Community data

Contribute a price observation

Merkafri improves when operators on the ground share what they see. One honest row from your market can validate a scraper, fill a gap, or flag a spike before it hits the news. You stay credited on the public leaderboard when we launch it — and you help everyone trade with clearer information.

Quick submit

Email template with the fields we need — send from your phone in under a minute.

No PII required

We only need price context. Name is optional for leaderboard credit later.

Quality checks

Submissions pass range checks and deduping before they affect the public board.

What to include

FieldGuidance
ProductWhat you bought or saw priced (e.g. cooking oil 1L, rice 1kg).
PriceAmount in local currency at the stall, shop, or wholesale point.
CurrencyAOA, NGN, etc.
City / areaNeighbourhood or market name if you can share it.
DateWhen you observed the price (not when you submit).
Channel (optional)Retail, wholesale, informal market, online.

Send your observation

Opens your email client with a pre-filled template. Prefer a form? We'll add a hosted form and Sheets hook in Phase A — for now email keeps the loop simple.

By submitting, you grant Merkafri a non-exclusive licence to store, validate, and display the observation as part of the dataset. See Terms and Privacy.