The right factory partner, the machines or the product, the setup and the system to run it. I built my own company's China supply chain first — Cycle Africa Bikes, East Africa's leading Giant bicycles dealer. Now I do it with a small number of owners who have the capital and the market and want the China side done properly.
MAX.INC is a China–Africa operating partner. We stand on both sides of the bridge.
Factories, machinery, sourcing, manufacturing, supply chains. You have the capital and the market; we find the right maker, verify it, land it, and stay in the business.
Market entry, distribution, partnerships, local operations, sales. Chinese factories and brands that want a serious African partner rather than another trading enquiry.
Every year African owners fly to Guangzhou and come home with business cards and no factory. It happens the same way each time.
By the time a product is on your floor in Nairobi it is roughly one-and-a-half to nearly twice the factory quote — freight, insurance, duty, levies, VAT, clearing, transport, breakage.
Duty, import levies and VAT on top of all of it add roughly half of the landed value again — and the duty rate depends on a tariff line most people never check.
No landed-cost sheet, no sample, no factory visit, no written terms. Cards, not a supplier.
Open-book always: you see the factory's invoice. Our share is a named line on it. The factory pays us nothing behind your back.
Three steps. Each one earns the next. You never pay for the big step before the small one has proved us.
A 60-minute call and a one-page written plan: what to build first, a landed-cost range for the first line, the top-3 risks, and a clear go / no-go.
Three vetted makers for your project · the true landed cost on your floor · a live video tour of the best plant with you on the call · one maker's written terms — price, credit, technicians or consignment.
Partner terms signed · machines or first container landed · handover with the maker's technicians where the maker provides them · the systems to run it. You pay each stage on delivery.
Cycle Africa Bikes, Nairobi — built directly with Chinese factories: the sourcing, the containers, the showrooms (the flagship on Dar es Salaam Road), the systems that run it.
For African owners with a named project and the capital ready (revenue typically KES 20M+ a year), and for Chinese factories and brands looking for a serious African partner. Wendy from Maxwell's office replies within 24 hours.
Wendy from Maxwell's office will reply within 24 hours on the WhatsApp number or email you gave. If your project qualifies, the next step is the China Verdict.