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Market intelligence

Know your market continuously: size, prices, competitors, trade flows and distribution channels, tracked over time and delivered as dashboards.

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The challenge

A one-off study ages fast; the market moves every month

Prices, imports, competitors and sales channels change fast in West Africa. A commercial decision based on figures from two years ago leads to wrong prices, wrong stock levels or wrong partners.

Our market intelligence tracks your key indicators over time. We use official customs and trade statistics, price surveys and our field interviews to give you an up-to-date reading of your market.

What we do

Our offer

Market sizing

Size, growth and segments, with explicit and sourced assumptions.

Trade flows

Imports and exports by product, country of origin and market share, from official data.

Competitive monitoring

Players, offers, prices, positioning and competitor moves.

Prices and distribution channels

Price surveys, margins and how channels work, from wholesaler to point of sale.

Sector dashboards

Indicators tracked monthly or quarterly, with analyst commentary.

Our approach

Four steps, with deliverables at each stage

Choose the indicators

The figures that truly drive your commercial decisions.

Build the base

Collection of official data and field surveys.

Track

Regular updates and consistency checks.

Interpret

Annotated dashboard and commercial recommendations.

Who it is for

Who we work with

  • Brands and manufacturers present in or approaching the market
  • Exporters from North Africa, Europe, Brazil or China
  • Distributors and traders
  • Investors following a sector
How we engage

Fixed-fee engagement

A scope, a timeline and a deliverable agreed upfront, with a presentation to your team.

Every engagement starts with a first call to scope your needs.

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