Gulf states
United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar. Re-export, food staples, building materials, livestock and meat demand, investment capital.
East African markets and gateways
Depth over reach.
A market only joins our network once we can broker in it to the same standard we hold at home.
| Market | Gateway | What we handle there |
|---|---|---|
| Somalia | Mogadishu, Bosaso, Kismayo, Berbera | Import distribution, food staples, construction materials, livestock and marine exports, project logistics, market entry and representation. Berbera, in western Somalia, serves transhipment and Ethiopia-bound transit. |
| Djibouti | Doraleh, Port of Djibouti | Regional transhipment, bonded storage, Ethiopia gateway, free-zone structuring. |
| Ethiopia | Djibouti & Berbera corridors | Inbound machinery, agricultural inputs and manufacturing supply; coffee, oilseed and horticulture sourcing. |
| Kenya | Mombasa, Nairobi ICD | Northern Corridor freight, regional distribution, sourcing and consolidation, partner search. |
| Uganda & South Sudan | Northern Corridor | Inland transit, project cargo, cross-border trade facilitation. |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam, Central Corridor | Consolidation, minerals and agricultural sourcing, southern regional access. |
Corridor knowledge is not the same as having contacts. Knowing that Berbera can serve Ethiopia faster than Djibouti for a given cargo, or that a certificate must be issued at origin rather than destination, is what protects a schedule and a margin.
International desks
Where the counterparties are.
Our network is concentrated in the markets that actually supply and buy from this region.
Türkiye
Manufacturing, construction materials, machinery, contracting and turnkey projects.
China & India
Machinery, plant, vehicles, solar and power equipment, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, consolidated sourcing.
Europe
Buyers for gums, resins, coffee, oilseeds and marine products; equipment supply; development and institutional procurement.
North America
Diaspora-led investment, institutional buyers, development and humanitarian procurement.
Our continental ambition
The Horn is our foundation, not our ceiling.
The African Continental Free Trade Area has turned a connected African market from an aspiration into a practical framework: a single agreement covering 1.4 billion people, with progressive tariff elimination and common rules of origin. What it does not yet have, in most corridors, is a dependable commercial intermediary. That is the gap we intend to fill — in sequence, not all at once.
Phase 1 — Horn foundation
Now
Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia. Depth over reach: every port, corridor, regulator and major trading house known directly. This is where our verification standard is set.
Phase 2 — East African integration
Near term
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan. Northern and Central Corridor freight capability, EAC customs-union competence, and resident partner firms in each market.
Phase 3 — COMESA and AfCFTA reach
Medium term
Egypt, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the DRC, using AfCFTA rules of origin to open intra-African trade lanes rather than only import-export lanes.
Phase 4 — Continental network
Long term
Correspondent brokerage partners across West, Central and Southern Africa, so that one mandate placed with Horn Plus reaches any economy on the continent under a single standard of verification and reporting.
How the group grows
- Corridor by corridor, not flag by flag — we enter a market when we can broker in it to the standard we hold at home, not when it looks good on a map.
- An entity where the regulation requires one — where brokerage, freight or agency work must be carried out by a locally licensed company, the group constitutes or acquires that company rather than working through an informal agent.
- Acquisition where it is faster and safer — established local firms with a real book and a clean record can be brought onto the group standard more quickly than a new company can be built.
- Correspondent partners beyond that — in markets that do not yet justify an entity, we work through named correspondent brokers under a written agreement and the same verification standard.
What stays constant
Geography will change, and so will the number of companies in the group. The standard will not:
- Verified counterparties
- Written mandates
- Disclosed interests
- Documentation prepared to the destination market's requirements
- One named person accountable for every transaction — whichever Horn Plus company that person works for
Need a corridor we have not listed?
Tell us the route and the cargo. If we cannot broker it to our standard, we will say so.