Modern barter is a highly organized, high-tech, communications-driven industry. At the heart of the industry is the Trade Exchange, an association of business operators and professionals who have joined together to trade their surplus products and services. The exchange serves simultaneously as a market, a communications network, and a clearing house for transactions among its members, much like a bank.

Member businesses sell their goods and services to other members in exchange for Trade Credits which are valued at the equivalent of cash rand.

With each transaction, Trade Credits are debited from the buyer's account and credited to the seller's account. The seller can then spend these Trade Credits with other exchange members.

Having acknowledged that barter is deeply rooted in South African and African people and after extensive research and investigation into the global barter exchange industry, Ken Prentis and Tracy Adams launched South Africa's first barter exchange platform.

	Username & Password - Security of 128 bit Security encryption is certified on the Afribater platform ensuring pease of mind while trading.
	Front page global Advertising (4 bottom). Your business enjoys regular exposure across 185 global exchanges on the Afribarter front page.
	Categorized - You select a relevant category when uploading your product or service. You can list them under an unlimited number of relevant categories.
	Side Banner Advertising every time you upload or update your offer, it appears on the side banner giving your additional exposure to exchange member.
	Quick Links. Buy, Sell, Wants, Account quick links are visable and accessible from each page which creates a user friendly environment for member.
	Dash board view balance and credits. You can manage your Trade Credits with easy access to your account Trade Balance and Credit Line. Manage your offers that have been posted on the Market Place. Add offers that you have available to trade. You have access to real time transactional history and the ability yo manage your account from this one page.

Afribarter was founded with the aim of offering existing businesses a tool to convert their excess or redundant capacity into value and to assist new and start-up business with an alternative financing option. We offer businesses a platform to barter with each other in a cashless environment as well as interest free alternative financing option which can be used to fund their business growth.

Most new businesses discover how difficult obtaining finance through a traditional bank is, when they need it the most. In business, obtaining financing through a traditional bank requires that you (already) have money!? Obtaining financing through Afribarter requires that you have something to offer.

There are other financing options in the tradition system, like venture capital companies or selling equity, but again the sacrifice for these financing options are huge. Afribarter offers a financing option that allows you as a business owner the freedom to manage your business spend and pay for it with stock or services that are not currently being converted into value.