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title: "AFEX: Commodity Exchange in Africa"
description: "Trade and invest in African commodities in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda & Côte d'Ivoire—cash-settled or deliverable spot contracts, FETC baskets."
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published_at: "2026-02-25T19:41:43.656Z"
updated_at: "2026-10-05T05:11:31.301Z"
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# AFEX: Commodity Exchange in Africa

Trade and invest in African commodities in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda & Côte d'Ivoire—cash-settled or deliverable spot contracts, FETC baskets.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Agri Tech](/categories/agritech)
- [AFEX](/afex)

## Summary

Trade and invest in African commodities online

A web-based African commodities exchange for farmers, traders, brokers, and investors to buy, sell, and invest using spot contracts and commodity-backed products.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://africaexchange.com/ |
| Tagline | Trade and invest in African commodities online |
| Primary country | Nigeria |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS |
| Average rating | 3 |
| Published reviews | 1 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

AFEX is a pan-African digital commodity exchange platform for smallholder farmers, traders, brokers, dealers, institutional buyers, and retail investors who want to trade or invest in commodities.

Key capabilities include:

- **Commodity trading and investing** across physical and financial markets, including **cash-settled spot contracts** (cash settlement linked to commodities in accredited warehouses) and **deliverable spot contracts** (settled through physical delivery).
- **Commodity-backed investment products**, including **Fair Trade Exchange Traded Commodities (FETC)** (basket-style commodity exposure) and **fixed income products** backed or enhanced by physical commodities.
- **Market information tools** to follow **prices and trends**, supporting trading decisions for buyers and sellers.
- **Membership models for professionals**, with **Broker**, **Dealer**, and **Broker-Dealer** options for executing client trades, proprietary trades, or both.

Available on **Web**,  **iOS**, and **Android**.

It serves a **B2B** audience, including smallholder farmers and small traders as sellers, large commodity buyers and trading houses as institutional participants, and retail investors seeking commodity-linked instruments.

Notable in the African market context, it operates a structured commodities marketplace regulated by Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission and has expanded operations to multiple countries (7 countries stated on its website).

## Features

- [Agri Tech](/categories/agritech): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [Investments](/tags/investments): Product feature or technology
- [Marketplace](/tags/marketplace): Product feature or technology
- [Côte d'Ivoire](/countries/cote-divoire): Market
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market
- [Nigeria](/countries/nigeria): Market
- [Uganda](/countries/uganda): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/afex/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/afex/reviews)
- [Transparency](/afex/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/afex)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)