From cargo to customer. Reliability to the last mile.
Somewhere right now a driver is pulling into a station, a family is lighting a stove and a farmer is waiting on a delivery. Behind each moment is a cargo that began its journey in the Gulf. MEA Global Trading FZC, formerly Bell Weather International FZC, is the UAE-headquartered Group that makes that journey work.
- Group turnover
- USD 700M+
- Tonnes traded a month across markets
- ~200,000
- People
- 500+
- Founded
- 2016
We stay with the fuel until it reaches you.
It starts in Dubai and Sharjah, where our traders buy from refiners, national Oil companies and international traders. Then the cargo sets sail. Our companies in Nigeria and Niger meet it at the port and carry it on, by road, through our stations and to our customers' doors. We keep it in our own hands from ship to pump, because nobody cares about the last mile like the people who promised it.
01 · Trade
Dubai and Sharjah
Buy from refiners, NOCs and international traders
02 · Ship
The cargo sets sail
From the Gulf to West Africa
03 · Receive
At port
Our companies in Nigeria and Niger meet it
04 · Haul
By road
Our own trucks, 289 by end-December 2026
05 · Retail
Through our stations
43 MEA stations across Nigeria
06 · Deliver
To your door
Go N' Fill brings the pump to you
The shape of the business in numbers.
Where we are heading
Stations, today against our plan.
- Nigeria today: 43
- Nigeria, within three years: up to 200
- Niger plan: 50+
MEA vision, October 2026
What we trade
200,000 MT
Monthly volume, approx. Tonnes a month, across markets; any parcel from 1,000 to 100,000 MT.
MEA figures
- 43
- Stations across every geopolitical zone
- 289
- Trucks by end-December 2026
- 70
- Stations signed by end-December 2026
- 4
- Offices: Dubai, Sharjah, Lagos, Niamey
How much Oil and Gas the world, and Africa, is projected to need.
World Oil demand
Million barrels a day (OPEC World Oil Outlook 2025).
- 2025: about 105
- 2050: almost 123
OPEC World Oil Outlook 2025
World Gas demand
Billion cubic metres a year (IEA).
- 2024: 4,200
- 2030, IEA base case: about 4,580
IEA Gas 2025: +380 bcm by 2030; 2030 total is our sum
Africa's refined-product demand
Million barrels a day (OPEC outlook, via Africa Energy Chamber).
- Today: about 4
- 2050 projected: over 6
Africa Energy Chamber, citing OPEC World Oil Outlook. Latest published figure is for 2024
Africa's Gas demand
Billion cubic metres a year (GECF).
- 2026 projected: 188
- 2050 projected: about 395
GECF Annual Gas Market Report 2026 (2026); GECF Global Gas Outlook, 2022 edition (2050)
- Rise in world energy demand to 2050 (OPEC)
- 23%
- World Gas demand added by 2030 (IEA base case)
- +380 bcm
- Africa's refined-product demand, today to 2050
- 4 to 6+ m b/d
- Africa's Gas demand, 2026 to 2050 (GECF)
- 188 to ~395 bcm
Forecasters differ: OPEC sees Oil demand still rising in 2050, while the IEA expects it to level off towards the end of this decade. Gas demand is expected to keep growing, led by LNG. GECF's 2025 outlook has Africa's Gas demand growing about 3% a year, the fastest in the world; the 2050 figure shown is from its earlier 2022 edition.
The world is growing, and Africa is growing fastest
By 2050 the world grows from 8.2 billion people to 9.7 billion. Africa adds more than 930 million of them.
- World population in 2050, from 8.2 billion in 2024
- 9.7 billion
- Africa's population in 2050, about a quarter of the world
- 2.4 billion
- Share of world population growth to 2050 that comes from Africa
- 63%
- Africa's share of world population, today to 2050
- 18% to ~25%
World population
Billions of people (UN).
- 2024: 8.2
- 2050: 9.7
UN World Population Prospects 2024
Africa's population
Billions of people.
- About 2024: about 1.5
- 2050: 2.4
Africa Energy Chamber, citing UN data; 2024 figure is 2.4 bn minus the 930 m added
Where world population growth comes from
Share of the increase in world population to 2050.
- Africa: 63%
- Rest of the world: 37%
Africa Energy Chamber, citing UN data
More people means more vehicles on the road, more meals on the stove and more power switched on. Africa has about 18% of the world's people, yet uses under 5% of its Oil products.
The world is our market, with a focus on Africa.
We trade refined products and petrochemicals for buyers worldwide. Our focus is on West Africa and Africa, where demand is growing fastest: Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Togo and the Sahel countries, with a plan to expand across Africa. We watch global demand and Africa's fuel demand closely, because they decide where our customers are.
- Worldwide: we buy and sell refined products and petrochemicals wherever the cargo needs to go.
- Africa: the fastest-growing fuel market in the world, and the centre of our expansion.
- West Africa, Cameroon and the Sahel: Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and the Sahel countries are where our attention is sharpest.
Demand in our focus markets
The world, Africa and West Africa: what each uses, not what it is supplied with.
West and Central Africa: our focus markets
Million litres a day of Oil products, 2024.
- Nigeria: 77
- Ghana: 16.3
- Benin: 7.5
- Mali: 7.4
- Burkina Faso: 6.3
- Cameroon: 6.2
- Niger: 3.2
- Togo: 2.5
- Chad: 2.1
Public estimates (NMDPRA, US EIA), converted to litres. Sahel countries shown individually
Africa's refined-product demand
Million barrels a day (OPEC outlook, via Africa Energy Chamber).
