AfCFTA Secretariat, Bergmans Sign MoU For Continental Customs Modernisation Project

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bergmans Security Consultant and Supplies Limited to implement what both parties are calling the AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project (ACMP).
The MoU was signed in Lagos on Saturday July 1, 2026, on the sidelines of the Digital Trade Forum, by AfCFTA secretary-general Wamkele Mene and Bergmans chairman Alhaji Saleh Ahmadu.
Bergmans stated that under the arrangement, structured as a Public-Private Partnership, the security company is expected to finance and deploy digital and physical customs infrastructure across AfCFTA member states, with the stated aim of harmonising customs pr...