Vision
To be acknowledged as a leader in tourism and trade, where tourism enhances lives and trade investment strengthens communities across Africa.
Tourism · Trade
Building a borderless Africa through tourism & trade.
CMD Tourism & Trade Enterprises builds B2B partnerships, food and sales tours, FamTrips, origination deals, and market access across African destinations.
2013
Founded
7
Core services
900+
AfriTrade matched profiles
2
Offices · Abuja & Dakar
Company profile
Creating a borderless Africa
CMD Tourism & Trade Enterprises is an innovative company committed to building a borderless Africa, empowering the continent through tourism, trade, and investment.
We promote destinations to enhance tourism, trade, and investments while improving B2B and B2G connections. Over the years, CMD has worked with a multilingual team alongside tourism boards, ministries of tourism, and airlines to showcase Africa’s tourism, highlighting one country at a time.
Mission
Foster a borderless Africa that enhances tourism and trade opportunities throughout the continent, supporting market access, partnerships, and destination growth.
What we do
Seven ways we move tourism and trade forward
Seven specialist services connecting African markets, destinations and investors.
01
B2B
Connects sector professionals for partnerships, distributorships, joint ventures and manufacturing agreements, using strategic matchmaking.
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02
AfriTradeB2B
A leading African trade and investment platform creating over 900 matched profiles for partnerships across the continent.
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03
CMDFOODTOUR
Promotes gastronomy and agritourism so countries can showcase food culture and agricultural produce through embassies, tourism boards and agricultural agencies.
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04
Origination
Connects bankable African projects with investors, assessing readiness, managing relationships and structuring deals that support fundraising.
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05
Sales Tours
Helps business executives sell products internationally by identifying and screening potential buyers, then facilitating meetings.
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06
Market Access
Tailored entry into African markets, including partner identification, due diligence guidance, regulatory navigation and deal closure support.
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07
FamTrips
Familiarization trips that connect tourism stakeholders and media with suppliers through curated experiences and strategic industry connections.
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Talk to us about partnerships, sales tours, market access or investment origination.
Talk to usEvents & programmes
Where Africa meets to do business
14 November 2026 · Abuja
CMDFOODTOUR 2026
Diplomacy on a Plate, From Farm to Foreign Market
Event detailsBenin Deal Room 2026
A priority investment pipeline of public and private opportunities: EUR 4.11bn across 23 projects.
View eventHow we work
From first introduction to signed deal
Identify
Partners, buyers, bankable projects or target markets.
Screen
Due diligence guidance and investment/market readiness.
Connect
Matchmaking and facilitated meetings between both parties.
Close
Deal structuring, regulatory navigation and deal closure support.
Who we work with
Trusted by public institutions and private enterprise
Gallery
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Insights
News & insights
Updates from CMD’s events, programmes and markets.
Announcement
CMDFOODTOUR 2026: 9th edition set for 14 November in Abuja
Theme “Diplomacy on a Plate, From Farm to Foreign Market”. Free guest access, registration required.
Read moreCMDFOODTOUR · Nov 2025
Looking back: CMDFOODTOUR 2025 · ‘Le Monde en un Jour’
29 November 2025, 1:00 PM, Diplomatic Drive, Central Business District, Abuja.
Read moreLet’s open your next African market.
Talk to our B2B Trade Desk about partnerships, sales tours, market access or investment origination.