CoCreate Pitch 2026 · Seoul Finalist

GreenTrade AI

Automated CBAM compliance & trade finance — built for African SMEs. From a WhatsApp photo to a filed EU CBAM XML, in under 24 hours.

Operating in LAGOS· ACCRA· BRUSSELS· SEOUL

01 · The Problem

CBAM went live in January 2026.
For most African SMEs, compliance is mathematically impossible.

Penalty
€100/t

Non-compliance penalty per tonne of CO₂e under CBAM — live since January 2026.

Export Impact
−13.9%

Projected drop in African aluminium exports to the European Union.

Cost Burden
10×

Compliance cost exceeds an SME exporter's entire trade margin — ten times over.

SCOPE 26% of African fertiliser · 16% of iron & steel · 12% of aluminium goes to the EU — all now under CBAM.

02 · How it works

Send a photo. Get a CBAM-ready XML.

STEP 01

WhatsApp

Exporter forwards receipts, bills, and weighbridge tickets as photos. No app to install.

STEP 02

AI OCR

LLM extracts material, origin, kWh, and supplier ID from non-standard documents.

STEP 03

Verify

Cross-referenced against IPCC emission factors and customs manifests for audit-grade evidence.

STEP 04

File

Structured XML auto-submitted to the EU CBAM Registry. Receipt returned to the exporter.

From smartphone photo to filed XML — median turnaround under 24 hours.

03 · Why GreenTrade AI

Three moats competitors cannot copy quickly.

MOAT 01

100× cost reduction

AI automation on cloud brings per-report cost under 1% of legacy compliance pricing — the only structure that makes SME participation economically viable.

MOAT 02

Instant cash flow

Verified compliance data becomes collateral for invoice factoring — activated through our partnership with Ant International's trade-finance rail.

MOAT 03

Zero-UI

WhatsApp-native. No app, no dashboard, no data-plan burden. We meet exporters where 90M+ Nigerians already spend their working day.

04 · Market opportunity

Two revenue engines,
one verified ledger.

Compliance revenue
€68B

EU–West Africa trade volume in 2025. The EU remains the leading export market for West African processed goods — every shipment now needs a CBAM filing.

SOURCE · EUROSTAT, 2025
Trade-finance revenue
US$74B

Africa's trade-finance gap. Only 20% of West African trade is currently financed — verified compliance data unlocks the rest.

SOURCE · AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

05 · Roadmap

Built for infrastructure, not for demos.

Q4 2025

AI model architecture finalized

2026 · Active

Partnership talks with West African exporter associations

Now

CoCreate Pitch 2026 Seoul Finals

Live
Next 6 months

Rugged PDA rollout at priority warehouses

12 months

Trade-finance engine live with Ant International

Partner with us to become the global standard for green trade.

Contact · climate@meusmind.com