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Pakistan ⇄ Africa B2B trade

Where Africa's soko meets Pakistan's mandi.

Find verified suppliers and buyers, agree a price in your own language, and pay through escrow that only releases when the goods arrive as promised.

Buyers join free · sellers verified in person · payments held in escrow

INDIAN OCEANFaisalabadKarachiMombasa~14 days at sea

$58,050 held in escrow

SM-2026-0418

$4Ba year of Pakistan–Africa trade today
$15B2030 goal
1.2B+people covered by AfCFTA
5languages

Why SokoMandi

Trust, built into every step of the trade.

01

Verified in person

Every seller is checked by a Trade Champion who visits the mill or factory, sees the machines and meets the owner.

02

Escrowed until it arrives

The buyer's money sits in escrow. It moves to the seller only after the buyer opens the crate and confirms the goods match.

03

Shipped and tracked

Freight is quoted up front, cargo is inspected before loading, and every port milestone shows up in the deal room.

04

Paid on local rails

Pay and get paid over Raast, PAPSS, M-Pesa or wire — in the currency you think in.

The one-shipment story

One shipment, start to finish

Follow a single bale of cotton yarn from a mill in Faisalabad to a knitting factory in Mombasa.

Follow the whole journey
  1. 1

    A buyer needs yarn

    A knitting factory in Mombasa posts an RFQ. A bale of cotton yarn in Faisalabad needs to reach Mombasa.

  2. 2

    The mill is verified in person

    Before the mill can sell, a SokoMandi field agent visits it in person: the machines, the stock, the documents and the owner.

  3. 3

    Order placed, money in escrow

    The buyer accepts the quote and pays. The money is held in escrow — the mill can see it, but cannot touch it yet.

  4. 4

    Inspected and loaded at Karachi

  5. 5

    Across the ocean

  6. 6

    Only then the money moves

Pricing

Membership for sellers

Buyers join free. Transaction fee 1.5–3% on escrow-backed orders, paid by seller.

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