Africa Trade Gateway: Market Access & Trade Finance for Agribusinesses

Join the Africa Trade Gateway Webinar

Open Corridors: Market Access & Trade Finance for African Buyers & Sellers

Experts from Afreximbank and Zowasel will share insights on the Africa Trade Gateway, including access to domestic, intra-African, and global markets, as well as trade and supply chain finance.

Thursday, 29 October 2026 · 11:00 AM WAT · 13:00 EAT · Google Meet · Free

In collaboration with Afreximbank · Powered by the Africa Trade Gateway

An estimated 80 per cent of Africa's small businesses have no access to trade finance. Most exporters are still asked to prove who they are to every new buyer, and most buyers still source blind. The Africa Trade Gateway changes both: it verifies your business once, connects you to buyers and suppliers across the continent and beyond, settles in local currency, and prepares your orders for finance.

In 90 minutes, experts from Afreximbank and Zowasel show you how to use the Gateway, with the platform on screen and your questions answered live.

If you sell: exporters, suppliers, aggregators, merchants and cooperatives

• How to register and showcase your products on the Gateway
• How a verified profile builds trust with buyers in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas
• How to receive payment faster and cheaper in local currency
• How to prepare an order a financier can fund

If you buy: FMCG companies, millers, breweries, processors, manufacturers and procurement teams

• How to find and qualify verified African suppliers
• How to raise a request for quotation that reaches them
• How to settle in local currency where PAPSS is live
• How to finance the purchase order and the supply chain behind it

Speakers

Busie Dhlodhlo, Analyst, Digital Business and Innovation, Afreximbank

George De Klee, ATEX Lead, Afreximbank

Oluseyi Owolabi, Head of Credit Risk and Deal Management, Zowasel (moderator)

About Open Corridors

This session is part of the Zowasel Open Corridors Webinar, in collaboration with Afreximbank · Powered by the Africa Trade Gateway: a series of free, practical sessions for Africa's buyers and sellers on market access, verified counterparties, local-currency settlement and trade finance. Follow Zowasel on Eventbrite to be notified of the next edition.

Details

Free. Online on Google Meet; the join link is shown on this page to registered attendees and sent 48 hours and two hours before the session. Seats are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis; register early and join from 10:45 AM WAT. The session is recorded, and we send the replay to every registrant.

Bring your questions. We'll answer the most-asked questions on screen.

Register.

Join Africa Trade Gateway Webinar

Thursday, October 29 · 11:00 – 13:20

Time zone: Africa/Lagos

Google Meet joining info

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hds-sngp-rxa

Or dial: ‪(ZA) +27 10 823 1235‬ PIN: ‪996 050 480‬#

More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/hds-sngp-rxa?pin=5508860246071

Zowasel is an Afreximbank ATG Trade Corridor Partner, not a bank. Financing is subject to eligibility, due diligence, credit assessment and approval by Afreximbank or partner financial institutions.