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Dangote Transport Unveils Safer Real-Time Driver Monitoring
Dangote Transport unveils real-time driver monitoring in Ibese, using technology to improve road safety, driver performance and fleet control
Dangote Transport unveiled its new real-time driver monitoring control room in Ibese, Ogun State, on Friday, August 21, 2026, introducing a technology-led system designed to improve driver safety and reduce road risks across Nigeria.
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The facility forms part of Dangote Transport’s broader investment in road safety and operational efficiency as the company manages a large fleet moving materials and finished products across the country.
During a guided tour of the operational centre, David Idiege, Head of Operations at Dangote Transport’s Ibese operation, described the facility as a significant addition to the company’s safety architecture.
“We are constantly looking for innovative ways to strengthen safety across our transport operations,” Idiege said. “The Driver Monitoring Control Room represents another significant milestone in our efforts to ensure that all journeys are conducted safely and responsibly.”
The system gives transport control personnel live visibility of drivers while trucks are on the road. It is designed to help the company identify risky behaviour, monitor compliance with safety requirements and intervene where necessary.
Ifeanyi Ezeala, Head of Transport Control, said the on-board camera system installed across thousands of Dangote trucks was deployed with technology partner Nova Tracks.
The cameras provide live feeds and alerts, allowing transport managers to assess driver conduct while journeys are still under way.
“Our objective is preventive rather than punitive,” Ezeala said. “We want to identify potential risks before they develop into incidents.”
The approach reflects a wider shift in fleet management, where real-time data and monitoring systems are increasingly being used to complement traditional driver training and supervision.
Dangote Transport said technology remains only one part of its safety strategy. Existing measures include speed limiters, vehicle immobilisers, speed-control systems, facial recognition devices, journey management procedures, mandatory drug and alcohol testing, compulsory rest periods and periodic driver recertification.
Regular training and retraining programmes are also used to reinforce professional driving standards.
Idiege said fatigue management was particularly important because drivers are required to observe mandatory rest schedules and journey management procedures.
“We do not encourage driver fatigue,” he said. “Every driver is required to comply with our journey management procedures and mandatory rest schedules.”
The new control room therefore represents more than an additional layer of surveillance. The company says its purpose is to provide earlier visibility of potential problems and enable timely support before unsafe situations escalate.
The initiative comes against the wider challenge of improving road safety in Nigeria, where commercial vehicles regularly operate over long distances and through varying road and traffic conditions.
Dangote Transport said its safety framework combines technology with operational procedures, driver welfare, competency assessments and continuous capacity building.
The company also said the monitoring system provides operational information that can strengthen fleet management and support more informed decisions.
For a transport operation with thousands of trucks on Nigerian roads, the ability to monitor journeys in real time could offer a powerful additional tool for preventing incidents and encouraging safer driving behaviour.
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Dangote Transport said it would continue investing in technology and other safety measures as part of its effort to improve driver performance, protect road users and advance operational standards across its nationwide logistics network.
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Shoreline Group today announced that African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$200 million facility in favour of Shoreline Power Company Limited and co-borrowers including Arkad S.p.A., Shoreline’s majority-owned engineering and construction platform.
Approved in June 2026, the facility was arranged and provided by Afreximbank as sole mandated lead arranger and lender. It provides bonding and working-capital capacity for Arkad’s delivery of the Hassi Bir Rekaiz project and supports Shoreline and its affiliates in developing further pipeline and infrastructure
projects in Nigeria and other permitted jurisdictions.
“This is a defining transaction for Shoreline and Arkad. We built Arkad as an African- sponsored engineering platform capable of competing at the highest level, and it is now delivering against a billion-dollar energy contract. Afreximbank’s US$200 million commitment gives the platform the financial strength to match its engineering capability and pursue further major infrastructure mandates. It demonstrates that African enterprises can assemble the capital, capability and partnerships required to compete for infrastructure at international scale.”
Hassi Bir Rekaiz Phase 2a Arkad holds 44 per cent of the approximately US$1 billion EPCCS-1 contract awarded by Groupement
Hassi Bir Rekaiz (GHBR) to an unincorporated consortium led by Egypt’s Petrojet, which holds 56 percent. EPCCS-1 covers engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up for the Phase 2a central processing facility and related infrastructure at the Hassi Bir Rekaiz field in Algeria’s Berkine
Basin.
GHBR is the joint operating entity for the licence, held by Sonatrach with 51 per cent and Thailand’s PTTEP with 49 per cent. The project includes a new crude oil processing facility with capacity of 31,500 barrels per day, facilities for associated gas and produced-water treatment, approximately 217 kilometres
of pipelines and the brownfield modifications required to integrate existing Phase 1 infrastructure.
The facilities are designed to support later expansion to 63,000 barrels per day under Phase 2b.
“This financing addresses the instruments that determine whether an EPC contractor can execute at scale: performance guarantees, advance payment guarantees and working capital through the project cycle. Hassi Bir Rekaiz is a demanding scope, combining a new central processing facility, associated treatment systems, pipelines and brownfield integration. With Petrojet, and with the support of Shoreline and Afreximbank, Arkad is focused on disciplined delivery against the project’s safety, quality and schedule requirements.”
The transaction was structured under Afreximbank’s Engineering, Procurement and Construction Initiative, which supports African engineering and construction firms with the financial instruments required to compete for and execute large infrastructure contracts. Afreximbank also supported the Arkad-Petrojet partnership through its EPC twinning work at the Intra-African Trade Fair held in Algiers
in 2025.
According to Afreximbank, the transaction is its first support for a Sub-Saharan African contractor undertaking a major infrastructure project in North Africa. For Shoreline, it demonstrates a practical model for combining African ownership and capital with established international engineering andindustrial capability.
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