How it works
From one request to proof of delivery.
A buyer asks once, and the order runs through four stages — Check, Match, Move, Prove. Two AI agents prepare the request and compare the offers, a review team approves every deal, and the driver’s phone closes the loop with proof. Here is how Copperbelt is intended to work.
Step by step
Ten steps, four stages, one record.
Each step adds to the same order record, so everyone involved can see what has happened, who did it and what was agreed.
- Buyer
- Copperbelt
- Supplier
- Driver
Check
The buyer asks, and the software prepares the request.
Buyer → Copperbelt
The buyer sends a request
What, where and when
A mining operator says once what it needs, where it must arrive and by when — with any drawings or documents — instead of starting another email chain.
Copperbelt · AI agent 1
AI agent 1 prepares it
Gaps found, details requested
The first AI agent structures the request, asks for anything missing and picks out the suppliers whose capabilities and locations fit.
Match
Suppliers offer, the software compares, and people approve the best match.
Copperbelt → Supplier
Suitable suppliers are invited
What, when and the general area
Only suppliers who could deliver see the opportunity. The exact delivery site stays private until a deal is approved.
Supplier → Copperbelt
Suppliers make offers
Price, timing and documents
A supplier answers only where it can deliver: price, availability, lead time, specifications and the company documents the deal requires.
Copperbelt · AI agent 2
AI agent 2 compares the offers
A shortlist, with its reasons
The second AI agent checks that every offer is complete, compares it with the request and flags missing or inconsistent documents. It explains its shortlist; it does not decide.
Copperbelt · Review team ↔ Buyer and Supplier
People approve the match
Both sides told; calls, terms, sign-off
Buyer and supplier hear that a match has been found. The review team checks the evidence, calls both sides to confirm price, quantity and timing, then approves, asks for more or rejects — and the decision is recorded with who made it and why.
Move
A driver is assigned and collects the goods.
Copperbelt · Review team → Driver
A driver is assigned
Pickup, destination and timing
The review team assigns a driver by pickup point, destination, availability and cargo. Only now is the exact delivery site shared.
Supplier → Driver
The driver collects the goods
Checked, photographed, logged
At the supplier’s yard the driver checks the goods against the order, takes a photo and logs the pickup — so nobody has to call to ask whether it left.
Prove
Delivery is confirmed, and the proof stays on record.
Driver → Buyer
Delivered to the buyer’s gate
Receipt confirmed on arrival
Updates are sent along the way — queued when there is no signal — and any delay or damage is reported with a photo. At the gate, the buyer confirms receipt.
Driver → Copperbelt
Proof goes back into the record
Photo, signature, quantity, time
Proof of delivery joins the order’s record with every update and decision. Each party is told what its role allows, and the next order starts from a track record.
The AI agents, up close
The evaluation engine reads the file, shows the evidence, and hands the decision to a person.
AI agent 1 prepares each request (Check). AI agent 2 compares the offers and flags what is missing (Match) — here is how it would read a supplier’s documents.
- 1
Extract
Pull structured fields out of registration papers, licences, tax records, bank letters and contracts.
- 2
Cross-document comparison
Compare names, numbers, dates, addresses and signatories across every document and against the offer.
- 3
Weighted readiness score
Apply a configurable weighting. Missing evidence lowers confidence; it is never scored as a pass.
- 4
Evidence-linked report
Every statement links back to the page and field it came from, so a reviewer can check it in seconds.
- 5
Routing
Ready · Needs information · Further verification · Management review.
Assessment areas — weighting configurable per buyer and per opportunity
Illustrative- Identity & legal standing
- Document completeness & validity
- Commercial consistency
- Counterparties & references
- Delivery feasibility
Opportunity readiness report
Example supplier file · HT cable & fittings
- Identity & legal standingEvidence checked
- Document completeness & validityFollow-up
- Commercial consistencyFollow-up
- Counterparties & referencesEvidence checked
- Delivery feasibilityEvidence checked
Findings with evidence
- CheckDirector name on the bank letter differs from the registry extract.registry p.2 · bank letter p.1
- MissingTransport insurance certificate not supplied.request sent to supplier
- OKTax clearance present and in date.clearance p.1
Fictional example, shown only to illustrate the intended output format. No real company or data is shown.
Principles for AI
01
A person makes the decision.
Accountable, authorised people decide. The platform reads, compares and flags — and shows its work so they can check it.
02
A score is a summary, never an approval.
A high score summarises the evidence. It never approves anything, and it is never proof on its own that a document is authentic.
03
Missing evidence is never a pass.
Gaps lower confidence and are routed for follow-up. They are never quietly scored as acceptable.
04
No automatic commitments.
No score authorises a payment, a contract, credit or any other financial commitment automatically.
Clear boundaries
What Copperbelt is not.
Being clear about limits is part of being trustworthy. Copperbelt is intended to support the people and processes that already carry responsibility — not to replace them.
- Not a bank, lender, escrow or payment provider
- Not a customs authority, regulator or licensing body
- Not a replacement for legal due diligence or contracts
- Not a guarantee of any commercial outcome
The invitation
Let’s build the trusted way to trade in the Copperbelt.
CheckMatchMoveProve
We are developing the next stages of Copperbelt and preparing a more structured way for interested businesses and partners to engage.
Application portal
Coming soon. This website does not accept applications or documents yet.
Partner with us
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How to get involved