Commercial transport, fleet operations and industrial mobility across Africa.
Nigeria
Investment and fleet direction
Nigeria is producing some of Africa’s largest fleet investments. Dangote’s deployment of thousands of CNG and dual-fuel trucks is reshaping the fuel economics of industrial distribution, while BUA’s Sokoto logistics operation disclosed 700 owned trucks with more than 500 additional units planned.
OEM brands competing for fleet orders
Mercedes-Benz, Scania, MAN, Sinotruk, Shacman and Tata are among the most visible heavy-truck brands. Chinese OEMs have gained ground where operators need to add large blocks of capacity quickly, while European marques retain strong positions in premium long-haul fleets.
Dealers, workshops and aftersales
Lagos, Abuja, Kano and major industrial centres anchor the heavy-truck dealer network. Distributor strength increasingly depends on parts, financing, fleet service agreements and the ability to support gas-powered equipment as CNG adoption expands.
Taxation and import treatment
Nigeria’s 2026 fiscal and tariff measures operate within the ECOWAS Common External Tariff framework. Fleet acquisition costs depend on precise customs classification, applicable levies and whether equipment qualifies for sector-specific concessions; tractor units, rigid trucks and trailers should not be assigned a single blanket rate.
New versus used equipment
Used commercial vehicles remain deeply embedded in the market, particularly below the largest corporate fleets. The biggest industrial operators, however, increasingly buy new in volume because financing, fuel strategy, uptime and standardisation matter more at scale.
Nigeria produces the largest hard fleet numbers in the research. Cement, sugar, FMCG, construction and professional haulage have all generated fleets measured in hundreds — and in Dangote Cement’s case, thousands — of trucks.
The result is a market where some of the biggest transport fleets are embedded inside industrial companies rather than conventional logistics firms.