Our Mandate

We design and oversee compliance frameworks that stabilise Africa–EU agrifood trade.

Compliance framework design and implementation oversight for Africa–EU agrifood trade.

Sub-Saharan producers increasingly meet technical and quality requirements, yet trade often fails where compliance is fragmented, documentation lacks coherence, and buyer expectations are misaligned with operational reality. European buyers, in turn, face elevated risk where supplier readiness cannot be verified or relied upon over time.

eriagro® addresses this structural gap by designing and overseeing compliance frameworks that function as operating systems, aligning readiness, engagement logic, and execution to support informed decisions within repeatable trade relationships.

Designing and overseeing compliance systems for repeatable trade execution.

eriagro® operates upstream of transactions as an independent systems architect. Within direct buyer–supplier contractual relationships, we design and maintain oversight of how compliance is applied, evidenced, and governed across engagement cycles.

This role exists to address the structural conditions under which trade reliability either succeeds or fails.

Certification and standards define requirements. eriagro® designs the operating conditions that allow those requirements to be executed consistently over time.

Role boundaries:

  • no certification or auditing,
  • no brokerage, trading, or intermediation,
  • no operational or commercial control,

Clarity, Transparency, Consistency, Integrity, Capability.

  • Clarity: requirements are defined early and in usable terms
  • Transparency: information is verifiable; evidence is traceable
  • Consistency: systems are stabilised for repeat engagement
  • Integrity: independent, accountable, professionally responsible conduct
  • Capability: compliance is built as an operating system, not a checklist

eriagro® is grounded in repeated observation of a persistent structural failure in Africa–EU agrifood trade.

Producers require compliance systems that are implementable in practice. Buyers require confidence grounded in verifiable structures, not assurances or isolated credentials.

eriagro® was established to design the architecture that makes readiness, engagement, and execution function beyond first contact, because trade becomes durable only when its governing systems are designed to endure.

Aligned Standards & Programs

Our Services

Structured advisory and facilitation for compliant, repeatable Africa–EU agrifood trade.

Service Architecture

eriagro® delivers a sequenced service architecture that establishes compliance readiness, governs buyer–supplier engagement, and supports repeatable trade performance.

Service pillars

  • Compliance Readiness
    Determines whether producers are prepared to operate within EU regulatory, buyer, and programme compliance systems.
  • Compliance Frameworks and Systems
    Designs the compliance operating systems required to sustain performance beyond audits and certification events.
  • Structural Supplier Buyer Engagement
    Enables buyer facing engagement only after readiness and system compatibility are established.
  • Repeat Trade Facilitation
    Maintains alignment and system integrity as sourcing relationships evolve over time.

Boundaries

eriagro® does not trade, broker, certify, audit, or manage operations. Buyers and producers contract directly.

Compliance Readiness

Compliance Readiness determines whether a producer can operate within defined EU regulatory, buyer, and programme compliance systems without recurring corrective intervention.

Producers may be certified or pursuing certification yet still fail buyer onboarding because compliance execution is fragmented, documentation is incoherent, and readiness cannot be relied upon over time.

eriagro® evaluates readiness at system level by assessing regulatory alignment, operational execution, certification preparedness or stability, and the coherence and buyer usability of compliance evidence.

Benefits & Deliverables

  • For Producers: Clarity on whether existing systems are engagement ready or certification ready, enabling more efficient audits and reducing repeated corrective cycles.
  • For Buyers: A defensible readiness signal that shortens procurement cycles by filtering for suppliers capable of sustaining compliant performance.
  • Core Deliverable: A documented readiness determination with an integrated, buyer and auditor usable compliance evidence and gap map.

Compliance Frameworks and Systems

Compliance Frameworks and Systems establish the operating conditions under which regulatory, buyer, and programme requirements can be executed consistently across sourcing cycles.

Certification and audit success often remains episodic because suppliers lack a coherent system that governs how compliance is applied, evidenced, and maintained beyond point in time assessments.

eriagro® designs and oversees context aligned compliance frameworks that translate requirements into structured processes, documentation logic, and governance rules that suppliers can operate and buyers can rely on.

Benefits & Deliverables

  • For Producers: A stable compliance operating system that reduces audit fatigue, corrective action recurrence, and internal uncertainty as volumes or buyer requirements evolve.
  • For Buyers: Greater confidence that supplier compliance performance will remain consistent beyond onboarding and across repeat procurement cycles.
  • Core Deliverable: A documented compliance framework with defined processes, documentation architecture, and governance logic aligned to buyer and regulatory expectations.

Structural Supplier-to-Buyer Matchmaking

Structural Supplier Buyer Engagement enables buyer facing interaction only after readiness and system compatibility are established.

