TAWDO
Pan-African Digital Trade & Industrialization Platform
WHO WE ARE
TAWDO is a Pan-African digital trade and industrialization platform designed to unlock Africa's full economic potential. Headquartered in Cameroon with a global coordination hub in Dubai, we connect African producers, SMEs, cooperatives, and industries to verified buyers, financiers, and world-class machineries and equipment suppliers; enabling transparent, traceable, and trusted cross-border commerce.
We build the digital and physical rails Africa needs to transition from a raw-material exporter to a value-creating, industrialized continent.
Through secure payments, logistics integration, quality assurance, and access to manufacturing equipment, TAWDO powers the continent's next economic chapter.
WHAT WE DO
TAWDO delivers impact through two Trading Rails and three Ecosystem Services, forming a unified, continent-wide growth engine.
TAWDO TRADE SERVICES
Core platform — where transactions occur
Commodities Marketplace
A trusted digital marketplace for agricultural goods, raw materials, minerals, and value-added products
Machinery & Industrialization Rail
Direct gateway to vetted global OEMs offering equipment to build Africa's next generation of factories
TAWDO ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Non-trading activities — each hosted on dedicated sub-domains for clarity
Logistics Partners
Freight forwarders, warehouses, and cold chain operators collaborate through our partners hub to support safe, efficient trade.
QA/QC & Inspection Partners
Quality assurance, pre-shipping inspection, ESG audit, and certification agencies ensure product safety and compliance standards.
Industrial Hub
A platform empowering ESG-aligned, women- and youth-led African startups, enabling them to access mentorship, fundraising, and impact investors.
WHY TAWDO EXISTS
Africa holds extraordinary potential—yet remains constrained by fragmented markets, weak logistics, limited manufacturing capacity, and slow, risky cross-border trade.
TAWDO solves these constraints through:
We are building a continent where local production thrives, trade is trusted, and Africa becomes a global economic powerhouse.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Trade is the catalyst.
Industrialization is the engine.
Africa is the opportunity.
OUR PROMISE
"From Soil to Shipment"
"From Machinery to Local Manufacturing & Processing"
"Verified Trade. Traceable. Trusted. Globally Competitive"
TAWDO COLD CHAIN
Our brand-unified, physical backbone for fresh-produce trade
TAWDO Cold Chain deploys solar-powered cold rooms, aggregation hubs, and IoT-enabled logistics to:
Join Africa's Trade & Industrialization Revolution
Be part of the movement transforming African trade through transparency, technology, and trust.