Smarter sourcing for modern African businesses.
tade Lyn connects retailers, wholesalers, FMCGs, distributors and farmers through intelligent inventory-driven procurement. When stock runs low, suppliers compete in real time — you choose the best offer.
Trusted by merchants on Dowo Africa · 1,200+ verified suppliers · 14 markets
From low stock to restocked in hours, not weeks.
A continuous procurement loop, powered by your live inventory.
Inventory runs low
tade Lyn detects depletion across your POS, Dowo Africa store and connected warehouses.
Suppliers get notified
Verified suppliers in your region receive an automated RFQ in seconds.
Offers stream in
Competing bids arrive with price, stock, ETA and supplier reliability.
Compare side-by-side
Our ranking engine surfaces the best match by price × speed × trust.
One-click approve
Approve manually or let auto-procurement rules close the loop for you.
Delivery fulfilled
Track shipments, confirm receipt, settle invoices — all in one place.
Every link in the supply chain.
tade Lyn unifies the people who make, move and sell goods across Africa.
Wholesalers
List bulk catalogs, win recurring restocking contracts.
FMCGs
Distribute brands directly to thousands of last-mile retailers.
Distributors
Optimize routes with demand visibility from connected merchants.
Manufacturers
Sell direct, skip middlemen, expand to new African markets.
Farmers & Agri
Move harvests to buyers with transparent, fair pricing.
Trading networks
Plug existing supply chains into a unified procurement layer.
An operating system for supply.
Smart inventory matching
ML-driven matching of demand signals to supplier capacity, location and price.
Real-time procurement
RFQs close in minutes. Suppliers compete live. No more email tag.
Procurement analytics
Track savings, supplier performance, lead times and stock-out risk.
Embedded financing
BNPL for merchants. Invoice financing for suppliers. Built in.
Automation rules
Set reorder thresholds, auto-approve trusted suppliers, schedule restocking.
Verified network
KYB-verified suppliers, audit trails, dispute resolution, transaction protection.
Built for every kind of business that stocks something.
APIs to embed procurement anywhere.
REST + WebSocket APIs, official SDKs, sandbox environments, OpenAPI specs and a fully interactive playground. Integrate tade Lyn into your POS, ERP, ecommerce or warehouse system in a single afternoon.
- Inventory sync · RFQ · Offers · Logistics endpoints
- Webhooks for every supply-chain event
- TypeScript, Python, Go & PHP SDKs
- Dowo Africa, Shopify, Odoo, SAP connectors
// Listen for low-stock events
sokolink.on("inventory.low_stock", async (sku) => {
const rfq = await sokolink.rfq.create({
sku: sku.id,
quantity: sku.reorder_quantity,
deliver_by: "+3d",
suppliers: "verified"
});
const offers = await rfq.awaitOffers({ window: "30m" });
return offers.best({ rank: "price+eta+trust" });
});Infrastructure-grade by default.
KYB verified suppliers
Every supplier passes business verification before going live.
Secure escrow payments
Funds held safely until delivery is confirmed by the merchant.
Full audit trails
Every RFQ, bid, message and shipment is logged and exportable.
The procurement backbone of African commerce.
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