AfCFTA Signs $3.1B Deal to Deploy New Customs System
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Tinubu hails AfCFTA nod for Nigeria’s Customs reform; celebrates Bergmans’ multi‑billion‑dollar win
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has applauded the increasing continental recognition of Nigeria’s customs modernisation programme and praised the selection of a subsidiary of Nigerian-owned Bergmans Security Consultant and Supplies Limited to implement a 20-year, multi‑billion‑dollar AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project. Bergmans will carry out the project through its subsidiary AfriTrade CMP Limited, installing both […] The p…
AfCFTA signs $3.1B deal to deploy new customs system
The African Continental Free Trade Area signed a $3.1 billion deal with Nigerian company Bergmans Security Consultants to deploy a customs system aimed at improving trade in Africa. Trading under the AfCFTA — the world’s largest free-trade area — started in 2021. Intra-Africa trade has grown since then, rising by 12.5% from 2023 to $220 billion in 2024. But African trade analysts say the pact’s impact remains constrained by several structural an…
President Tinubu Commends Firm for AfCFTA Customs Deal
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed Africa’s growing recognition of Nigeria’s customs modernisation programme and the selection of a Nigerian-owned firm’s subsidiary for a 20-year, multi-billion-dollar Africa Free Continental Trade Area(AfCFTA) project. The project, led by Bergmans’ subsidiary, AfriTrade CMP Limited, will deploy technology to modernise customs operations, cargo tracking and border management across Africa. In a statement is…
The African Continental Free Trade Area (Zlecaf) wants to tackle one of the most concrete problems of trade in Africa, namely, the crossing of goods at the borders. Its secretariat has just entrusted to the Nigerian company "Bergmans Security Consultants and Supplies" a project to modernize customs in 50 African countries. The contract, concluded for 20 years, is estimated at $3.1 billion. The project will be deployed by AfriTrade CMP, a subsidi…
Tinubu hails AfCFTA recognition of Nigeria’s customs modernisation model
*Commends Bergmans as Nigerian firm wins multi-billion dollar continental customs project President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has welcomed the growing continental recognition of Nigeria’s customs modernisation programme and commended the selection of a subsidiary of Nigerian-owned Bergmans Security Consultant and Supplies Limited for a 20-year, multi-billion-dollar AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project. The project, to be implemented through Bergmans’ su…
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