Dakar Port Launches Electronic Delivery Voucher Pilot to Digitize Cargo Clearance — Go‑Live Slated for January 2, 2026
Published: 10 November 2025 Dateline — Dakar. The Autonomous Port of Dakar (Port Autonome de Dakar, PAD) and Senegal’s Directorate General of Customs (Direction Générale des Douanes, DGD) have announced a pilot program to digitize cargo release using electronic delivery vouchers—known locally as Bons à Délivrer (BADs). The system is planned to go live on January 2, 2026 through the Electronic Port Single Window (GUPE), connecting port stakeholders end‑to‑end and replacing manual validation with automated, interoperable workflows. wearetech.africa+1 What’s changing Under the initiative, BADs will be issued, exchanged, and validated electronically between the Single Window (GUPE) and all terminal operators.