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Nigeria’s Customs PPP Model Becomes Template for $3.1bn AfCFTA Project

Nigeria’s public-private partnership (PPP) approach to customs modernisation is being adapted as a template for a $3.1 billion African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) infrastructure project, according to nigeriahousingmarket.com. The AfCFTA secretariat, headquartered in Accra, is studying how the Nigeria Customs Service has partnered with private operators to deploy scanning infrastructure, risk-management software and integrated […]

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AfCFTA Seeks Adoption of Nigeria Customs’ Digital Innovation Across Africa

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is moving to adopt digital customs innovations developed by the Nigeria Customs Service for use across the continent, according to PRNigeria News. The initiative reflects growing recognition that modernising border procedures is central to the free trade area’s ambition of boosting intra-African commerce. Since trading formally began under