TradeWorld, an online trading hub developed by I-Net Bridge and trading solutions company, Rainbow Software International, touts itself as the first marketplace to offer e-commerce tools both to corporates and small to medium-sized companies.
The metamediary concept encompasses the functionality of an African gateway for international trade providing real-time information, trade and logistical management tools for global business professionals.
The TradeWorld hub facilitates and automates the entire transaction and interaction process between exporters/importers, financial institutions, shipping lines, insurance, transport and inspection companies, freight forwarders and regulatory bodies.
TradeWorld`s link into its international partner, US-based TradeCompass, allows local clients to access information on international buyers and their markets. Members of TradeWorld are able to share their information for the benefit of each other and the members.
"For small and medium enterprises, TradeWorld provides solutions to trading needs such as finance for export contracts, shipper information such as quotes on shipment costs and stack dates for containers," says Sean Emery, TradeWorld MD. "Over and above that it provides a step-by-step transaction process which we believe will be enormously useful to the less experienced trader."
TradeWorld is set to become a free-to-air Internet metamediary from 12 September.
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