The platform

Trade. Advice. Talent.

Three modules sharing a single user ecosystem, a single verification framework and a single video infrastructure. Every registered business operates in all three at once.

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The ecosystem

One platform.
Three layers.

Trade, get expert advice face to face, and hire talent without ever leaving the ecosystem.

B2B Marketplace

Anansi Market

  • Structured trade between verified businesses across Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora.
  • Verified profiles, category listings, an RFQ engine and a secure Deal Room.
  • Escrow-lite protection and links to freight, payments and trade finance.

Advisory Hub

Anansi Advisor

  • AI guidance calibrated to African and Caribbean regulation, trade and market reality.
  • Verified accountants, lawyers and consultants bookable for paid 1:1 sessions.
  • Anansi Advisor Live brings experts face to face inside the platform.

Recruitment Hub

Anansi Recruit

  • A verified job board tied to real, checked business identities.
  • AI matching of candidates to roles by skill, sector and location.
  • Anansi Recruit Live for embedded live and async video interviews.

The B2B commerce layer

Anansi Market

  • Verified business directory with registration checks and sector classification
  • Category listings across agri, manufacturing, technology, logistics, finance, professional services and creative industries
  • RFQ engine matching buyers to suppliers
  • Secure messaging and a Deal Room for negotiation and document exchange
  • Trade facilitation links to freight, payment gateways and trade finance
  • Diaspora connector for investment appetite and sourcing
  • Escrow-lite to reduce buyer and seller risk

The business advisory hub

Anansi Advisor

  • AI advisory trained on African and Caribbean business law, AfCFTA, CARICOM and ECOWAS frameworks
  • Knowledge library of guides, templates and toolkits by country
  • Expert marketplace of verified advisors, accountants, lawyers and consultants
  • Anansi Advisor Live for paid 1:1 video sessions inside the platform
  • Group webinars, sector roundtables and masterclasses
  • Monthly sector strategy briefs and country market entry playbooks

The recruitment hub

Anansi Recruit

  • Verified job board tied to checked business profiles
  • Candidate profiles with tiered vetting of qualifications and references
  • AI matching on skills, sector and location
  • Anansi Recruit Live for live and async video interviews
  • Employer dashboard with applicant tracking and scheduling
  • Diaspora talent pool plus relocation and visa advisory
Platform preview

A first look at what we're building

Placeholder screens from the platform in development. The shape of the experience arriving soon.

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Good morning, Amara

Your network at a glance

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Enquiries

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Active trade enquiries
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Matched opportunities

Anansi Connect

Good morning, Amara

Active trade enquiries
Profile views this week
Matched opportunities

12

Enquiries

486

Views

7

Matches

Shared video infrastructure

One video layer.
Two pillars. Zero duplication.

Anansi Advisor Live and Anansi Recruit Live run on the same embedded video infrastructure, so the platform keeps one security model, one consent framework and one consistent experience.

One video layer

A single integration powers Advisor Live and Recruit Live. No redirects to Zoom or Meet.

Identity-locked rooms

Sessions open only to verified accounts, so both sides know exactly who they are talking to.

Screen share and annotation

Review contracts, financials and business plans together, in the room.

Group support

Expert-led webinars, sector roundtables and masterclasses for up to 50 participants.

Bandwidth adaptive

Graceful fallback to audio, and async recording for lower-connectivity environments.

Mobile native

Full advisory and interviewing on low-end Android devices, where most users are.

Features

Everything the ecosystem needs

Capabilities designed for the reality of cross-border business across Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora.

Tiered verification

Basic, Verified and Premium tiers backed by government registration checks.

RFQ engine

Buyers post requests for quotation, matched suppliers respond with proposals.

Business directory

Sector-classified profiles with reputation scores and trade references.

Deal Room

In-platform negotiation, document exchange, milestone tracking and escrow-lite.

Contextual AI advisory

Guidance trained on AfCFTA, CARICOM, ECOWAS and country-level regulation.

Market entry playbooks

Step-by-step guides for Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and more.

Embedded video sessions

Advisory and interviews happen inside the platform, never on an external link.

Expert marketplace

Credential-checked advisors, accountants, lawyers and consultants.

Diaspora connector

A dedicated route for diaspora capital, sourcing and partnership.

Secure messaging

Private, protected conversations tied to verified identity.

Mobile first

Built for the 70%+ who reach the internet through a phone.

Works on low bandwidth

Async video, audio fallback and cached content for intermittent connectivity.

Competitive landscape

No one else does all of it

Anansi Connect competes across several categories at once. That combination is the moat.

PlatformB2B marketplaceAfrica / Caribbean focusAdvisory hubRecruitmentVideo
Alibaba / Global SourcesStrongNoneNoneNoneNone
Kompass AfricaDirectory onlyPartialNoneNoneNone
LinkedInNot B2B tradeGenericNoneGenericExternal only
Andela / GebeyaNoneYesLimitedTech onlyExternal only
HireVueNoneGenericNonePartialAsync only
Clarity.fm / Intro.coNoneGenericPartialNoneNone
Anansi ConnectRFQ + Deal RoomCore focusAI + humanFull B2B-linkedLive + async

No competitor simultaneously offers verified African and Caribbean B2B trade infrastructure, context-aware advisory with embedded video delivery, and business-network-linked recruitment with in-platform interviewing, all under a single verified identity framework.

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