farm, at collection, at the warehouse, and before shipping. A network of certified inspectors grades against international standards, and each inspection produces a digital certificate stamped with the time and place that can't be changed.
- How is payment handled?
- Payment is protected and released in stages. Money is released as the delivery and inspection stages in the contract are met, so both buyer and supplier are protected. Nothing is committed until a contract is signed.
- Does Commodity Plus help with EUDR and other rules?
- Yes. It creates EUDR compliance documents, lets you map your farms to the required level, keeps all your documents in one place, and covers more than 30 rules across four simple tiers — for both exporters and buyers.
- Who is Commodity Plus for?
- International buyers, African suppliers and aggregators, inspection companies, processors, and lenders — as well as government bodies like ministries, standards authorities, trade-promotion bodies, and embassies that take part in the commodity trade.
- Is the Commodity Plus Academy free?
- Yes. The Academy is free, structured, written by practitioners, and certified on completion.
Get started
Open an account and post your first buying request.
Just say what you want — commodity, grade, quantity, delivery dates, and price range — and we'll match your request to verified supply. Nothing is committed until a contract is signed.