Export readiness & market access
Identify missing requirements and prepare a buyer-readable supplier record.
THE Verified Trade Passport
A business story.
Made reviewable.
Bring the business, its products and the evidence behind them into one structured conversation. STIV guides the preparation. Review gives the Passport its meaning.
FROM INFORMATION TO UNDERSTANDING
01Business identity
02Product & origin
03Supporting evidence
04Review & next steps
One clearer starting point for the people making trade decisions.
STIV · VERIFIED TRADE PASSPORT
How the evidence connects
- 01
Supplier records
Source & version - 02
AI-assisted preparation
Gaps & next action - 03
Human review
Scope & review date - 04
Buyer view
Consent & expiry
One connected evidence record
Access is defined by supplier consent, purpose and expiry.
Explore platform features →Illustrative process · AI assists preparation; people make review decisions.
CROSSGATES CONNECT · B2B
Evidence that moves business forward.
B2B infrastructure for supplier readiness, buyer assessment and controlled evidence sharing.
Buyer confidence & risk reduction
Examine the source, review scope, validity and unresolved issues behind a claim.
Procurement efficiency
Bring profiles, documents and next actions together for a more focused assessment.
The Crossgates advantage
One connected evidence record: AI-assisted preparation, human review and supplier-controlled sharing. Buyers can examine what supports a claim; suppliers can see what to resolve next.
Explore platform features →The opportunity, in context
AFRICAN TRADE · 2024 DATA SNAPSHOT
US$1.53 trillion
Total merchandise trade
Exports plus imports; all goods, not agriculture alone.
African merchandise trade, 2022–2024
US$ billion · common scale starting at zero
Where trade takes place · 2024
14.4%
Within Africa
US$220.3bn · ≈14.4%
With markets outside Africa
≈US$1,306.7bn · ≈85.6%
Approximate share of total African merchandise trade. Calculated from US$220.3bn ÷ US$1,530.1bn; rounded to one decimal place.
Source and methodology
Afreximbank, African Trade Report 2025, Tables 4.3 and 6.1. Historical values in current US dollars; this is not a 2026 forecast. Total trade counts exports and imports, rather than unique transactions. These values describe the wider trade economy, not Crossgates’ revenue, captured share or addressable market.
African Trade Report 2025 · Tables 4.3 / 6.1 →Africa-wide agricultural potential
Fertile growing areas, diverse climates and varied growing seasons support Africa’s potential across coffee, cocoa, tea, fresh produce, nuts and other crops. Organic food production offers further opportunities when farming practices and certification meet the destination market’s requirements. Crossgates helps suppliers organise the evidence behind origin, production and product claims.
Explore countries and agricultural potential →Working together to grow Africa’s agricultural export economy
Our aim is to work with government bodies, certifiers, regulators, institutions and other stakeholders to help grow Africa’s agricultural export economy. We are actively reaching out to offices and organisations to explore partnerships, connect supplier preparation with relevant requirements, and support more informed buyer decisions.
The gap we work on
- 01Scattered documents
- 02Unclear review status
- 03Slow evidence access
Evidence pathway
Supplier records
Verified Trade PassportBuyer assessment
Our focus: make supplier evidence easier to assess and share.
Evidence controls built into the platform
Supplier-controlled access
Share selected fields, documents and batches with an approved buyer for a defined purpose. Set an expiry or withdraw future access.
Document integrity & issuer review
Link checks to a specific document version. Record the source, method, review scope and validity; distinguish pending checks from completed reviews.
Provenance & outstanding actions
Connect batch events and supporting records. Show review status, unresolved issues and the party responsible for the next action.
Accountable review
Role-based access and audit events support oversight. STIV assists preparation; authorised people make review decisions.
Inside the production platform
Actual production interface, captured 2 November 2026. Cropped to exclude supplier information.
A Passport supports due diligence; official certification and purchasing decisions remain with the responsible authorities and buyers.
EXPLORE THE STRUCTURE
See what belongs
behind the Passport.
This is an interactive explanation of the record format, using a fictional coffee supplier. It is not a live supplier profile.
The business behind the product.
Start with a recognisable business profile: who is supplying, where they operate and how the information is supported.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
Do the business details match the supporting records?
Verified Trade PassportIllustrative record
- Business identity
- Elgon Harvest Coffee
- Location
- Mbale, Uganda
- Evidence to request
- Registration and authorised contact
Fictional details to explain the format. No score or approval is generated by this walkthrough.
Make the offer specific.
A buyer needs more than a product name. Bring origin, capacity, specifications and the intended destination into the same conversation.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
Are the stated capacity and product specifications supported?
Verified Trade PassportIllustrative record
- Product
- Green Arabica coffee
- Origin
- Mount Elgon, Uganda
- Evidence to request
- Product specification and batch details
Make the gaps visible.
An organised record should show what is available, what needs updating and which questions remain open. A missing record should stay visible.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
What remains unresolved before a buyer can assess this supplier?
Verified Trade PassportIllustrative record
- Business registration
- Available for review
- Quality report
- Still to be supplied
- Evidence to request
- Current records linked to the product
Give the review a clear scope.
A Verified Trade Passport should reflect an evidence review with an identified scope. Buyers still need to check the underlying records and their own requirements.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
What was checked, when, and what was outside the scope?
Verified Trade PassportIllustrative record
- This example
- Illustrative only · not issued
- Review scope
- Must be stated in a real review
- Evidence to request
- Issue date, reviewer and current status