- Today: about 4
- 2050 projected: over 6
Africa Energy Chamber, citing OPEC World Oil Outlook. Latest published figure is for 2024
World Oil demand
Million barrels a day (OPEC World Oil Outlook 2025).
- 2025: about 105
- 2050: almost 123
OPEC World Oil Outlook 2025
- About 105 m b/d
- World Oil demand today, rising to about 123 m b/d by 2050
- About 4 m b/d
- Africa’s refined-product demand today, over 6 m b/d by 2050
- About 129 million
- Litres a day across nine West and Central African markets
- About 46.9 billion
- Litres a year in those nine markets
Demand is growing fastest where we work. Across the world, Oil demand is still rising. In Africa it is set to grow by half by 2050. And every day, our focus markets in West and Central Africa use about 129 million litres of Oil products.
Ten companies, one story.
Trading and supply
The first chapter. Refined products bought and sold from the Gulf to Africa.
02Retail
43 MEA stations across Nigeria, and up to 200 within three years. Your local forecourt, run to one standard.
03Mobility
Go N' Fill brings the pump to you: fuel delivered on demand, now growing across Africa.
04Logistics and transport
Our own trucks, 289 by end-December 2026, so the promise made at the depot is kept at your door.
05Gas
LPG, LNG and CNG for the kitchen, the factory and the vehicle, through MEA Gas.
06Midstream
A planned mini-LNG plant, an LPG terminal in Lagos and a virtual pipeline by road: Gas, delivered where the pipes stop.
07Upstream
MEA Energy Solutions takes us to where the story begins: the Oil and Gas in the ground.
08Marine and offshore supply
We hold licences for bunkering and offshore supply, and deliver through partner vessels and barges: fuel for ships at anchor and for offshore operations.
09Agribusiness
Agricliq works with farmers in Nigeria to gather, clean, store and trade grain, from the farm gate to the buyer.
From the Gulf to Africa, and on to the world.
Our teams are in Dubai, Sharjah, Lagos and Niamey. From the UAE we also look after the GCC and the Far East, and in 2027 we plan to open offices in Singapore and Geneva. We supply across the UAE, Nigeria, Ghana and Niger. We are growing in Tanzania and Malawi. And we plan to be present across Africa and worldwide.
- Office
- Planned office
- We supply
- Growing
Where we go next
The UAE office also covers the GCC and the Far East, with Singapore and Geneva to follow in 2027.
The most dynamic energy Group, present across Africa and worldwide, built on technology and data.
We want to be the most dynamic energy Group, creating enduring value across generations. And we want to be the most advanced downstream company in the industry: technology-driven, data-driven, and a believer in what AI can do in energy.
- 01
Enduring value
To deliver what the world depends on, through innovation and operational excellence, for customers, partners and communities.
- 02
The full value chain
We want to hold the full downstream value chain, from vessel to pump to last mile, and to be present across downstream, midstream and upstream.
- 03
More than a trading house
We are not just a trading house. Our focus is on owning assets across the Oil and Gas sector in Africa and wherever we operate, including storage tanks, stations and Gas infrastructure, and also in agriculture.
- 04
Across Africa and worldwide
We want to be present across Africa and in markets around the world, carrying the same standard of supply, technology and service into every new country.
Nigeria
200
In Nigeria we aim for up to 200 MEA stations within three years: data-driven forecourts, supplied by our own fleet.
Niger
50+
In Niger we want to own storage tanks across the country and to have more than 50 stations.
Niger visionUAE
2027
We want to grow our Gulf base into a leading trading and supply hub, with our own terminal and new offices in Singapore and Geneva in 2027.
UAE visionTechnology and AI
AI
We want to use technology efficiently in every part of the chain: forecasting demand, spotting losses, planning routes and serving customers faster.
“Think big, think fast, think ahead.”
One name. One brand.
Effective 9 October 2026, Bell Weather International FZC has changed its name to MEA Global Trading FZC. Only the name has changed, not the ownership: same company, same leadership, led from Dubai.
Until 8 October 2026
Bell Weather International FZC
From 9 October 2026
MEA Global Trading FZC
What one name gives us
One name now stands behind every company and every department in the Group. That means the parent company, MEA Energy Trading, MEA Energy Niger, MEA Gas, MEA Logistics and Transportation, Go N' Fill, Agricliq and the teams that support them.
Better brand recognition
Put one name on every station, truck, contract and cargo, and people spot it sooner and remember it longer.
One household name
A single name that motorists, families, farmers and businesses across West Africa come to know and trust, from the forecourt to the delivery truck.
One industry name
Banks, suppliers, national Oil companies and trading houses see one identity in the Oil, Gas and commodities industry: one Group, one track record, one standard.
Clearer for partners
Trading, retail, logistics, Gas and delivery now sit under one recognisable name, so nobody has to work out which entity does what.
A shared reputation
Every station opened, cargo delivered and project completed builds the same brand. What we earn in one business strengthens all the others.
One team, one culture
One name behind every department brings teams in Dubai, Nigeria and Niger together around the same values: Leadership, Excellence, Accountability and Partnership.
Contracts, bank details and obligations continue unchanged under the new name. Updated documents are available from the Group office.