Research for AI trade infrastructure.
A 60-direction programme across AI, trust rails, trade policy, security, product systems, and ethics.
Research programme
60 directions. 7 domains. 3 accepted publications.
Designed to feed real products, governed deployments, and public-benefit trade infrastructure.
Cumanis Research Series
Accepted work behind the platform thesis.
The programme builds from research on importer trust, pharmaceutical traceability, and AfCFTA execution.
WP-2025-001Why Africa's Cross-Border Trade Continues to Fail Its ImportersTrust infrastructure framework.WP-2025-003Securing the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain in NigeriaAI, blockchain traceability, and ethical governance.WP-2025-004The AfCFTA Execution GapDITE framework for commercial-scale execution.
From research to product
Not academic decoration. Product fuel.
Research moves into models, assistant workflows, APIs, governance, and institutional collaboration.
Research becomes trade-specialized reasoning, retrieval, risk, and workflow intelligence.
Research becomes importer-facing AI for sourcing, documents, supplier checks, and execution.
Research becomes governed APIs, privacy controls, audits, and partner infrastructure.
Research supports inclusive participation in cross-border commerce across countries and firm sizes.
Collaborate
Bring research, datasets, institutions, or field access.
We are building the research base for AI-native trade systems with partners who understand real corridors, policy, compliance, operations, and deployment.
