AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project
Building the digital and physical infrastructure of Pan-African trade.
The AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project is the flagship programme associated with AfriTrade CMP. It is intended to support the modernisation of customs across the continent — combining digital customs systems, cargo tracking, border management and trade-data exchange with the physical and digital infrastructure that trade depends on. The AfCFTA framework provides the mandate; infrastructure makes it operational.
Focus Areas
- Customs modernisation
- Digital customs systems
- Cargo tracking
- Border management
- Trade-data exchange
- Physical infrastructure
- Digital infrastructure
- Regional integration
Customs modernisation
Support the transition to modern, automated and interoperable customs processes designed to work across member states.
Digital customs systems
Provide the platforms and workflows that digitise customs and connect the actors of trade.
Cargo tracking & border management
Bring visibility to cargo movement and modernise border environments where inspection, verification and data exchange work together.
Trade-data exchange
Enable trusted information to move with cargo — supporting compliance, risk management and revenue protection.
Physical & digital infrastructure
Combine data centres, networks and border infrastructure with the digital intelligence that runs on top of them.
Regional integration
Provide the operational foundation for deeper integration under the AfCFTA framework — one connected market in the making.
The systems that make modern customs work together
This illustrative systems map connects border environments, customs systems and trusted trade-data exchange. It reflects the capabilities required for continental customs modernisation — not specific deployment locations.
Explore the systems that make connected customs modernisation possible.
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