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What we do

Our services

Seven specialist services connecting African markets, destinations and investors.

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01

Strategic matchmaking

B2B

This B2B initiative connects sector professionals for partnerships, distributorships, joint ventures, and manufacturing agreements, using strategic matchmaking and institutional collaborations to drive growth, expansion, and mutual value.

  • Partnerships
  • Distributorships
  • Joint ventures
  • Manufacturing agreements
  • Strategic matchmaking
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02

Trade & investment

AfriTradeB2B

A leading African trade and investment platform for networking and collaboration, creating over 900 matched profiles to unlock opportunities for meaningful business partnerships across the continent.

  • 900+ matched profiles
  • Networking
  • Trade & investment
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03

Gastronomy and agritourism

CMDFOODTOUR

CMDFOODTOUR promotes gastronomy and agritourism, enabling countries to showcase their food culture and agricultural produce through embassies, tourism boards, and agricultural promotion agencies.

  • Gastronomy and agritourism
  • Food culture
  • Agricultural produce
  • Embassies, tourism boards and agricultural promotion agencies
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04

Bankable projects

Origination

We connect bankable African projects with investors, leveraging deep market expertise to assess readiness, manage relationships, and structure deals that drive fundraising, economic growth, and community development.

  • Investment readiness
  • Relationship management
  • Deal structuring
  • Fundraising
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05

International sales

Sales Tours

Our sales tour helps business executives sell products internationally by identifying and screening potential buyers, then facilitating meetings between both parties.

  • Buyer identification
  • Buyer screening
  • Facilitated meetings
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06

Market entry

Market Access

CMD provides tailored market access solutions, leveraging local insights to enter African markets, including partner identification, due diligence guidance, regulatory navigation, and deal closure support.

  • Partner identification
  • Due diligence guidance
  • Regulatory navigation
  • Deal closure support
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07

Familiarization trips

FamTrips

CMD familiarization trips promote destinations by connecting tourism stakeholders and media with suppliers, enabling exploration, marketing, and effective sales through curated experiences and strategic industry connections.

  • Tourism stakeholders & media
  • Supplier connections
  • Curated experiences

How 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.

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Let’s open your next African market.

Talk to our B2B Trade Desk about partnerships, sales tours, market access or investment origination.