Both sides. One partner.
Rupare Trading Group (RTG) is a European–African business development, trade and project development partner, based in Cape Town with a presence in Germany, that helps German and European companies — from Mittelstand to large corporates — enter African markets, build distribution, finance deals and develop industrial projects.
What we do
Rupare Trading Group offers four connected services: market access and development, trade representation and distribution, industrial project development, and structured trade and project finance. Finance is woven through every mandate — it is the enabler, not a separate product.
Market Access & Development
We help companies decide whether, where and how to enter a market — and make them ready to act.
Trade, Representation & Distribution
Your commercial presence on the ground. Sell and build relationships without establishing a market presence alone.
Industrial Projects & Partnerships
We do not wait for opportunities. We originate them, then design and develop them through to a bankable deal.
Structured Trade & Project Finance
We do not just find the deal. We make it fundable. Finance is the enabler across all three pillars, not a separate business.
Flexible, tailored engagements
Advisory mandates, representation retainers, distribution and commission arrangements, project development mandates and strategic partnerships. The form follows the opportunity — never the other way around.
Some regulatory, legal, financial and technical services are delivered through qualified partners.
Next to every side of the opportunity.
We work on both ends of every deal: next to the manufacturer, investor or technology provider in Europe, and next to the buyer, partner, regulator and government in Africa. We find the opportunity, bring the right parties together, structure the deal and see it through.
We are at home in Germany’s precise, documentation-driven business culture and in how business gets done across African markets.
Good cross-border business creates lasting impact: industrial capacity, local value addition, skills and technology transfer, and better access to essential equipment.
A partner for the whole journey.
Both ends of the deal
A base in Africa and a presence in Germany. Fluent in both business cultures and languages.
We originate, not just respond
Opportunities developed from concept — not only from tenders and enquiries.
Execution, not advice
We establish, represent, negotiate, structure and close.
We make deals fundable
Structured and export-credit finance are part of the approach, not an afterthought.
Access to industry
European manufacturers, technology providers and engineering partners connected to African markets.
Built for the long term
Lasting commercial partnerships, not one-off introductions.
Rooted in two business worlds.
Cape Town, South Africa
Our commercial base and entry point into Southern Africa, with work and opportunities across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cologne, Germany
Our European presence, anchored in German industrial depth, engineering and the export-oriented Mittelstand, with reach into the wider European industrial network.