Of the fifty-four African states, only South Africa is categorised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) amongst industrialised countries. The economic activities in Africa are still dominated by the production and trade of agricultural and mineral commodities. This situation is in spite of the longstanding Africa-Eur

Francis A.S.T. Matambalya is Professor of International Trade and Marketing and Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in Uppsala, Sweden.

PART I 1. Leveraging African-European Union co-operation for industrialization 2. Theoretical arguments for industrialization-driven development 3. The urge to industrialise African countries 4. Integration in the global industrial economy of the African and comparator regions PART II 5. Integration of the industrial development agenda in sub-regional development strategies 6. Pan-African and multilateral schemes and Africa's industrialisation 7. Integration of the industrial development agenda in national development strategies 8. Integration of the industrial development agenda in national development strategies PART IV 9. Industrial development agenda in Sub-Saharan African-European Union co-operation arrangements 10. Industrial development agenda in African Maghreb-European Union co-operation arrangements PART V 11. Pathways to Africa's industrialization 12. Reengineering Africa-EU partnership for industrialisation PART VI 13. Reengineering Africa-European Union partnership for industrialization 14. Reengineering Africa-European Union partnership for industrialization