Bourse Africa

Africa Mercantile Exchange (AfMX) is a Nairobi-based commodity exchange platform offering trading and price-discovery services for agricultural products and energy commodities across East African markets. AfMX is designed to improve market access for East African producers by providing a regulated and transparent trading environment for commodities including agricultural staples and energy products.

The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX), established in 2018, is Ghana's national regulated commodity exchange developed with support from the Government of Ghana and the USAID. GCX facilitates transparent electronic spot-trading of agricultural commodities including maize, soybean, sorghum, paddy rice, and sesame, connecting smallholder farmers to buyers and reducing post-harvest losses. The exchange operates certified warehouses across Ghana to support against-warehouse-receipt financing, improving access to credit for rural agricultural producers.

The Egyptian Commodities Exchange (EGYCOMEX) is a Cairo-based commodity exchange regulated by the Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA). EGYCOMEX provides trading infrastructure for agricultural commodities (wheat, cotton, rice), energy products, and precious metals within Egypt's market. Egypt is one of Africa's largest wheat importers and a significant agricultural producer, and EGYCOMEX serves as a domestic price-discovery mechanism to reduce dependence on international benchmark volatility.

The Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) is a Harare-based commodity exchange providing trading services for agricultural commodities critical to Zimbabwe's economy, including maize, tobacco, and other staple and export crops. ZMX was developed to help rebuild market infrastructure for Zimbabwe's agricultural sector following the country's economic recovery. The exchange facilitates price discovery, warehouse receipt systems, and commodity-backed financing for Zimbabwean agricultural producers and traders.