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You can find both primary metals and secondary metals on Igun from the direct sources (mine, producer) in Africa. From recycled Aluminium, copper, and Lead materials, to Lithium ore, Zinc, iron ore, and baled scrap materials.

Both. Igun is a marketplace with a software as a service (SaaS) solution for the metals, mining, and recycling industry. The Igun platform is a software and marketplace that connects you with numerous counterparties, allowing foreign buyers to discover authentic producers in Africa and do business with them, using supply chain solutions on the platform. Igun as a company also provides numerous value-added solutions and services beneficial to the commodity and mining industry.

All materials supplied through the Igun platform is from African-based facilities and mines. All miners, recycling companies, and producers on the Igun platform have a verifiable presence in any of the countries in Africa.

No. Igun focuses on verifying and listing producers and miners based in Africa. We connect buyers outside of Africa with providers in our marketplace, and we use our on-the-ground presence, our SaaS technology, and our value-added supply chain solutions to facilitate end-to-end contracts between buyer and seller.

The metals, mining, and recycling industry faces numerous challenges globally. For the export business from Africa, there are challenges ranging from trust issues, to security of supply, inefficient material testing, compliance complexity, cross border payment hassle, poor visibility on logistics, risky manual contract process, inefficient KYC, and sustainability needs. Digitalisation of the metals supply chain removes manual, opaque and complex procurement and sales processes, and when Igun provides a marketplace with it, the platform helps dealers transact with cost-efficiency, multiple partner options, process efficiencies, visibility on transparent transactions, compliance tracking, stronger business relationships, and to take data-driven decisions.

Yes. The Igun software is available both on desktop and mobile devices such as phones.

This is a certification received after officials from Igun have visited a company's facilities and the company has passed the Igun's business KYC and authentication requirements to list or sell metals on the Igun marketplace as a Verified Producer. The Igun Verified Producer Certificate is similar to completing the thorough KYC process by the London Metal Exchange.

Yes. While Igun Limited is the company's legal name, it operates under the brand name Igun, and with an online domain name IgunAfrica — written as one word — referring to its digital platform and marketplace for sourcing and supply chain of metals of African origin.

Yes. While Igun is an independent software provider and marketplace for metals of African origin, we have other business lines that we are developing in our portfolio to help local miners and producers scale their sales to our global offtakers in a streamlined manner, and to implement sustainable supply chains. Our complete suite of supply chain solutions and services help foreign offtakers reduce the burden of high risks in making cross-border purchases from overseas.

Igun Limited is a private company. The company is fully impartial and independent, and does not receive equity funding from any producer, consumer or trader of metals, and is not affiliated or owned by any corporation active in the wider global metals, mining and recycling industry. There are no conflicts of interest because the company is partially owned by the management, as well as individual shareholders and renowned venture capital investors.