Your Trusted Partner for Importing Cars from Japan, UK, Australia & South Africa

Buying a car from overseas should feel exciting, not risky. But for most buyers across Africa and the Caribbean, it hasn’t worked that way. You send money to a broker you’ve never met. You wait weeks for updates that never come. Too often, you only learn something went wrong when the car itself never shows up.

That’s the problem Cars Request Africa was built to solve. We help clients find, buy, and ship new and used cars from four of the world’s most trusted car markets — Japan, the United Kingdom, Australia, and South Africa. We treat every purchase with the honesty and care it deserves. Whether you live in Nairobi, Accra, Harare, or Georgetown, Guyana, our job is simple: make buying a car from another continent feel as safe as buying one down the street.

The trouble with importing a car the old way

If you’ve looked into car imports before, you know the pain points well:

• No visibility. Once your money leaves your hands, you’re told to “wait for updates” that rarely come.
• Unverified sellers. There’s no easy way to confirm the car you’re paying for is real, or in the condition described.
• Hidden costs. New fees show up after you’ve already committed — inspection charges, surprise shipping add-ons, and more.
• No one person in charge. If something goes wrong between sourcing, shipping, and customs, everyone points at someone else.

These aren’t rare horror stories. Ask anyone who has imported a car before, and they’ll likely tell you the same thing: the process is often more stressful than the price tag.

Why clients trust Cars Request Africa

We built our process to close every one of those gaps.

We’re on the ground where you buy from. We have real offices in Tokyo, Japan, and Nairobi, Kenya. We’re not a middleman reselling someone else’s listings. We source your car directly, check its quality ourselves, and manage the shipping from both ends of the trip.

We only work with trusted exporters. Every car we source from Japan, the UK, Australia, or South Africa is checked and verified before it ships. You never buy blind.

You can track every step. From the day you apply, your car moves through five clear stages: Applied, Sourced, Shipped, Cleared, and Delivered. You always know exactly where it is.

We’ve done this many times. Our team has sourced and shipped over 250 cars across four countries for more than 100 happy clients, with dozens more shipments on the water right now. This is not our first import. It’s a proven, repeatable process.

One team, start to finish. The same team manages your car from the auction floor or dealer lot to your driveway. Nothing gets lost in a handoff, and neither does your information.

Introducing our next step forward: the Import Management Platform

We’re not stopping at a smoother process. We’re building a new platform to put you in the driver’s seat, too.

Coming soon, our new Import Management Platform will let you:

• Source cars yourself. Browse real listings from our network of trusted exporters in Japan, the UK, Australia, and South Africa.
• Talk to verified exporters directly, while Cars Request Africa handles the trust and quality checks behind the scenes.
• Track your purchase and shipping in real time, from the day you apply to the day your car clears customs.
• Arrange delivery to your door, wherever you are — across Africa or the Caribbean.

We’re building this platform to be the first of its kind on the continent: one clear, honest home for every step of your car-import journey. We’ll share more as launch day nears. In the meantime, you can start an application today and be first in line when it goes live.

Looking for a car right now? Visit carsforsale.co.ke

While we build the Import Management Platform, our marketplace stays open for business. Cars For Sale — at carsforsale.co.ke — is where you can browse new and used cars that are already sourced and ready to go, no waiting required. Same trust, same quality, just faster.

Built for Africa and the Caribbean — not just Kenya

We started Cars Request Africa so African buyers could get the same quality of car people enjoy anywhere else in the world. We’ve now extended that promise to the Caribbean, too. We already deliver across several African markets and to destinations like Guyana, and we’re adding more routes as demand grows. No matter where you’re importing to, our network in Japan, the UK, Australia, and South Africa, paired with tracked ocean freight, keeps shrinking the distance between you and the right car.

Frequently asked questions

Is it really safer to import through Cars Request Africa than a local broker? Yes. You work with a team that has real offices in the sourcing market itself (Tokyo) and in Africa (Nairobi). We check every exporter ourselves, and you can see every step of the process — not just take our word for it.

Can I buy a car without going through the full import process? Yes. Visit carsforsale.co.ke to browse cars that are already sourced and ready now.

When does the Import Management Platform launch? We’re putting the finishing touches on it now and will announce the launch date soon. Start an application today to be first in line.

Ready to import with confidence?

Whether you’re sourcing your next car from Japan, the UK, Australia, or South Africa, or simply browsing what’s already available on carsforsale.co.ke, Cars Request Africa is the partner built to get your car home — tracked, verified, and without the guesswork.

Start your application or schedule a free call with our team today.