The AfCFTA is a landmark achievement in fostering regional integration to unify the continent and further its socio-economic development. Under the AfCFTA Agreement, it is the rules of origin –
establishing the nationality of products produced in Africa – that will determine whether preferential trade liberalization can be a game changer for Africa’s industrialization.

The main objective of the programme is to support the African continent to improve its capacity to deal with rules of origin and ultimately to support the harmonized and coordinated implementation and application of the rules of origin under Annex 2 of the AfCFTA.