TTT
Total Trust Traders
Africa's Global Commodity Trading House · Est. 2010
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Member of the Cabou Group · Africa's Premier Commodity Trading House · Dakar 2010

Trading Africa's Resources

Where African origination meets global execution.

A Dakar-based international commodity trading house connecting Africa's richest mineral, agricultural and energy resources to the world's most dynamic consumption markets.

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Our Story
2010Year Founded · Dakar

Built as a fully international, compliance-ready trading platform rooted in Africa.

3Commodity Verticals

Mining, Agricultural & Energy — integrated origination-to-delivery across three verticals.

3Trade Corridors

Africa–Asia · Africa–MENA · Africa–Brazil. South-South flows at global scale.

Live Markets
COPPER4,820 $/t▲ 1.4%
COBALT26,500 $/t▲ 0.8%
PALM OIL960 $/t▼ 0.6%
BAUXITE58 $/t▲ 2.1%
GASOIL EN590745 $/t▼ 0.3%
RICE Thai 5%525 $/t▲ 0.5%
MANGANESE4.80 $/dmtu▼ 1.1%
RAW SUGAR24.8 ¢/lb▲ 0.9%
FUEL OIL 380480 $/t▲ 0.4%
IRON ORE 62%118 $/t▼ 0.7%
COPPER4,820 $/t▲ 1.4%
COBALT26,500 $/t▲ 0.8%
PALM OIL960 $/t▼ 0.6%
BAUXITE58 $/t▲ 2.1%
GASOIL EN590745 $/t▼ 0.3%
RICE Thai 5%525 $/t▲ 0.5%
MANGANESE4.80 $/dmtu▼ 1.1%
RAW SUGAR24.8 ¢/lb▲ 0.9%
FUEL OIL 380480 $/t▲ 0.4%
IRON ORE 62%118 $/t▼ 0.7%
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Mining Commodities ◆ Minerals & Metals
Agricultural Products ◆ Food & Soft Commodities
Energy Products ◆ Petroleum & Industrial
Africa – Asia Corridor ◆ South-South Trade
Africa – MENA Corridor ◆ Dubai Hub
Africa – Brazil ◆ Emerging Markets
Trade Finance ◆ Letters of Credit · Off-Take
Precious Metals Hub ◆ Macau · Strategic Partner
Mining Commodities ◆ Minerals & Metals
Agricultural Products ◆ Food & Soft Commodities
Energy Products ◆ Petroleum & Industrial
Africa – Asia Corridor ◆ South-South Trade
Africa – MENA Corridor ◆ Dubai Hub
Africa – Brazil ◆ Emerging Markets
Trade Finance ◆ Letters of Credit · Off-Take
TTT
Africa holds 60% of the world's uncultivated arable land, 30% of its mineral reserves, and vast proven energy resources. The world's demand for these assets has never been greater — yet for too long, the value has been captured elsewhere. Total Trust Traders — a member of the Cabou Group — exists to change that.
Thierry Cabou · Chairman & Founder · Total Trust Traders · Dakar, Senegal
0+Years of Operations

Founded in Dakar in 2010 with a mandate to build a world-class African trading platform at international standards.

0Commodity Verticals

Mining, Agricultural and Energy — three integrated business lines creating structural portfolio resilience through any commodity cycle.

0Trade Corridors

Africa–Asia, Africa–MENA, Africa–Brazil: three South-South flows positioning TTT at the heart of emerging-market commodity demand.

0+Continental Reach

Commercial presence across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America — anchored by the Cabou Group and our Macau precious metals hub.

What We Trade

Three Verticals.
One Platform.

TTT's three commodity verticals are strategically complementary — mining drives growth on the Asia corridor, agricultural products deliver stable cash flows, and energy opens the MENA gateway. Together they create genuine structural resilience through any commodity cycle.

Mining Africa
01
01 · Minerals & Metals
Mining
Commodities
TTT sources copper, cobalt, manganese, bauxite and iron ore directly from operators across Central and West Africa. Physical presence at origin enables authentic supply chain authentication unavailable to desk-based traders.
CopperCobaltManganeseBauxiteIron OreConcentratesGoldSilverPGMs
Agriculture Africa
02
02 · Food & Soft Commodities
Agricultural
Products
Africa is the world's last agricultural frontier. TTT connects West African producers of cereals, rice, sugar, vegetable oils, cashew and sesame to international buyers through structured trade flows with reliable logistics and flexible financing.
CerealsRiceSugarPalm OilCashewSesame
Energy refinery
03
03 · Petroleum & Industrial
Energy
Products
Operating in African and MENA energy corridors, TTT trades gasoil, jet fuel, fuel oil, bitumen and LPG. Dubai serves as the central redistribution hub providing refinery-grade product for West African demand and export flows.
Gasoil EN590Jet A-1Fuel OilBitumenNaphthaLPG
Global Corridors

Where We
Connect

Three South-South trade corridors position TTT at the intersection of the world's most dynamic emerging-market economies — a structural advantage over every trading house anchored in London, Geneva or Singapore.

