The Africa of Tomorrow: A Standards Roadmap

Adhering to international standards of safety is important for Africa to participate in global trade. But the uniqueness of local socio-economic conditions may present gaping holes in intra-African exports and trade. Harmonising Standards and Conformity Assessments across African nations in line with the AfCFTA Agreement would help enterprises of all scales and sectors - especially in manufacturing - adopt and adapt global standards to evolve local standards and address existing gaps. 

This study endeavours to derive opportunities for global standards adoption, adaptation and need for the development of the local standards in the focus areas by mapping the standards ecosystem in selected countries as a sample for the African continent, as well as mapping the standards in the focus areas for the African continent.