For SMEs, building a storefront is easy; building trust is hard. Buyer and seller verification, payment settlement, product compliance, customs and delivery tracking must converge in one usable experience.

The AfCFTA digital trade agenda creates space not only for consumer apps, but also for market intelligence, electronic documentation, trade finance and logistics data.

The winning platforms will not merely aggregate the most users; they will reduce transaction risk in a measurable way.

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