Trade Barometer: Africa’s most comprehensive trade index

Launched in 2022, Standard Bank’s Africa Trade Barometer seeks to provide the analysis and insight to intelligently inform and grow Africa’s trade ecosystem.

Focus areas

The report focuses on Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia – and presents one of the most comprehensive views of actual trade, as experienced on-the-ground by real African businesses transacting within and between these 10 markets, as well as globally.

Data sources

Qualitative and quantitative intelligence is gathered from over 2 400 firms representing SMEs, large family businesses, corporates, and multinationals across all 10 economies. This insight is augmented with third-party sources, including the World Bank, the International Trade Centre and the central banks of the 10 study markets.

Report contents

The publication includes information on:

• Comparative data on trade openness
• Access to finance
• Macroeconomic stability
• Infrastructure
• Foreign trade
• Governance
• Economy
• Trade finance behaviour

The Africa Trade Barometer serves as evidence of our ambition to become Africa’s leading trade bank, by providing the market insight to drive client growth across the continent.