With the advent of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), regional economic integration in Africa has captured international attention and raised high hopes. In the new book "Regional Integration, Trade and Industry in Africa", the present state of economic integration on the continent...

This book examines the past, present and prospects of regional economic integration in Africa. The empirical analysis ranges from unions formed during the years following independence, to the proposed African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which aims to remove trade barriers between all...

Regional Economic Integration in Africa: An Introduction -- Part I: The Economic Regions in Africa -- The State of the Unions -- The Logical Sequence of Regional Economic Integration -- The Reality of African Trade Integration - Challenges of Implementation -- Regional Integration in Trade...