Two markets we know in depth, and the routes that supply them.
Based and delivering in Uganda and Rwanda, with assignments beyond them and a sourcing reach across Asia, the Gulf, Turkey and East Africa.
Our markets
Depth is not a claim about coverage.
Uganda and Rwanda are where our teams are based and where the majority of our delivery work happens. Depth in a market means knowing the clearing regimes, the exemption processes, the regulators, the corridor behaviour and the supplier base well enough to plan against them rather than discover them.
Both are landlocked. Almost everything imported into them arrives through a coastal port and then survives a long inland transit. That single fact shapes how we quantify, how we schedule, how we structure cargo insurance and where we position stock.
We also deliver assignments outside these two markets, drawing on the same practices and the same standards of documentation and independence.
Uganda
In-country delivery across procurement, supply chain, logistics, evidence and advisory work, with direct familiarity of the inland corridors, clearance regimes and supplier market.
Rwanda
In-country delivery across the same practices, with the transit, regulatory and institutional knowledge that landlocked, tightly regulated delivery requires.
Sourcing reach
Where the supply comes from.
Strategic sourcing is only ever as good as the supplier field it can reach. Ours is built and maintained across four sourcing regions, each with different strengths, lead times and compliance considerations.
Asia
Manufacturing depth and price competitiveness, carrying the longest lead times and the strongest case for pre-shipment inspection at origin.
The Gulf
Re-export capacity, shorter maritime transit to East African ports and consolidated availability across multiple categories.
Turkey
Manufacturing quality at moderate lead times, with favourable logistics into East Africa across several institutional categories.
East Africa
Regional and local supply, prioritised where it is competitive and where local content, lead time or after-sales support make it the better technical answer. Local pricing is verified rather than assumed, using the same market intelligence that underpins our cost-reasonableness work.
Corridor reality
Distance is not the constraint. Documentation, transit and the last mile are.
- Port to border: vessel arrival is rarely the critical path, classification and exemption processing usually are
- Border to warehouse: transit management, bonded movement and axle-load limits determine what can actually be moved
- Warehouse to last mile: seasonal access and security dictate stock positioning far more than average demand does
- Oversize and project cargo: route surveys and lift plans are prepared before a movement is booked, not after a bridge is reached
- Regulatory route: permits, standards conformity and inspection requirements are mapped alongside the physical route
Working into Uganda or Rwanda?
Whether the requirement is sourcing, freight, a supply chain design or independent verification, the corridor and the regulatory route are usually where a plan needs testing first.