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September 16, 2025

Customer Ranking & KYC: What It Means for Your Shipping

Shipping should always feel safe, simple, and rewarding. At Terminal Africa, we know that behind every shipment is something important — a gift to a loved one, a product for a customer, or goods your business relies on.

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October 6, 2025
Customer Ranking & KYC: What It Means for Your Shipping
This blog will help you understand what Customer Ranking means, why it matters, and how it protects your Terminal account and shipments. 
October 6, 2025
The Top 10 Biggest Carriers in Nigeria
In this list, we will look at the top 10 biggest couriers in Nigeria. We will discuss crucial aspects of these couriers like shipment volume, percentage of lost shipments, founded year, reliability, and operating countries.
August 31, 2025
Everything You Need to Know About Shipping Air Cargo to the UK
This blog answers common questions about UK cargo shipping, including how it works, what you can and cannot ship, delivery timelines, and everything you need to know to get started.
August 27, 2025
Top 5 Best Carriers You Must Know for Shipping
Here are the Top 5 Best Carriers You Must Know for Shipping, and why they matter.
June 27, 2025
Your Top Questions About Terminal Africa, Answered!
To make shipping smarter, faster, and more confident, we’ve compiled a list of the most common questions our customers ask.
May 22, 2025
FedEx Now Available on Terminal Africa: Seamless Shipping for Your Business
Here’s everything you need to know to ensure your FedEx shipments move smoothly through customs and arrive on time.
June 27, 2025
Your Top Questions About Terminal Africa, Answered!
To make shipping smarter, faster, and more confident, we’ve compiled a list of the most common questions our customers ask.
March 24, 2025
3 Things You Need To Do After Booking Shipments
This blog post outlines three essential steps to take after booking a shipment—labeling your package correctly, checking your email for updates, and staying reachable—to ensure a smooth and hassle-free delivery.
December 6, 2024
5 Tips for Reducing Shipping Costs During the Holiday Season
This blog contains tips that will help you navigate shipping during the busy holiday season.
December 2, 2024
Following up on your deliveries with Terminal
In this blog post, we share a few tips on what you can do to ensure that your delivery request with Terminal Africa goes smoothly e.g. reviewing your delivery information, packaging your item securely and contacting your delivery courier.
August 29, 2024
How Shipping Prices are Calculated in Logistics
This article discusses the various types of pricing, such as surcharges and currency surcharges, and explores the factors affecting pricing in both local and international shipping.
August 2, 2024
Risk Management in Shipping and Logistics: A Guide for every e-Commerce Business
We explain the importance of risk management in logistics and how Terminal helps enhance e-commerce business stability and profitability through effective logistics management.
September 13, 2023
How to Package Fragile Items to Ensure Damage-Free Delivery
Shipping fragile items overseas requires lots of care. Always ensure that your item is well protected with proper packaging material and choose the best shipping company like Terminal Africa to handle all your shipping needs.
September 13, 2023
10 Tips for Packaging Products for Delivery
To ensure hassle-free packaging, exporting, and delivery of food items to their owners, experts at Terminal Africa recommend the following tips.
February 11, 2025
Best Carriers for Shipping Food Internationally on Terminal Africa
In this blog, we’ll walk you through the approved carriers, eligible destinations, and permitted food items for shipping to countries such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
December 17, 2024
Top International Shipping Destinations for African Businesses
This blog explores the top shipping destinations and the immense opportunities awaiting African exporters.
December 9, 2024
How to Expand Your Business with International Shipping
This blog explains how to expand your logistics business with international shipping.
December 2, 2024
Understanding Customs & International shipments
In this blog post, we will explore the subject of customs duty and how it can affect your international shipments. From what custom duty is, how it is calculated, when you can expect to pay and how you may avoid it. We've got you covered!
October 3, 2024
How to Easily Export Goods to the USA
Learning how to export various goods to the USA taps into a lucrative market. This blog shares practical steps for easily exporting to the USA.
September 18, 2024
Top 5 Biggest Couriers in Nigeria for International Shipping
In this blog, we’ll share our insights on the most competent couriers for international shipping. We’ll highlight the Top 5 Biggest Couriers in Nigeria for International Shipping—examining global reach, reliability, and speed. We’ve also included some helpful guides to ensure your international shipments go off without a hitch.
September 3, 2024
Top 5 Items to Export to the USA
In this blog, we’ll explore the top five items to export to the USA and offer tips on how to do so easily.
September 13, 2023
Running an online business in Africa? Terminal’s got you covered.
Terminal is a web platform that’s making it easy for entrepreneurs in Africa to build and grow online businesses. It combines a no-code website builder with built-in solutions for payments, shipping and marketing. This makes Terminal a one-stop shop for any entrepreneur looking to launch and grow any type of eCommerce venture in Africa.
September 13, 2023
Paystack, Flutterwave? How we make the best payment platforms work for your African business.
We believe that anyone making a payment on a website powered by Terminal, should have an experience that is native to their current location, regardless of where they are in the world.
September 13, 2023
Scaling your SME with Terminal: 6 Reasons Why Your Potential Customer Thinks it is Important
Growing and scaling small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) goes beyond online promotion or reaching product-market fit, both of which are standard practices among startups and SMEs. On the contrary, establishing a workflow system that inevitably includes investing in management and automation technology is vital to scaling SMEs.
September 13, 2023
Shipping Services For Small Business Owners In Nigeria | Terminal Africa
For your small business, are you looking for effective shipping services? Use Terminal Africa to ship locally and from any location in Nigeria to locations outside of Nigeria.

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