At the Techpoint Expo, where the future of Africa’s economy was on full display, one startup stood out for its ambition to digitally unify trade across the continent. That company is Brydge, a bold new venture providing the digital infrastructure that African businesses need to trade faster, smarter, and more securely across borders.
With only one year in business they seems to garnered quite an interesting amount of traction showcasing their effectiveness both home and abroad… their head office located in lekki, Lagos Nigeria and call lines in kano Nigeria as well, A Mastermind solution to Africa’s intra-continental trade still trailing behind other regions due to fragmented systems, currency challenges, and cross-border complexity, is the critical problem BRYDGE is solving, How can African businesses thrive if the infrastructure that connects them doesn’t exist?
Brydge’s answer? Build it. Digitally.
Rewiring African Commerce for the Digital Age
Brydge is a B2B digital infrastructure platform designed to empower businesses across Africa to seamlessly connect, transact, and grow. From manufacturers and exporters to logistics firms and financial institutions, Brydge offers the digital tools and rails needed to modernize trade operations across multiple countries.
At its core, the platform is built to eliminate friction. Businesses can digitally onboard partners, verify trade credentials, share documentation, integrate payments, and track transactions with full transparency—all on a secure, interoperable system.
Brydge isn’t just offering software. It’s laying the connective tissue for Africa’s commercial backbone.
Driving Trust, Speed, and Transparency
One of Brydge’s biggest strengths is how it handles compliance, verification, and authentication between trade partners. By embedding smart contract automation, identity verification, and digital audit trails, Brydge ensures that transactions are trustworthy and verifiable—even across unfamiliar or distant business environments.
The platform also supports multi-currency transactions, integrates with payment service providers, and enables businesses to manage orders, invoices, and logistics from one dashboard. This makes cross-border trade not just possible, but efficient and scalable.
In effect, Brydge reduces paperwork, shortens negotiation cycles, and eliminates the need for traditional intermediaries, lowering costs and improving profitability for African traders.
Unlocking the Promise of the AfCFTA
As the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) gains momentum, startups like Brydge are becoming indispensable. The success of AfCFTA depends not just on policy, but on the existence of digital trade infrastructure that allows businesses to operate across borders without unnecessary friction.
Brydge is rising to that challenge by digitally enabling the free movement of goods, services, and payments, while also giving African SMEs access to regional markets previously beyond reach and even celebrated 1 year of providing solutions even with a tagline “BUILDING SOLUTIONS BEYOND BORDERS”
From Lagos to Nairobi, Accra to Kigali, Brydge is designing a future where African businesses don’t just survive—they scale regionally and compete globally.
What’s Next for Brydge?
Brydge is actively onboarding partner businesses, fintechs, and trade organizations into its network. The team is focused on expanding their API ecosystem, building out integrations with logistics providers, and strengthening data-driven trade analytics to help businesses make smarter decisions.
With plans to enter new markets in West, East, and Southern Africa, Brydge is quickly becoming a central player in the continental trade tech ecosystem.
In an era where digital connectivity defines competitive advantage, Brydge is creating the infrastructure African businesses have long needed but never had. By streamlining trade processes and removing barriers, the startup is not only accelerating business operations—it’s accelerating economic integration across Africa.
If Africa’s future lies in unified, borderless commerce, Brydge is laying the tracks.
