About Mawadco Africa

An engineer's discipline,applied to global trade.


Mawadco Africa Limited is the group's regional execution platform — coordinating mineral sourcing, commodity trade, and distribution across Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, South Africa, and the DRC from its Ndola headquarters in Zambia, with Nairobi operating as the Kenya regional office. The same documentation-first standard applied across Mawadco's Doha, Dasmariñas, and Singapore operations.

Our foundation

A Qatari trading house built on engineering discipline.

MAWADCO began in food and general commodity trading from its Doha base and has grown into a group active in precious minerals, copper-gold mining, and infrastructure-linked supply across five African markets. The engineering DNA still shapes every deal: document first, verify early, and move only when the workflow can withstand scrutiny from banks, suppliers, and end buyers.

Mawadco Africa Limited operates as the group's regional execution platform across Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, South Africa, and the DRC — covering mineral sourcing and offtake, agricultural commodity trade, pharmaceutical distribution, and logistics-led supply. It combines partner diligence, ground intelligence, and operating discipline to keep African corridors bankable for counterparties and investors.

What started as a single Doha desk expanded into an international network spanning Qatar, Philippines, Singapore, and Kenya. That network gives the Africa platform access to Gulf mineral buyers, Asia-facing trade structuring, and Southeast Asian procurement — so each of the five African market corridors is connected to a wider set of counterparties than a single-desk operation could reach.

Our team

Operators leading the Africa platform.

The Africa desk is led by a cross-border team coordinating sourcing relationships, project origination, and partner strategy across Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, South Africa, and the DRC — with the same documentation and compliance discipline applied across the wider Mawadco group.