About Granite Gate
East Africa's custody-grade operator. One firm, one accountable name, documented end to end.
Most cargo through East Africa
moves through fragmented hands.
0 accountability.
A Japanese platform books the ocean leg. A Mombasa clearing agent opens a file. An inland hauler picks up at the border. A bonded warehouse releases against a receipt. Four vendors, no accountability, no one signing for the whole journey.
That works until it does not. When a vehicle consignment is diverted at Malaba. When a gold shipment needs LBMA-grade documentation before it clears Dubai. When a bank wants to release funds against a letter of credit and needs one operator, not four, to stand behind the paperwork. The four-vendor model breaks. The client learns the difference between transport and custody.
Granite Gate was built
for that difference.
One operator.
The whole journey.
Most consequential cargo across East Africa moves through three or four vendors. No single name signs for the whole journey. Granite Gate was built to change that. One operator. Full custody. One accountable name on every document.
Founded in Kampala, 2012.
Twelve years in the field.
One accountable operator built from it.
Across East African trade before building the firm.
No single name signing for the whole journey. Until now.
Kampala, Uganda. Registered and operating from day one.
Licensed and EAC-compliant from inception.
Three
commitments.
A purpose to serve. A future to operate toward. A code that governs every consignment between the two.
To give East Africa's most consequential cargo the custody and accountability it has always deserved.
By 2035, the default custody-grade operator for every institution moving assets through East and Central Africa.
One operator. Full custody. Documented to the standard of the most demanding party on every consignment.
Five rules.
Every consignment. No exceptions.
Internal discipline that travels with the cargo. Not posted on the wall. Applied on every file.
Custody First
Every consignment is our responsibility until it is signed for at the destination.
Document Everything
If it is not written, it did not happen. No verbal confirmations. No informal handovers.
Restraint Over Display
Quiet capability outlasts loud claims. The documentation speaks.
Accountability, Not Excuses
When something fails, someone answers. In writing. With a reference number.
Local Depth, Global Standards
Kampala-rooted. Calibrated to LBMA, OECD, AML, and EAC on every consignment.
Calibrated to the strictest
party on the file.
Chain of Custody
Every step timestamped, signed, and archived. Pick-up to delivery. No gaps in the record.
Request custody protocolInsurance & Liability
Named underwriters. Institutional limits. Published incident protocol.
View coverage termsCompliance Posture
AML-aligned. OECD Due Diligence referenced. LBMA-standard for precious cargo.
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Accreditations
UFFA member. URA-licensed clearing agent. Aligned to LBMA good delivery documentation.
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Chain of custody documentation, insurance certificates, compliance references, and accreditation records. Compiled for institutional review.
Real files.
Reference numbers on record.
Institutional records available on request. All identifying details withheld by default.
Al Areen
Mining Co.
Kampala, Uganda · Precious Metals
Al Areen controls the full chain from mine to vault. Granite Gate moves the metal from vault to buyer, under a single custody seal. Every gram documented. Every transfer signed.
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operator on your consignment?
One operator. Full custody. Documented end to end. A senior operator will respond within four working hours.