Traders & SMEs
Get a working-capital line
Import/export, distribution or cross-border trade in Ghana? Open an account in minutes, or talk to a corridor specialist about your trade cycle before you apply.
Same business day (Mon–Fri, GMT)
Contact
Talk to the team that handles your kind of question.
No shared inbox, no ticket queue. Pick your path below and reach the people who work on it every day — with a response time we publish, not one we hope for.
Accra-based · English & French
Choose your path
Three doors, three teams
Each route reaches a specialist, not a generalist — because a trader chasing a disbursement and a DFI sizing a facility need very different conversations.
Banks, funds & DFIs
Deploy capital into vetted corridors
Fund diversified, risk-scored SME trade receivables across AfCFTA corridors with transparent performance data and daily reconciliation. Speak with our capital-markets team.
Within 2 business days
Press & media
Media & speaking requests
For interviews, data on the African trade-finance gap, corridor briefings or the Sankofa Trade brand kit, reach the communications team directly.
Within 1 business day
Where we are
Head office
Sankofa Trade is built in Accra, the home of the AfCFTA Secretariat — deliberately close to the institutions shaping continental trade.
- Office
- Airport City, Accra
Greater Accra Region, Ghana - Hours
- Mon–Fri, 08:00–18:00 GMT
USSD status checks: 24/7 - General
- hello@sankofatrade.africa
- Complaints
- Complaints & dispute resolution
Before you write
Quick answers
A few things people ask us most — you may not need to send that message after all.
Sankofa is an Akan word — “go back and fetch it” — the idea that progress draws on what has been learned. We apply it to trade finance: using the trading history a business already has to unlock the capital it is owed.
We are live in Ghana, with Ghana↔Nigeria and Ghana↔Côte d’Ivoire corridors rolling out next. Join the waitlist from any page to be notified when your market opens.
Returning traders typically receive a financing decision within 24 hours; first-time applicants within 48 hours once KYC and trade documents are submitted.
Prefer to just start?
You can open an account without talking to us first
Most traders onboard on their own in minutes. The contact paths above are here for when you want a person.