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AdvancingAfrican TradeDigitally
Building the digital and physical infrastructure required to make African trade faster, safer and more connected.
Africa's trade infrastructure is being reimagined.
The African Continental Free Trade Area sets out to unite the continent as a single market. Realising it depends on the infrastructure — physical and digital — that lets goods, data and value move across borders with speed and trust.
AfCFTA Member States
Member states of the African Union party to the AfCFTA framework.
African Union / AfCFTA Secretariat · 2024
Potential Consumer Base
Combined population within the AfCFTA single market.
African Union / AfCFTA Secretariat · 2024
Combined Economic Scale
Approximate combined GDP across AfCFTA member states (USD).
African Union / AfCFTA Secretariat · 2024
Single Market
One integrated continental market in the making under AfCFTA.
African Union / AfCFTA framework · 2024
Figures describe the scale of the AfCFTA opportunity — the single market AfriTrade CMP is building infrastructure to serve. They are not statements of current deployment.
The digital core of a connected continent — an Afro-centric, phygital public infrastructure that makes African trade faster, safer and more connected.
AfriTrade CMP is not simply a software company. We operate at the intersection of customs, government, infrastructure, technology, border management, logistics, trade, data, cybersecurity and economic integration.
Physical infrastructure, connected to digital intelligence.
Modern trade runs on both. AfriTrade CMP combines the physical infrastructure that goods move through with the digital systems that make movement visible, trusted and fast.
Physical Infrastructure
- Border infrastructure
- Cargo inspection
- Data centres
- Networks & connectivity
- Logistics infrastructure
- Customs facilities
Digital Infrastructure
- Customs platforms
- Trade-data exchange
- Cargo tracking
- Risk analytics
- Digital verification
- Trade intelligence
- Secure data systems
AfriTrade connects physical infrastructure with digital intelligence to create a more connected trade environment.
Four capabilities. One connected system.
From the customs desk to the data centre, our work spans the full stack of modern trade infrastructure.
Modern customs for a modern Africa.
AfriTrade CMP supports the shift from paper-based customs to modern, automated, interoperable systems — accelerating legitimate trade while strengthening the controls that protect revenue.
- Digital workflows
- Automation
- Data integration
- Risk analysis
- Cargo visibility
- Electronic verification
- Interoperability
- Revenue protection
Smarter borders.
Modern borders combine physical infrastructure with digital intelligence — where inspection, verification and data exchange work together to move trade while maintaining control.
- Border inspection
- Digital verification
- Cargo scanning
- Risk assessment
- Data exchange
- Traffic management
- Revenue protection
From border to market.
Visibility from origin to border supports customs, logistics, risk management, compliance and trade facilitation. At every stage, physical and digital infrastructure work together.
- Physical
Goods are produced, consolidated and prepared for export.
OriginDigitalTrade documentation and product data are captured at source.
- Physical
Cargo enters the port and logistics network.
PortDigitalManifests and movement data are registered and shared.
- Physical
Containers move along road, rail and corridor infrastructure.
CargoDigitalCargo is tracked and monitored from origin to border.
- Physical
Inspection, scanning and border processing take place.
BorderDigitalRisk assessment and digital verification inform decisions.
- Physical
Clearance and revenue processes are completed.
CustomsDigitalAutomated customs workflows and data checks accelerate release.
- Physical
Trusted infrastructure hosts the information that moves with cargo.
DataDigitalAnalytics and intelligence turn movement into insight.
- Physical
Goods reach traders and consumers across the continent.
MarketDigitalA connected record supports compliance and future trade.
Powering the data layer of African trade.
Beneath every modern trade system is data that must be trusted and protected. AfriTrade CMP provides secure infrastructure designed to support logistics tracking, verification, risk assessment and analytics.
- Logistics tracking
- Price & data verification
- Risk assessment
- Secure data infrastructure
- Analytics foundation
- Interoperable exchange
Protecting both cargo and the data that moves with it.
Modern trade infrastructure must defend the physical cargo and the information that travels alongside it. Our approach to cybersecurity is engineered for operational resilience.
- Secure data architecture
- Encryption
- Threat monitoring
- Network protection
- Risk analytics
- Access control
- Data sovereignty
- Operational resilience
Trusted data, under African control.
Modern trade depends on trusted data. AfriTrade CMP's architecture is designed to support secure information exchange while respecting national jurisdiction, institutional control and data sovereignty.
- National jurisdiction
- Institutional control
- Data sovereignty
How the system connects.
Customs and border systems feed a shared trade-data layer. Cargo, risk and revenue engines turn that data into decisions. Secure data centres hold it all together — in service of African trade.
A Pan-African vision for connected trade.
The AfCFTA framework spans the continent. AfriTrade CMP's ambition is continental in scope — a network of corridors, customs nodes and digital connectivity. This map represents programme scope and Pan-African vision, not current deployments.
Connecting production, ports, borders and markets.
Harmonised, interoperable customs processes.
Modern border environments across the network.
Trusted data linking the actors of trade.
Hover a theme to explore the corridor network.
AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project
The flagship continental programme associated with AfriTrade CMP — intended to support customs modernisation, digital customs systems, cargo tracking, border management, trade-data exchange and the physical and digital infrastructure that underpins African trade.
Continental programme scope
Programme focus
- Customs modernisation
- Digital customs systems
- Cargo tracking
- Border management
- Trade-data exchange
- Physical infrastructure
- Digital infrastructure
- Regional integration
Trade infrastructure. Shared prosperity.
Customs modernisation reaches far beyond the border post — shaping trade costs, revenue, compliance, logistics, investment and the pace of regional integration.
Faster Borders
Digital workflows and better information reduce delay and keep strategic corridors moving.
Better Visibility
End-to-end cargo visibility supports logistics, compliance and trade facilitation.
Stronger Revenue
Data integrity and modern controls help protect and improve revenue collection.
Greater Transparency
Trusted, auditable systems build confidence between traders and institutions.
Regional Integration
Interoperable infrastructure is the operational foundation of a single African market.
These describe the areas customs modernisation can influence — not claimed project outcomes.
Infrastructure is only as strong as the people who run it.
AfriTrade CMP pairs technology and infrastructure with training, skills transfer and institutional strengthening — so modernisation is owned and sustained locally.
A programme built on institutional partnership.
Continental infrastructure is delivered through partnership. The structure below sets out the roles within the programme; named entities are published only once verified.
Lead Concessionaire
The organisation leading delivery of the programme and its infrastructure.
Sponsor / Grantor
The institution providing the mandate and framework the programme operates within.
Institutional Partner
Governments, customs administrations and continental institutions engaged in the programme.
Participating Member States
AfCFTA member states participating in customs modernisation and integration.
Technology Partner
Specialist technology providers contributing platforms, systems and expertise.
Infrastructure Partner
Partners delivering the physical infrastructure that underpins connected trade.
Africa is one market in the making.
AfCFTA provides the framework. Infrastructure makes it operational.
Customs, borders, data, infrastructure, trade and technology are not separate problems. They are one connected system — and building it is the work of AfriTrade CMP.
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Africa's trade future will be built on connected infrastructure.
AfriTrade CMP is building the systems, infrastructure and capabilities required to make that future possible.