For suppliers
Bring verified African supply to global buyers.
ARAM gives licensed African miners, processors, cooperatives and distillers a direct, compliant route to industrial and fragrance buyers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.
Catoca — Angola — third-party operation · Gsmart-ao, CC BY-SA 4.0
01Who we work with
Seven kinds of supplier, one verification.
Mines
Licensed large and mid-tier producers
Rössing — Namibia — third-party operation · IAEA Imagebank, CC BY-SA 2.0
Processors
Concentrators, refiners, smelters
Copper refinery tankhouse — Reference image — third-party operation · Вадим Смальков, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cooperatives
Artisanal and smallholder groups
Shea producers' group — Ghana — third-party programme (USAID) · USAID in Africa, Public domain
Distillers
Essential oils, absolutes, resinoids
Essential-oil distillery — Nosy Be, Madagascar — third-party operation · HoneyGaLe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Producers
Growers, collectors and curers
Grading cured vanilla beans — Sambava, Madagascar — third-party operation · WRI Staff, CC BY 2.0
Exporters
Licensed export houses
Boké and Kamsar — Guinea — third-party operation · Aboubacarkhoraa, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trading companies
Established regional traders
Container vessels at anchor — Zanzibar Channel, Tanzania · Yeluma Ntali, CC BY-SA 4.0
02Why ARAM
Built for producers who can prove what they sell.
- Verified buyers only
- Every buyer clears KYC before they see your offer or your name.
- Your identity protected
- Public offers show grade, origin country and volume — never the supplier — until an introduction is agreed.
- One verification
- Submit your licences and ownership once; we reuse them across every request you are matched to.
- Export guidance
- Quotas, levies, bans and permits are tracked country by country, so offers are built to be shippable.
03How onboarding works
Eight steps from application to first buyer.
Fresh nutmeg and mace — Zanzibar, Tanzania · Babacrash, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 01Company informationRegistered name, registration number, addresses, website and the people we will deal with.
- 02Ownership and KYCDirectors and beneficial owners with ID; sanctions and adverse-media screening.
- 03LicencesMining, processing, export or trading licences for each material, checked with the authority.
- 04Material detailsWhat you produce, grades or qualities, typical volumes and packing.
- 05Origin documentationMine-of-origin or harvest declarations, permits, and CITES documents where a species is listed.
- 06Quality documentationRecent COA, GC-MS or assay reports — and agreement to independent sampling.
- 07LogisticsWhere material is stored, how it reaches port, and the corridor and Incoterms you can offer.
- 08Buyer qualificationYour anonymised offer goes live to verified buyers; introductions follow agreement.
Supplying natural aromatics — essential oils, absolutes, resins? Use the same application and mention it under operations, or read how we work with distillers on the producer network page.
Ready to reach verified buyers? The application takes about ten minutes.
Become a supplier