Top 10 African Wood Suppliers In The World

Amelia Adams
4 min readSep 17, 2019

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When it comes to construction wood, there is no better type than Africa wood. Africa is the producer of the most varieties of the best quality timber wood in the world, and it also happens to host some of the world’s leading suppliers of construction and all-purpose wood.

So, if you are in search of a reliable and popular supplier of high-quality wood, I hope this list of the top 10 African wood supplier will be useful for you.

1. Cameroon Timber Export

Cameroon Timber Export is the world’s top exporter of high-grade African wood produced legally from the company-owned forests in Central Africa (Cameroon). It is a 20-years old company and has multiple wood processing facilities throughout the country.

The wood produced from the forests is processed (sawn) at the company’s plants in the region. The processed wood (timber) is supplied to businesses and individuals all over the world.

They supply both round log and processed timber wood at affordable prices in a wide range of Africa wood varieties, including Azobe, Bilinga, Iroko, Teak, Doussie, Ebony, Maobi, Ironwood, Mahogany, Rosewood, Sapele, and many more.

2. Africa Timber & Board

This is another famous supplier of a variety of hardwood and softwood timber in Africa. Some of the wood species produced and supplied by the company include Saligna logs, pine logs, kiaat, rosewood, meranti, beech, among others. Their wood products are known for high-quality and standard grading.

3. Camwooders

Camwooders is a well-recognized name amongst the hardwood companies and exporters in Cameroon. It is also one of the oldest hardwood suppliers in the world, known for their total transparency in the sourcing of the wood.

4. Callens

Callens is a global supplier of African Woods. The company has a history that goes back to a century, when it was started as a sawmill. Now, it is one of the largest producers and importer/exporter of African tropical timber in the world.

5. Rainbow Timber Ltd.

Rainbow Timber is another famous name in the Cameroon wood industry. They are a producer and exporter of tropical hardwood timber grown in the forests of Cameroon.

6. Charcoal Wholesale Limited

Charcoal Wholesale is a manufacturer and exporter of hardwood charcoal, processed logs as well as unprocessed wood logs. The company is based in Douala and deliver to many countries around the globe.

7. Douala Timber Company

This is another popular Douala based wood company that mainly produces and supplies timber plywood. They specialize in plywood made of both 100% natural wood and mixed wood.

8. Akuwoods Ltd

Akuwoods is also a Douala based wood company that is involved in the production and export of industry-grade timber. They trade all types of processed and log woods in multiple varieties.

9. Alpha Timber Limited

Alpha Timber is a producer and supplier of African timber with delivery to all over Africa and some foreign countries. The company was established in 1996 and is based in Ebolowa, Cameroon.

10. Ets Ewen International

Ets Ewen International is a global supplier of wood produced and saw in its factory located in Douala, Cameroon. They deal in all wood varieties including logs, sawn timber, tropical wood, square logs, and more.

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Amelia Adams

I am a frequent traveller and researcher and crazy about to write what I love.