TTT — GLOBAL TRADING CORRIDORS — EST. 2010 · DAKAR, SENEGAL
N. AMERICA S. AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST ASIA DAKAR · HQ DUBAI SHANGHAI SINGAPORE MACAU · HUB PRECIOUS METALS SÃO PAULO KINSHASA LAGOS MUMBAI Africa – Middle East Africa – Asia Africa – Latin America
Corridor 01 · Primary
Africa
Asia

The flagship corridor. Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Indian demand creates long-term structural off-take opportunities anchoring TTT's growth strategy.

🇨🇳 China🇯🇵 Japan🇮🇳 India🇸🇬 Singapore🇰🇷 Korea
Corridor 02 · Energy & Food
Africa
MENA

Dubai serves as the redistribution hub for petroleum products into West Africa and West African food commodities to the GCC.

🇦🇪 UAE🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia🇶🇦 Qatar🇲🇦 Morocco
Corridor 03 · South-South
Africa
Brazil

An emerging bilateral corridor exploiting complementary commodity profiles and deep historical ties between Africa and Latin America.

🇧🇷 Brazil🇦🇷 Argentina🇨🇱 Chile
Precious Metals Hub · Special Corridor
Africa
Macau

TTT's precious metals activities — gold, silver and platinum group metals — are structured through our dedicated hub in Macau, operated in partnership with our strategic local partner. This gateway connects African mineral wealth directly to Asian premium markets.

🇲🇴 Macau🇨🇳 China🇭🇰 Hong Kong
African Origination

Our
African
Footprint

Fourteen years of in-market presence across West and Central Africa has built an origination network — and a reputation — that no desk-based trader can replicate. Three distinct sourcing zones covering the continent's richest resource corridors.

TTT — AFRICAN ORIGINATION NETWORK — 3 SOURCING ZONES
ZONE 03 NORTH AFRICA & SAHEL ZONE 01 WEST AFRICA ZONE 02 CENTRAL AFRICA DAKAR · HQ CONAKRY ABIDJAN ACCRA LAGOS KINSHASA LUSAKA CASABLANCA NOUAKCHOTT Zone 01 — West Africa · Senegal, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria Zone 02 — Central Africa · DRC, Zambia, Congo Zone 03 — North Africa & Sahel · Morocco, Mauritania, Mali
Zone 01 · Primary Sourcing
West Africa
🇸🇳 Senegal · 🇬🇳 Guinea · 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire · 🇬🇭 Ghana · 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Primary zone for agricultural commodities and bauxite. HQ in Dakar with direct access to port infrastructure at Dakar, Abidjan and Lagos. Senegal serves as the operational and legal base for all continental activities.
Zone 02 · Mining Hub
Central Africa
🇨🇩 DRC · 🇿🇲 Zambia · 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo
The world's richest copper and cobalt deposits — critical minerals for the global energy transition. Direct relationships with mining operators and concentration plants across the Copperbelt. The strategic foundation of TTT's Africa–Asia corridor.
Zone 03 · Energy & Minerals
North Africa & Sahel
🇲🇦 Morocco · 🇲🇷 Mauritania · 🇲🇱 Mali · 🇩🇿 Algeria
Energy product flows, phosphate derivatives, and cross-Sahel logistics corridors connecting Sub-Saharan production to Mediterranean and European trade routes. Growing importance for TTT's energy vertical and MENA corridor.
Africa
Africa holds 60% of the world's uncultivated arable land and 30% of its mineral reserves. This is not a story about resources — it is a story about who controls access to them, and who captures the value they create.
Thierry Cabou · Chairman & Founder · Total Trust Traders
Market Intelligence

Data &
Performance

TTT's three-vertical, three-corridor structure delivers genuine portfolio diversification — consistent performance through any commodity cycle, with structural resilience built on real origination.

Portfolio Composition
Activity Mix by Volume
Mining
Agri.
Energy
Mining drives growth via Asia, agriculture provides stable flows, energy opens MENA market access.
Geographic Diversification
Corridor Split
3 CORRIDORS
Africa – Asia45%
Africa – MENA30%
Africa – LatAm25%
Growth Trajectory
Activity 2010 → 2024
2010 2017 2024
Accelerated from 2018 with full integrated model deployment across all three verticals and corridors.
How We Operate

Five Steps.
Zero Gaps.

