Resolution of Africa-related investment disputes - regionalisation or internationalisation?

Africa attracts billions of dollars in regional investment each year. Where there is investment there are – inevitably – disputes. Despite involving African parties investing in Africa, most of these disputes are arbitrated outside Africa, under non-African institutions, by non-African arbitrators. While there is support for bringing these cases back to the continent, parties want assurances that African arbitration offers the same fairness, neutrality and due process as its international counterpart.

The panel will review progress and consider the pros and cons of regional vs international dispute resolution, offering suggestions for a dispute resolution process that offers the best of both worlds.