About CMC

A Zambian holding company built for the long position.

CMC Trading & Investments Limited operates at the intersection of cross-border trade and patient capital. We move goods, deploy capital, and build the infrastructure that connects them.

Mission

Why we exist.

Southern Africa does not lack opportunity. It lacks operators who can connect supply to demand, capital to operating discipline, and ambition to execution. CMC was founded to be one of those operators.

We trade real goods through real ports and warehouses. We invest in assets that yield and businesses that scale. And we hold control of the parts of the chain that matter most — sourcing, logistics, compliance, and capital allocation — so that our partners and customers get the same answer twice.

What we do

Two divisions, one balance sheet.

  • 01
    Trading Sourcing, financing, freight, clearing and distribution across agricultural commodities, minerals, FMCG and industrial supply. Our desks move physical goods across SADC borders every week.
  • 02
    Investments Long-position capital in real estate, private equity stakes, logistics infrastructure and selected technology ventures. We hold for cashflow and durable value, not exit narratives.
  • 03
    Group services Procurement, treasury, compliance and shared logistics. Centralised cost base, decentralised execution across portfolio companies.
Operating principles

How we make decisions.

These are not values on a wall. They are filters every trade and every investment passes through before capital moves.

Principle 01

Margin before revenue

We do not chase top-line growth that does not pay. Every desk is run as its own P&L with margin gates that capital does not cross.

Principle 02

Cashflow velocity

Working capital must rotate. Inventory, receivables and freight cycles are tracked weekly, not quarterly.

Principle 03

Operational control

We own the parts of the value chain that protect our economics — sourcing, logistics, compliance — and partner everywhere else.

Principle 04

Long-term leverage

Every system we build is designed to compound. Repeatable trade flows, durable infrastructure, businesses that run without constant intervention.

Principle 05

Conservative balance sheet

We use leverage where it accelerates returns on real assets. We do not borrow to underwrite uncertainty.

Principle 06

Quiet execution

Results are public. Process is private. We let outcomes do the speaking.

3
Operating divisions
7+
SADC markets served
4
Investment focus areas
100%
Zambian ownership

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