From the mine gate or farm to the buyer's facility, TTT controls every link in the chain. This integrated model eliminates coordination failures, reduces costs, and delivers reliability that fragmented multi-party relationships cannot match.

01
Origination

Direct sourcing from African producers. Field presence guarantees authentic supply at the best available price.

02
Structuring

Off-take, spot, forward and blended structures tailored precisely to each counterparty's requirements.

03
Trade Finance

Letters of credit, commodity-backed financing and documentary collections through our global banking network.

04
Logistics

Maritime chartering, port management, customs, warehousing and real-time tracking from origin to delivery.

05
Delivery

Final delivery at agreed Incoterms with independent quality inspection, certification, and ongoing relationship management.

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Financial Capabilities

Bankable.
Compliant.
Structured.

Every TTT transaction is engineered to the highest international banking standards — ensuring every deal is financeable, every flow traceable, and every counterparty operates with complete confidence.

Documentary
Letters of Credit (LC)

Confirmed and unconfirmed LCs through a global correspondent banking network. Full payment security across all jurisdictions.

Contractual
Off-Take Agreements

Multi-year supply agreements (1–5 years) providing revenue certainty to producers and supply chain predictability to buyers.

Secured Finance
Commodity-Backed Finance

Pre-financing secured against commodity inventory and receivables — enabling TTT to lock in supply independently of spot conditions.

Governance
KYC · AML · FATF-Aligned

Complete compliance framework. FATF-aligned KYC/AML procedures, full audit trail, transparent governance across every transaction.

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Why Choose TTT

The Structural
Advantages

African Origination at Scale
Direct access to producers across West and Central Africa — authentic supply unavailable to financial-only traders.
Global Commercial Network
Established relationships with leading commodity consumers, financial institutions and logistics operators across four continents.
World-Class Transaction Structuring
Complex multi-jurisdictional deals with the rigour of the largest global houses — at the agility of a specialist boutique.
South-South Leadership
The only African trading house with dedicated corridors connecting Africa to Asia, MENA and Latin America simultaneously.
14 Years of African Intelligence
Unmatched knowledge of African markets, regulations and producer ecosystems — earned on the ground, not from a desk in Geneva.
14
YearsOperating
Our History

14 Years of
Building

2010

Incorporation in Dakar, Senegal. TTT founded to build an internationally compliant African trading platform competing at world-class standards.

2012–15

First partnerships with West African agricultural producers and mining operators. Foundation of trade finance infrastructure and banking relationships.

2016–18

International expansion. Launch of the Africa–Asia corridor. Entry into energy product trading via the Africa–MENA route through Dubai.

2019–21

Consolidation of global network. Introduction of structured off-take frameworks. South-South partnerships with Brazil and the GCC deepened.

2022–24

Full deployment of the integrated model. Significant expansion of mining commodity volumes on Central Africa corridors — copper, cobalt and manganese.

2030
Strategic Vision
"To be the globally recognised benchmark for African commodity trading — connecting the continent's resources to world markets with integrity, expertise, and scale."
Partnership Proposition

Who We Serve

P
For Producers
Your Gateway to
Global Markets

African producers gain direct, structured access to international buyers — eliminating intermediaries, securing competitive prices, and building long-term partnerships that create lasting value at origin.

  • Competitive international price discovery
  • Export documentation & compliance support
  • Pre-financing and off-take structures
  • Direct port access and logistics coordination
  • Long-term partnership frameworks (1–5 years)
B
For Industrial Buyers
Verified African
Supply at Scale

Industrial buyers gain a partner with genuine origination, end-to-end logistics, full documentary compliance, and the financial depth to structure complex, reliable supply chains across market cycles.

  • Verified origin with full traceability
  • Flexible Incoterms — FOB, CIF, DAP, DDP
  • Multi-year off-take structures
  • Independent quality inspection & certification
  • Consistent, bankable documentation
F
For Financial Institutions
Bankable Deals.
Zero Ambiguity.

TTT structures every transaction to international banking standards — enabling trade finance participation with complete confidence in counterparty quality and documentary rigour.

  • Full KYC / AML compliance
  • FATF-aligned governance framework
  • Robust, transparent documentary process
  • Clear structures with full audit trail
  • Experienced, creditworthy management
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We welcome enquiries from commodity producers, industrial buyers, financial institutions and strategic partners who share our conviction that African resources deserve a world-class, African-rooted trading platform.

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Headquarters
Dakar
Republic of Senegal
Trading Desk
[email protected]
Web
www.ttt-africa.com