How to move goods, money, and services across borders without losing margin to fees, duties, and bad FX rates.
On May 24, 2026, a Boeing 777 carrying 284 passengers left Lagos and landed in Bridgetown, Barbados. It was the first scheduled commercial flight ever to connect West Africa directly to the Caribbean. Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest carrier, now operates the route twice monthly, continuing on to Antigua before returning. The airline has also acquired … Read more
Importing From China to Nigeria: 6 Profitable Businesses You Can Start Now Walk through Alaba International, Balogun, or Ladipo on any weekday and you are looking at the same supply chain: a container that left Guangzhou, cleared at Apapa or Tin Can, and broke down into a thousand market stalls. Importing from China to Nigeria … Read more
Import Duty in Kenya: What Every Trader Needs to Know Before Shipping A Nairobi importer orders KES 800,000 worth of electronics from Shenzhen. The supplier quotes clean. The freight forwarder quotes clean. Then the KRA assessment comes back and the actual landed cost is KES 1.3 million. No fraud, no error — just every levy … Read more
How to Price Your Products Across 5 African Markets at Once You quoted a Kenyan client in USD. A Nigerian buyer saw the same figure on your website and thought it was overpriced. Your Ghanaian distributor negotiated you down to a margin you couldn’t sustain. And your South African wholesaler is still waiting on a … Read more
The Rise of African Entrepreneurship and the Enormous Inter-Africa Trade Opportunities You Cannot Afford to Ignore There is a revolution taking place across the African continent, and it is not being televised. It is not being led by governments, multinational corporations, or foreign aid agencies. It is being led by entrepreneurs, millions of them, operating … Read more