Suppliers & exporters
Present your business clearly to international buyers.
- Organise business and product records
- Identify missing or outdated evidence
- Prepare for a scoped Passport review
What do you need to do?
Choose your role. See what to prepare, what to ask for and how to begin.
Buyers & importers
Understand the supplier behind the offer.
- Clarify identity and product information
- Examine evidence and review scope
- Identify questions before you commit
Institutions & programmes
Make preparation measurable across a group.
- Define a cohort and starting baseline
- Agree preparation and review outputs
- Track progress against the agreed scope
Investors & partners
Examine the product, progress and business case.
- Understand the proposed revenue routes
- Review reported progress and evidence
- Discuss the £500,000 funding target
A CLEARER RECORD. A STRONGER CONVERSATION.
What is a Verified Trade Passport?
A structured business profile showing identity, products, reviewed supporting evidence and outstanding gaps. It helps a buyer understand the business and the scope of the checks performed.
Explore the productSTIV prepares. Evidence review determines the record.
STIV helps organise your information and next actions. A Passport records reviewed information; its scope, date and remaining gaps matter.
Understand the review process →Business identityProduct & originSupporting evidenceReview scope & open gaps
STIV → VTPPreparation → evidence review → a clearer trade record.
EAST AFRICAN ENTERPRISE · GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY
East Africa’s enterprise. Better prepared for the world.
Our initial regional focus is Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia. Start with your business, your product and the market you want to reach.
Our regional focus
Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Rwanda · Ethiopia
A shared preparation approach, adapted to each business, product and destination. These are focus markets, not a claim of offices or completed delivery in every country.
Check your route to the UK.
Kenya: explore the UK–Kenya agreement. Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia: explore DCTS eligibility. Product and origin requirements still apply.
UK Government: DCTS ↗UK Government: Kenya agreement ↗Prepare these four essentials.
Your business identity, product description, available documents and intended market. Missing records can be identified during preparation.
Discuss my next step →Market guidance checked 18 October 2026. Availability, scope, fees and timing are agreed with the team.
Progress in practice
Verified Trade Passports issued so far
Businesses guided with documentation and trade readiness over the past year
Crossgates-reported progress, updated 17 October 2026. Guidance is not the same as verification; not all businesses supported have been issued a Passport.
See reported progress and the evidence approach →What to prepare. What happens next.
Three practical steps, with STIV to guide your preparation.
Bring what you have.
Business details, your product and origin, available records and intended destination. You do not need a complete file to enquire.
Explore a sample Passport →Agree the scope.
Ask which checks are available, who will review them, the fee and expected timing. Timing depends on the evidence and review required.
Explore a sample Passport →Know your next action.
Request a review summary showing what was checked, its source and date, unresolved gaps and the next action.
Explore a sample Passport →Requirements worth understanding
Explore official resources for your product and destination.
EUDR Deforestation due diligenceHACCP Food safety principlesGLOBALG.A.P. Farm assuranceISO 22000 Food safety management
Crossgates helps businesses prepare evidence for review. These standards provide context; certification, where required, is issued by the relevant authorised bodies.
Organised informationVisible evidence gapsClear review scope
CROSSGATES ON VIDEO
See the people and markets behind the platform.
Watch our Uganda launch, founder interview and market visits. Real conversations shape practical trade-readiness tools.
Start with your product
Your product. Your preparation.
Every product has its own story to explain. Start with a few essentials, then explore the next steps with STIV.
Illustrative sectors for preparation enquiries. These cards are not live stock or offers for sale.
Coffee
Origin, processing, grade, available volumes and batch records. What can you show a buyer?
Discuss this productVanilla
Product form, curing, quality information and supply consistency. Build a clearer product profile.
Discuss this productFresh produce
Variety, seasonality, packing and handling. Start with the product and intended destination.
Discuss this productCrossgates in action
East African ambition. Documented field work.
Founded by Ugandan entrepreneur Doris Beth Atigo, Crossgates brings a practical business perspective to trade readiness: helping suppliers explain who they are, what they offer and the evidence behind it.
Our purpose is to help African enterprise approach global markets with clearer information, stronger preparation and informed conversations.
Doris Beth Atigo
Founder & CEO
Buyer conversations, supplier preparation, institutional engagement and press coverage.
Watch: the Uganda launch and press interview
The Uganda launch
Speaking with the press
Our team & contributors
The people behind Crossgates.
Meet the founders and contributors who have helped shape Crossgates across business, strategy, product and technology.
Doris Beth Atigo
Founder & CEO
Reidar Robdrup Rasmussen
Co-founder
CPA Bernard Robinson Magulu
Strategy & governance contribution
Eric Kissa
Product & engineering contribution
Akodia Emmanuel
Technology & engineering contribution
Simon James Walster
Strategy & international planning contribution
BUILDING THE NEXT PHASE
Building the evidence layer for global trade.
Seeking £500,000 to strengthen the product, document repeatable reviews and validate paid demand.
What does “verified” actually mean?
Each conclusion needs a specific source, check, reviewer and date. A supplied document is not automatically authenticated. Explore how reviews work.
Can I start before I’m export-ready?
Yes. Start with the records you have. Contact the team to agree your product, market, available service and pricing.
Who can see my information?
Supplier profiles are private by default. Buyers see only information approved for buyer access.
What does STIV do?
STIV is the AI guide that helps organise information and explain readiness gaps. Human reviewers remain responsible for assessment conclusions. AI guidance needs checking.
Your next step
Bring your question to STIV.
Preparing to supply, assessing a business or supporting a programme? Continue on the platform and start with what you need to understand.
Sign in to STIV
Continue on the Crossgates platform. Sign in to access your workspace.
Choose WhatsApp or email. Tell us your country, product and intended market. Ask us to confirm the available service, scope, fee and timing before proceeding.
Contact the team on WhatsApp ↗Let’s talk
Start with your next question.
info@crossgatesconnect.comWe’ll discuss the available service, scope and pricing.