ACE works with governments, competent authorities and institutional partners to explore how agreed trade commitments can be supported by practical digital workflows.
We provide the digital infrastructure. The authority retains its legal power.
Digital notification of relevant business activity to designated government recipients, ensuring visibility without replacing official communication channels.
Structured processes through which authorized institutional users can request relevant information and verify records within their permitted access.
Mapping agreed procedures into practical digital steps, responsibilities and records that can be tracked and audited.
Working with participating institutions and businesses to test processes along defined trade corridors, like the Ethiopia-Zimbabwe pilot.
Assessing future connections with national systems, subject to government agreement, technical readiness, permissions and applicable law.
Workflow design, institutional consultation, digital process configuration, and training for public sector staff.
We do not impose systems. We work with institutions to design and test workflows based on their legal requirements.
We review the applicable trade commitments (e.g., AfCFTA Protocols) and the relevant national procedures.
We define responsible actors, information-access rules, and the specific institutional requirements needed to support the process.
We design and test the corresponding digital workflows with participating businesses and authorities in a secure environment.
We evaluate the results and identify requirements for wider implementation, including potential integration with national systems.
If your ministry, customs authority, or regional body is exploring how to digitise your trade processes, ACE can provide a secure environment to test and demonstrate the workflows.
Contact the ACE Team