Import Registry AfricaDashboard

◆ Importers of record, by country

Importers in Africa

3,050 companies licensed to import food and drink, in four markets whose regulators publish their register — each one named, dated and linked on every record. The other 39 states are listed with what they import, so you can see what is missing and what it is worth.
3,050
importers of record
4 / 54
registers live
$8.25B
of food imports covered
Burundi — register not yet sourced · $7.5M imports/yrCameroon — register not yet sourced · $4.6M imports/yrCentral African Republic — no market dataChad — no market dataRepublic of the Congo — register not yet sourced · $13.5M imports/yrDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no market dataBenin — register not yet sourced · $6.9M imports/yrEquatorial Guinea — no market dataEthiopia — register not yet sourced · $20.1M imports/yrEritrea — no market dataDjibouti — register not yet sourced · $23.6M imports/yrGabon — register not yet sourced · $22.7M imports/yrGambia — register not yet sourced · $0.4M imports/yrGhana — live, 1,935 importers · $0.1M imports/yrGuinea — no market dataCôte d'Ivoire — register not yet sourced · $99.0M imports/yrKenya — register not yet sourced · $76.8M imports/yrLesotho — register not yet sourced · $24.7M imports/yrLiberia — register not yet sourced · $4.8M imports/yrLibya — no market dataMadagascar — register not yet sourced · $0.0M imports/yrMalawi — register not yet sourced · $0.5M imports/yrMali — register not yet sourced · $6.5M imports/yrMauritania — register not yet sourced · $0.2M imports/yrMorocco — register not yet sourced · $138.6M imports/yrMozambique — register not yet sourced · $0.0M imports/yrNamibia — register not yet sourced · $102.3M imports/yrNiger — register not yet sourced · $2.2M imports/yrNigeria — live, 502 importers · $63.3M imports/yrGuinea-Bissau — no market dataRwanda — live, 66 importers · $52.5M imports/yrSenegal — register not yet sourced · $22.1M imports/yrSierra Leone — no market dataSomalia — no market dataSouth Africa — register not yet sourced · $57.9M imports/yrZimbabwe — register not yet sourced · $16.1M imports/yrSouth Sudan — no market dataSudan — no market dataWestern Sahara — no market dataEswatini — register not yet sourced · $43.1M imports/yrTogo — register not yet sourced · $21.2M imports/yrTunisia — register not yet sourced · $18.0M imports/yrUganda — register not yet sourced · $26.7M imports/yrEgypt — register not yet sourced · $29.5M imports/yrTanzania — live, 547 importers · $26.9M imports/yrBurkina Faso — register not yet sourced · $11.0M imports/yrZambia — register not yet sourced · $0.4M imports/yrAlgeria — no market dataAngola — register not yet sourced · $69.7M imports/yrBotswana — register not yet sourced · $29.7M imports/yr
One page per country. Lit: register held.

◆ Markets we hold

Four registers, read at source

The companies, by category, with where their product is made. Contact details where the authority publishes them.
Importers in Ghana1,935

FDA Ghana — Food and Drugs Authority · retrieved 2026-09-04

Importers in Nigeria502

NAFDAC — National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control · retrieved 2026-09-04

Importers in Rwanda66

Rwanda FDA — Food and Drugs Authority · retrieved 2026-09-04

Importers in Tanzania547

TBS — Tanzania Bureau of Standards · retrieved 2026-09-04

◆ Markets we do not hold yet

The 39 we are still asking for

Ranked by annual food and drink imports, from UN Comtrade. Each has a page saying what we know and what a register would add. A blank means Comtrade has no recent return.
Importers in Egypt$14.87BImporters in Morocco$8.22BImporters in South Africa$4.58BImporters in Kenya$3.37BImporters in Côte d'Ivoire$2.92BImporters in Tunisia$2.77BImporters in Ethiopia$2.32BImporters in Senegal$2.17BImporters in Djibouti$2.01BImporters in Mozambique$1.38BImporters in Cameroon$1.16BImporters in DR Congo$1.15BImporters in Zimbabwe$1.09BImporters in Republic of the Congo$970.8MImporters in Gabon$641.0MImporters in Namibia$579.4MImporters in Togo$507.1MImporters in Liberia$506.7MImporters in Angola$386.3MImporters in Eswatini$365.5MImporters in Lesotho$355.2MImporters in Benin$309.8MImporters in Gambia$176.6MImporters in Burkina Faso$158.3MImporters in CAR$129.3MImporters in Seychelles$116.3MImporters in Comoros$112.7MImporters in Mauritius$109.7MImporters in Malawi$95.0MImporters in Zambia$7.3MImporters in Madagascar$6.8MImporters in Botswana—Importers in Burundi—Importers in Cabo Verde—Importers in Mali—Importers in Mauritania—Importers in Niger—Importers in Sao Tome—Importers in Uganda—

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