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🌍 Global IntelFebruary 13, 20263 min read

Added Live Pricing for 5 New African Trade Lanes

Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, and Egypt now have real-time commodity pricing in the TradeStance matrix.

By TradeStance Data Team
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The Problem

African trade corridors are among the fastest-growing in the world, yet most trade intelligence platforms have zero coverage. Exporters in Nairobi or Lagos often rely on WhatsApp groups for price discovery.

The Solution

We've integrated five new country engines into our hierarchical price discovery pipeline. Each engine combines Comtrade historical data, local commodity exchange APIs (where available), and our tiered web scraping service to produce daily price updates.

New coverage:

  • Kenya (KE) — Tea, coffee, cut flowers, avocados.
  • Tanzania (TZ) — Cashew nuts, gold, tobacco, sisal.
  • Ghana (GH) — Cocoa, gold, manganese, bauxite.
  • Nigeria (NG) — Crude oil, cocoa, sesame, cashews.
  • Egypt (EG) — Cotton, citrus, rice, natural gas.

The Benefit

TradeStance now covers 50+ countries. African exporters and importers can benchmark prices against global markets, detect arbitrage opportunities, and receive risk alerts for their corridors.

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