Implementation of the AfCFTA Protocol on Investment: a stocktake of promotion and facilitation provisions and potential effects on textiles and garments value chains

The AfCFTA Investment Protocol has the potential to strengthen regional investment and industrialisation across Africa. But how can countries turn continental commitments into practical reforms that support cross-border investment? In this report, ECDPM's Poorva Karkare, Bruce Byiers and Dirk Willem te Velde, together with Bernardo Arce Fernandez, Derrick Abudu, Roslyn Ng'eno, Faizel Ismail, Mouhamadou Madana Kane, Dode Seidu, Paul Baker, Smita Bheenick, Fahd Azaroual and Saloi El Yamani, examine implementation through the textiles and garments sector, highlighting the reforms needed to unlock stronger regional value chains and intra-African investment.