Early buyer supplier contact frequently fails because engagement begins before expectations, documentation standards, and compliance execution logic are aligned.

eriagro® structures engagement by aligning requirements, readiness status, and documentation expectations prior to contact, enabling interaction to occur within a defined and governed framework.

Benefits & Deliverables

  • For Producers: First buyer interactions that are structured, credible, and focused on progression rather than clarification and correction.
  • For Buyers: Initial engagement that begins with usable information, aligned expectations, and materially lower onboarding friction.
  • Core Deliverable: A governed engagement structure defining readiness status, documentation scope, and buyer supplier interaction parameters.

Repeat Trade Facilitation

Repeat Trade Facilitation preserves compliance and engagement integrity as sourcing relationships evolve across time, volume, and programme phases.

Many compliant relationships deteriorate after initial onboarding due to structural drift, changing requirements, and the absence of a mechanism to maintain alignment.

eriagro® maintains oversight of compliance and engagement structures to ensure continued alignment as operational context, buyer requirements, or sourcing scale change.

Benefits & Deliverables

  • For Producers: Reduced disruption as requirements evolve, enabling continuity without repeated system resets or reactive compliance work.
  • For Buyers: More reliable supplier performance across repeat orders, programme changes, and sourcing cycles.
  • Core Deliverable: An oversight and continuity mechanism that monitors alignment and preserves the integrity of the compliance operating system over time.

Engagement Logic

Engagement follows a deliberate, conditional sequence:

  • align regulatory, buyer, and programme requirements with operating context
  • validate compliance readiness before buyer-facing steps
  • establish documentation and execution within a defined system
  • enable controlled engagement under aligned expectations
  • support continuity to stabilise performance across cycles

Each stage builds on the previous one. Progression occurs only when foundations are in place.

What We Do Not Do

eriagro® operates within strict boundaries to preserve independence and system integrity.

We do not:

  • trade, broker, or represent products
  • act as commercial agent or intermediary
  • handle payments, logistics, or transactions
  • certify or audit
  • manage operations or guarantee outcomes

Buyers and producers contract directly with one another. eriagro® designs and oversees the compliance and engagement structures within which those relationships transpire.

Africa–EU agrifood trade breaks down without structured readiness, verification, and bespoke compliance frameworks. eriagro® provides the architecture that makes trade workable and repeatable.

M. Nweke

For SSA Producers

Preparing operations for credible and sustained EU market engagement.

eriagro® translates EU regulatory, buyer, and programme expectations into compliance systems that can be implemented, maintained, and presented credibly in professional buyer environments.

Producers gain:

  • clear articulation of applicable requirements
  • structured readiness as a prerequisite for engagement
  • coherent, verifiable documentation logic
  • reduced audit and certification iteration
  • foundations for sustained engagement rather than one-off transactions

Begin Compliance Readiness Assessment →
Takes 5–7 minutes. No obligation.

For EU Buyers

Structured access to engagement-ready suppliers.

eriagro® designs and oversees the systems governing how suppliers prepare, how engagement is initiated, and how performance is stabilised over time.

Buyers gain:

  • early visibility into readiness and compliance exposure
  • predictable onboarding through documentation discipline
  • reduced clarification cycles and engagement friction
  • structured engagement under defined compliance systems
  • improved continuity across sourcing cycles

Start a Sourcing Conversation →
Takes 4–6 minutes. No commitments.

Pricing & Engagement

Structured engagement and fee models for systemic compliance enablement.

Pricing reflects the scope, complexity, and systemic responsibility of each engagement and is agreed in advance.

Applied to targeted analytical work that informs readiness gating, compliance alignment, and engagement pathway definition.

Applied where multiple pillars — from readiness determination to framework integration — are combined into a defined scope of work with sequenced deliverables and oversight obligations.

Used where continued engagement support is required to maintain alignment, reduce drift, and reinforce compliance operating conditions over time.

May apply where structured introductions between buyers and producers arise from upstream compliance readiness and framework alignment, as defined in the applicable engagement agreement.

Fees are determined by system complexity, governance requirements, number of suppliers, regulatory context, duration, and oversight intensity.

Engagements are governed by clear terms covering:

  • scope and deliverables
  • confidentiality and process integrity
  • conflict of interest protections
  • facilitation and fee structure safeguards
  • limitation of liability provisions

eriagro® is suited to buyers and producers who:

  • prioritise structured, governed trade relationships
  • require systemic compliance clarity over episodic support
  • seek risk-aligned, repeatable trade solutions rather than opportunistic transactions

eriagro® does not:

  • work on speculative, success-only arrangements,
  • charge commissions tied to volumes or trade outcomes,
  • represent products or parties commercially.