This year, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) plans to launch a transit system for trucks traveling along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor. This will allow them to post a security deposit allowing them to cross other countries.

The objective of the project is to generate social and economic activities, promote cross-border trade, and integrate economies within the ECOWAS community. As part of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Project, project managers, technical experts and government officials from relevant ministries and departments in the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor countries held a 3-day technical workshop in Cotonou, Benin, from 29 January to 31 January 2025 in Cotonou, Benin, a 3-day technical workshop to consider recommendations to strengthen trade and transport facilitation under the highway

In order to strengthen intra-regional trade and the free movement of Community citizens, experts from the 5 countries involved in this infrastructure project, namely Ghana, Ivory Coast”, namely Ghana, Ivory Coast”, Ivory Coast”, “Serif">In order to strengthen intra-regional trade and the free movement of Community citizens, experts from the 5 countries involved in this infrastructure project, namely Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin and Nigeria, unanimously called for support. urgent high level policy to help remove excessive obstacles and checkpoints along certain regional corridors, including land borders