What AfriLocal Does
AfriLocal is a value chain ecosystem that connects local supply chain actors to maximise local value creation in local African economiesit
Africa has always had the resources but has never had a platform built to organise and keep the value those resources generate. AfriLocal is that platform.
How It Works
Every transaction on AfriLocal generates Localised Value Units (LVUs) — distributed simultaneously to suppliers, producers, distributors and consumers at the point of sale.
Accumulated LVUs generate a Localised Capital Score (LCS): a verified record of participation in the local economy that determines each stakeholder's eligibility to access further capital and high-value products.
The aggregate of all LVUs in circulation is measured as the Intrinsic Domestic Product (IDP) — a live, bottom-up measure of how much value a territory sources, enhances and retains within its own borders. GDP measures transactions regardless of who benefits. IDP measures what is built, owned and kept locally.
The Localisation Process
Localisation is the economic process of using one's own resources to build one's own economy.
Africa doesn't have an output problem. It has a value creation problem. It produces cocoa but imports chocolate. It grows cotton but imports t-shirts. The output exists. The value leaves.
AfriLocal operationalises localisation in three stages:
1st — Source local capital: raw material, human, physical and cultural, from within borders.
2nd — Use that capital to develop high-value products for the domestic market.
3rd — Reinvest the value created and export the surplus on Africa's own terms.
Afrobeats didn't conquer global music by chasing Western audiences. It built for the local market first. AfriLocal applies the same logic to essential goods.
Platform Status
AfriLocal is currently building its working prototype, with pilot implementation under active development.
The framework is established. The platform is in construction.
Work With Us
AfriLocal welcomes collaborators, advocates and institutional partners who are serious about local economic development in Africa.
If that is you, get in touch.
Contact:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroldabili
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