As Africa’s integration agenda gathers momentum, tracking results is more important than ever.

In this timely LSE blog, our Chief Executive Officer, Paul Baker, Senior Trade Specialist, Smita Bheenick and Strategic Director of the LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, Professor David Luke, present a practical framework for monitoring progress under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – helping move the conversation from commitment to measurable outcomes and impact.

The authors propose a Theory of Change framework for understanding how the AfCFTA is expected to generate results, the conditions needed for those results to materialise, and the main constraints that may impede implementation.

Read the blog here to find out more.