TradeHub Economic Intelligence
Economic Intelligence
for Better Decisions
Important economic decisions are often made from information that is fragmented, too general or difficult to translate into action.
TradeHub helps governments, development institutions, investors and businesses build a clearer picture of economies, markets, enterprises and development activity before making decisions about growth, investment, trade and economic development.
Understand economies. Identify opportunities. Make better investment and development decisions.
TradeHub provides economic intelligence, research, data and advisory services for governments, development institutions, investors and businesses operating across African markets.
We combine economic data, field intelligence, enterprise information, trade activity and proprietary analytical frameworks to understand economic performance, diagnose constraints and identify opportunities for growth, trade and investment.
From local economies and enterprises to trade corridors and continental markets, TradeHub turns fragmented information into decision-ready intelligence.
What can TradeHub help you understand?
Economic decisions are rarely constrained by a lack of information alone. The problem is often fragmented information, weak local evidence and an inability to translate data into decisions. TradeHub helps clients build a clearer picture.
How is this economy actually performing?
Which sectors are growing?
Where are businesses concentrated?
What is constraining enterprise growth?
Which locations are ready for investment?
Where are infrastructure gaps?
Which products have export potential?
Which markets should businesses target?
Which suppliers are procurement-ready?
Where is informal economic activity concentrated?
Are development programmes producing results?
Where should the next intervention or investment be targeted?
Intelligence capabilities
TradeHub organises its economic intelligence and advisory work around seven capability areas. Explore the area relevant to your decision.
Economic & Regional Intelligence
Understand economic structure, sectors, competitiveness, growth potential and development constraints across countries, regions, municipalities and economic nodes.
Explore Economic Intelligence
Investment & Location Intelligence
Identify investment opportunities, compare locations, assess site readiness and understand the infrastructure required to support investment.
Explore Investment Intelligence
Trade & AfCFTA Intelligence
Identify products, markets, export opportunities, trade corridors and the constraints affecting intra-African trade.
Explore Trade Intelligence
Enterprise & Supply-Chain Intelligence
Map enterprises, suppliers, productive capacity, procurement readiness and value-chain opportunities.
Explore Enterprise Intelligence
Informal, Township & Rural Economy Intelligence
Make visible the local economic activity, informal enterprises, trader networks and market opportunities conventional datasets often miss.
Explore Local Economy Intelligence
Development Programme & Impact Intelligence
Understand whether development programmes are producing measurable enterprise, employment, revenue, procurement and transformation outcomes.
Explore Programme Intelligence
Bespoke Data, Research & Intelligence
Commission the evidence, dataset, economic study or analytical work required to answer a specific decision question.
Explore Bespoke ResearchOne intelligence picture. Multiple parts of the economy.
TradeHub brings together economic, enterprise, investment, trade, local economy and programme intelligence to help clients understand how different parts of an economy connect.
Analysis can move from countries and regions to municipalities, economic corridors, local economic nodes, enterprises, investment sites and development programmes, depending on the client requirement.
Bespoke Data, Research & Intelligence
You bring the question. We build the evidence.
When the information required for a decision does not already exist, TradeHub can design the research, collect the data, analyse the evidence and translate the findings into practical recommendations.
Commission a Bespoke StudyIntelligence built around the decisions different institutions need to make.
Government & Municipalities
Economic diagnostics, LED strategy, investment intelligence, sector analysis, enterprise mapping and evidence for policy and planning.
Discuss Your Requirement →Development Institutions
Programme design, impact intelligence, beneficiary analysis, economic diagnostics and development monitoring.
Discuss Your Requirement →Investors & Financial Institutions
Market intelligence, investment opportunities, location analysis, enterprise intelligence and project screening.
Discuss Your Requirement →Businesses & Industry
Market research, supplier intelligence, expansion analysis, trade opportunities and competitive intelligence.
Discuss Your Requirement →Universities & Research Institutions
Custom datasets, economic surveys, applied research, spatial analysis and research collaboration.
Discuss Your Requirement →Chambers & Business Organisations
Business intelligence, sector mapping, membership research, economic advocacy evidence and regional economic studies.
Discuss Your Requirement →Powered by TradeHub Intelligence
TradeHub combines multiple sources of economic evidence with proprietary diagnostic and analytical frameworks to develop a multidimensional understanding of economies, enterprises and development interventions.
EDIAI
Economic Development & Innovation Architecture Index
Examines the structural strength, competitiveness, innovation capability and development environment of economies and places.
ISPP
Integrated Sector Productivity Platform
Examines productivity, technology adoption, operational efficiency, skills, supply chains and innovation capability.
DICF
Development Integrity & Compliance Framework
Assesses whether development programmes are properly structured, implemented and producing measurable outcomes.
These frameworks operate behind TradeHub's advisory and intelligence services. Detailed scoring methodologies, internal systems and proprietary data architecture are not publicly exposed.
From question to intelligence to action.
Define the Question
We work with the client to define the economic, investment, trade or development decision that needs to be made.
Build the Evidence
We combine available datasets, institutional information, market intelligence and, where required, primary research.
Analyse the Economy
TradeHub's analytical frameworks identify patterns, constraints, comparative strengths, risks and opportunities.
Translate Intelligence into Strategy
Our consultants translate evidence into recommendations, scenarios, investment opportunities and implementation priorities.
Monitor Change
Where required, TradeHub establishes ongoing intelligence and monitoring systems to track performance, implementation and economic impact.
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Every engagement is structured around the client's question, geography, sector and decision requirement.
Economic Intelligence Report
Assessment of a country, province, municipality, district, city or economic node.
Discuss this service →Sector Intelligence Study
Analysis of market structure, enterprises, value chains, productivity, opportunities and constraints.
Discuss this service →Investment Opportunity Study
Opportunity identification, market assessment, location intelligence and investor proposition development.
Discuss this service →Trade & AfCFTA Market Study
Export opportunities, target markets, corridor intelligence and trade-readiness assessment.
Discuss this service →Enterprise & Supplier Mapping
Identification and analysis of businesses within selected sectors, supply chains and geographies.
Discuss this service →Development Programme Intelligence
Programme mapping, monitoring, verification, impact analysis and improvement recommendations.
Discuss this service →Custom Economic Dataset
Purpose-built economic, enterprise, market or geographic data for a defined requirement.
Discuss this service →Custom Institutional Intelligence Dashboard
Custom institutional dashboards developed for clients requiring ongoing economic monitoring.
Discuss this service →Economic Strategy & Advisory
Evidence-led economic development, competitiveness, investment and implementation strategies.
Discuss this service →TradeHub Intelligence
What economic question do you need answered?
Whether you are assessing a market, planning an investment, designing an economic development programme, mapping enterprises or trying to understand a local economy, TradeHub can help build the evidence behind the decision.