How to move goods, money, and services across borders without losing margin to fees, duties, and bad FX rates.
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