The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) says Nigeria’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model is blazing a trail for Africa’s trade future. The Commission indicated that this is being driven by a home-grown, indigenously built solution now serving as the template for a $3.1 billion continental customs modernisation drive under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Director-General of the ICRC Dr Jobson Oseodion Ewalefoh stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, in response to the recent signing of the AfCFTA Customs Modernisation Project concession agreement, which adopted Nigeria’s Customs Modernisation Project as its model. For Nigerian Customs to open up, modernize, and leverage private-sector expertise and capital deserves recognition.” The Trade Modernisation Project, ICRC noted, is a live example of that model already delivering results.