ACAI is East Africa's integrated trade services partner — combining rigorous Testing, Inspection & Certification with end-to-end Third-Party Logistics, under one accountable team.
ACAI offers you both 3PL and TIC services — giving traders, exporters, and global inspection bodies a single, accountable local partner from inspection through to delivery.
We operate with zero commercial interest in the cargo or trade outcomes. Our reports reflect fact — nothing more, nothing less.
All inspections follow internationally recognised protocols (ISO/IEC 17020, ASTM, etc.) ensuring our certificates are universally accepted.
Our teams are embedded across East Africa — we mobilise faster, understand local logistics, and know port & customs intricacies.
From pre-shipment inspection to last-mile delivery, ACAI coordinates the full trade journey — eliminating the gaps between TIC and logistics providers.
From single-lot inspections to long-term sub-contracting and logistics arrangements, we scale to your volume with consistent quality.
We adopt your operating procedures, report formats, and branding requirements — operating as a seamless extension of your team.
Tell us your trade scope — inspection, logistics, or both — and let's build a working arrangement.
Structured around the international TIC methodology — every service we offer is designed to meet the standards expected by global certification principals and local regulators alike.
On-site, independent verification across the full trade lifecycle — from factory floor to port discharge.
Representative, traceable sampling and analytical coordination for commodities requiring chemical or physical characterisation.
Acting as the authorised local inspection body under major TIC principals, enabling global certificate issuance from local data.
Accurate, audit-ready paperwork delivered fast — formatted to your principal's specifications or regulatory requirements.
Coffee, tea, grain, pulses, oilseeds, and processed food products. Grading, sampling, and PSI for export compliance.
Manufactured goods, steel and construction materials, chemicals and fertilisers — factory audits through to container loading.
Coal, ores, and petroleum derivatives. Draft surveys, weighing, sampling, and discharge supervision at East African ports.
Describe your inspection scope and we will confirm availability within 24 hours.
ACAI was founded with a clear purpose: to close the operational gap between global TIC principals and the ground-level precision that African trade demands. We are local inspectors with international discipline.
ACAI emerged from a simple observation: the world's best testing and inspection companies need qualified, trustworthy local teams to execute their mandates in East Africa. The operational infrastructure had to follow international standards, yet be nimble enough to function at port, at the warehouse, and at the farm gate.
We are that team. Our founders came from senior TIC industry roles and built ACAI specifically to support sub-contracting mandates from global principals, while also offering direct inspection services to exporters, importers, and financiers who need independent verification.
No commercial interest in trade outcomes. Our integrity is our only product.
Every observation, measurement, and report reflects the facts on the ground — exactly.
Trade doesn't wait. We mobilise fast and deliver documentation within 24 hours.
Our inspectors sign their work. We stand behind every certificate we issue.
"To provide testing, inspection, and verification services that enable trade with confidence — across East Africa, to the world."— ACAI Mission Statement
Trained, certified inspectors embedded across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia — ready to mobilise on short notice.
Dedicated review team that checks every field report before issuance — ensuring accuracy, completeness, and format compliance.
A single point of contact for each principal we work with — managing instructions, scheduling, and documentation flow.
We're happy to share our credentials, inspector CVs, and operating procedures on request.
Whether you're a global certification body looking for a reliable local sub-contractor, or a trader seeking independent verification — we're ready to engage.
If you already work with us and need to raise a field instruction or order, please use your designated principal contact. Contact details on file.
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