Certified Trade Compliance Specialist (CTCS)
Course Overview
The Certified Trade Compliance Specialist (CTCS) programme is an advanced eight-week certification for professionals responsible for ensuring their organisations comply with import/export regulations, trade sanctions, and customs laws across multiple African jurisdictions. As African trade regulations become more complex and enforcement intensifies, trade compliance has become a critical corporate function.
The programme covers trade compliance programme design, sanctions screening and anti-boycott compliance, customs audit management, free trade agreement utilisation, and the management of compliance across multiple African regulatory environments. Participants will develop the skills to build and lead trade compliance functions within their organisations.
CTCS certification demonstrates that the holder possesses the advanced knowledge and professional competence to manage trade compliance at an organisational level, protecting their company from regulatory risk and commercial exposure.
Who Should Attend
- Trade compliance managers and officers at importing and exporting companies
- Legal professionals specialising in trade and sanctions compliance
- Customs compliance specialists at freight forwarding and logistics firms
- Senior supply chain professionals with compliance responsibilities
- Government trade officials and regulators
Learning Outcomes
- Design and implement comprehensive trade compliance programmes for organisations
- Conduct sanctions screening and manage anti-boycott compliance effectively
- Manage customs audits, duty recovery, and compliance improvement initiatives
- Optimise the use of African free trade agreements for duty savings
- Lead trade compliance functions across multiple African jurisdictions
Course Modules
Trade Compliance Framework
Building compliance programmes, governance structures, policy development, risk assessment, and compliance monitoring for African trade.
Sanctions & Export Controls
Sanctions screening, export control classifications, dual-use goods, deemed exports, and anti-boycott compliance requirements.
African Trade Agreements
SADC EPA, AfCFTA, AGOA, and bilateral agreements; rules of origin, certificate of origin management, and preference utilisation.
Audit, Remediation & Leadership
Compliance auditing, remediation management, voluntary disclosure, penalty mitigation, and leading trade compliance teams professionally.
Course Details
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