Every week, TradeFlow NG analyses prices across 8 Nigerian states and tells you exactly where to buy, where to sell, and what profit to expect — before you commit to the journey.
Four automated steps happen every week — so your recommendation is ready every Monday morning.
Our network of verified field agents visits key markets across 8 states every week. They report commodity prices, market activity, road conditions, and supply availability using a structured mobile form. Every submission is timestamped and geolocated.
Our forecasting model (Facebook Prophet) trains on historical price data enriched by real agent submissions. It generates 7-day price predictions for every commodity in every state, with confidence intervals that show how certain the forecast is. High-uncertainty days are flagged automatically.
A linear programming engine analyses every possible origin-destination-commodity combination simultaneously. It accounts for truck capacity, transport costs, perishability constraints (perishable goods cannot share a truck with durable goods), and supply limits. It finds the mathematically optimal set of trades for the week.
Every week you get a ranked list of trade recommendations — not a general dashboard of prices, but a specific instruction: what to buy, where, in what quantity, where to sell it, and what profit to expect. Risk levels are shown clearly. Backhaul opportunities are included so your truck earns on the return journey too.
We track the four highest-volume inter-state commodities on Nigeria's north-south corridor. Phase 2 adds four more.
Nigeria produces 67% of the world's yam. The Nasarawa–Oyo–Lagos corridor is the most active yam trade route in West Africa. Supply peaks March–June and October–December.
The most widely consumed grain in Nigeria. Durable classification means longer transport windows and lower spoilage risk. Strong demand from food processors, poultry farmers, and distributors.
Locally milled rice moves heavily through the Kogi–Oyo–Ogun corridor. Price differentials between supply and demand states regularly reach 15–25%, making it one of the most profitable commodities to trade.
The highest-margin commodity in our system — price differentials of 40%+ are common. But perishability means timing and routing are critical. Our optimizer flags tomato routes with special risk indicators.
Coming in Phase 2. Strong north-south trade flows from Kebbi and Sokoto into southern demand markets.
Coming in Phase 2. Volatile pricing creates significant opportunity for well-timed trades.
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