CDSS named Bentley Systems' Top-Performing Partner in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2025
Bentley Systems has recognised CDSS as its top-performing partner in the Sub-Saharan Africa region for 2025 — a milestone built on decades of licensing, training and support for Nigeria's infrastructure engineers.
CDSS Editorial Team2 min readNews
Bentley Systems has named CDSS its top-performing partner in the Sub-Saharan Africa region for 2025. The recognition reflects a partnership that spans many years and much of Nigeria's oil & gas engineering community.
“Bentley Systems is proud to recognize CDSS as the top-performing partner in the Sub-Saharan Africa region for 2025. CDSS has been a trusted Bentley partner for many years, serving primarily the oil and gas industry.”
— Allan Murphy, Senior Vice President, Bentley Systems
What the recognition reflects
CDSS has worked with Bentley as a channel partner for many years, bringing its infrastructure engineering software to design offices, operators and consultants across Nigeria. Much of that work has been in oil & gas, where Bentley's plant, piping and offshore tools are part of everyday engineering.
Plant and piping: AutoPLANT and OpenPlant for plant design and isometric drawing production.
Stress and vessels: AutoPIPE and AutoPIPE Vessel for piping stress analysis and pressure vessel design.
Structures: STAAD.Pro, ProSteel and ProConcrete for structural analysis and design, and SACS for offshore structures.
Infrastructure and reality modelling: MicroStation, OpenRoads and ContextCapture.
Sales alone don't make a strong partnership. We deliver certified training as a Bentley Institute training partner, and we support clients locally, both on-site and remotely. That keeps licences in productive use long after they are bought.
What it means for our clients
For organisations that already run Bentley software with CDSS, the award confirms that they are working with a partner Bentley itself rates highly. In practice, that means:
Genuine, vendor-backed licensing, with access to current releases and licensing options.
Certified training for new starters and experienced users, in person at our Lagos facility or online via Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
Local technical support from engineers who know both the software and the projects it is used on.
One accountable partner across Bentley and the other vendor lines engineering offices typically need, including Autodesk, Seequent, ANSYS and Technical Toolboxes.
Looking ahead
We see the award as a reason to keep raising the standard, not to rest on it. Our focus stays on what has served clients since 1989: recommending the right tools for the job, training the people who use them, and being there when something needs fixing.
We would like to thank our clients for their continued trust, and the Bentley Systems team for their partnership and recognition.
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CDSS Editorial Team
Engineers and specialists at CDSS (Nig.) Limited, Nigeria's first CADD technology company since 1989.