Border Information Centres

Bribes

Ghana: $1.00

Togo: $1.35

Senegal: $3.83

Burkina Faso: $4.48

Côte d'Ivoire: $5.57

Mali: $7.64

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1st July, 2012 - 30th September, 2012

Data represents average cost of bribe paid in USD per 100km

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Delays

Togo: 7

Côte d'Ivoire: 9

Burkina Faso: 17

Ghana: 19

Senegal: 21

Mali: 28

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1st July, 2012 - 30th September, 2012

Data represents the average time of delay in minutes per 100km

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Checkpoints

Togo: 1.1

Burkina Faso: 1.6

Senegal: 1.6

Ghana: 1.8

Côte d'Ivoire: 2.1

Mali: 2.7

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1st July, 2012 - 30th September, 2012

Data represents average number of checkpoints per 100km

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Map

Since 2006, the USAID Trade Hub and UEMOA have published quarterly reports on road governance detailing the checkpoints, bribes and delays that affect the movement of vehicles and goods throughout the region.

Download the most recent road governance map

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Get help

Stuck at a border? Call your local Border Information Center for assistance:
Benin (Krake) – (+229) 66 17 85 85
Burkina Faso (Dakola) – (+226) 50 40 40 41
Ghana (Aflao) - 18179 (toll-free for MTN customers)
Nigeria (Seme) – (+234) 810 526 4423
Togo (Kodjoviakope) – (+228) 9040 43 59

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Border Information Centres provide information and assistance to traders to reduce the costs and delays associated with doing trade across borders.

The centers are located at...

Aflao and Kodjoviakopé at the Ghana-Togo border
Dakola and Paga at the Burkina Faso-Ghana border
Semé and Kraké at the Nigeria-Benin border
NEW! Port of Dakar - at the office of the Conseil Senegalais des Chargeurs (COSEC)

A new center is planned in March 2013 for the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana border at Noé and Elubo!

Centers are open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you're stuck at a border, call your local Border Information Center for help:

Benin (Krake) – (+229) 66 17 85 85

Burkina Faso (Dakola) – (+226) 50 40 40 41

Ghana (Aflao) - 18179 (toll-free for MTN customers)

Nigeria (Seme) – (+234) 810 526 4423

Togo (Kodjoviakope) – (+228) 9040 43 59

These brochures provide practical information on border procedures - more coming soon!

Border Information Centres - General Information

Ghana (Aflao)

Aflao - Procedures for Consigments Originating From Outside of Ghana

Aflao - Procedures for Consignments Originating From Ghana Ports

Aflao - Clearance Procedures for Goods Valued More than US$3,000

Aflao - Clearance Procedures for Goods Valued Less than US$3,000

Togo (Kodjoviakope)

Kodjoviakopé - Procedures for Goods of Final Destination of Togo

Kodjoviakopé - Procedures for Goods Coming from Sanvee Condji