Agricultural commodities
Verified agricultural supply from 14 African markets. Graded, inspected, and contract-ready.
Commodity Plus covers the full spectrum of African agricultural exports — from coffee and sesame to fresh produce and spices. Every commodity is graded against international standards, independently inspected at multiple stages, and available through structured contracts with escrow-protected payment.
Commodity coverage
What's traded on the platform.
- Coffee
- Arabica (washed and natural) and Robusta from Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and DRC. Graded against ICO standards. SCA cupping scores included in quality specifications.
- Oilseeds and pulses
- Sesame, soybean, groundnuts, sunflower seed, green mung beans, chickpeas, pigeon peas, red kidney beans. Sourced from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, and Nigeria.
- Fresh produce
- Avocados, mangoes, passion fruit, pineapple, green beans, chillies. Graded against UNECE FFV standards. Phytosanitary certification integrated into the export workflow.
- Spices and aromatics
- Vanilla, cardamom, cloves, ginger, turmeric, dried hibiscus. From Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda, and Nigeria.
- Grains and cereals
- Maize, rice, sorghum, millet, teff. Sourced across East and West Africa.
- Tea
- Orthodox and CTC from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Malawi.
- Cocoa
- From Ghana, Ivory Coast, Uganda, and Cameroon. Graded against industry standards with fermentation and moisture specifications.
- Dried fish and animal products
- Dried fish, honey, beeswax, hides and skins from lake and coastal regions across East and West Africa.
This list reflects current platform activity. New commodities are added as verified supply becomes available in our active markets.
How quality is verified
Grading standards are structured into every workflow, not referenced in a footnote.
Quality specifications on Commodity Plus are built against published international and regional standards — ICO for coffee, UNECE for fresh produce, Codex Alimentarius for food safety, East African Standards for regional trade. Each contract generates a commodity-specific quality spec sheet with defined parameters, tolerances, and penalty schedules for deviations.
Pre-shipment samples can be dispatched and approved within the platform. When the bulk shipment is inspected, results are compared against the approved sample and the agreed specification. Discrepancies are documented, penalties calculated, and disputes resolved through a structured process — not a phone argument.
Supply chain stages
From farm to export point, every stage is tracked.
- 01
Farm level
Farmer registration, crop planning informed by demand signals, pre-harvest assessment by assigned inspectors.
- 02
Collection and aggregation
Entrepreneurs coordinate collection from their registered farmer networks. Grading at collection points against the contract’s quality specification.
- 03
Processing
For commodities requiring processing — milling, drying, extraction, sorting — agroprocessors on the platform hold verified capacity profiles with certifications and throughput data.
- 04
Storage
Warehouse intake inspection, digital warehouse receipt issuance, condition monitoring. Receipts serve as collateral for trade finance.
- 05
Export
Pre-shipment final inspection, phytosanitary certification (integrated with national agriculture ministries), customs documentation, and bill of lading tracking through to discharge port.
Seasonal intelligence
Production calendars, harvest forecasts, and regulatory updates by country and commodity.
The platform publishes seasonal calendars for every active commodity-country combination — when harvest begins, when exportable volumes peak, when quality is highest. Weather impact alerts and regulatory changes (export restrictions, new certification requirements, revised grading standards) are published as they occur.
This intelligence is sourced from ministry partnerships and on-the-ground networks. It informs both buyer timing decisions and supplier aggregation planning.
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