This article examines the effectiveness of the framework for the resolution of intra-African cross-border commercial disputes, arising from the projected increase in intra-African trade in goods, services, and investments under the African Continental Free Trade Area. It examines the peculiar nature of intra-African trade and of the participating entities to provide the context to discuss the three major processes adopted in commercial dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, and arbitration) in Africa. It then argues for the promotion of arbitration as the dispute resolution process of choice for such disputes. It reimagined the framework for arbitration at the continental level and made two proposals targeted at the greater efficiency of the process: the designation of Regional Arbitration Centres across the African Union's eight recognized Regional Economic Communities, to administer such references; and the establishment of an African Commercial Court as a one-stop court for the enforcement or annulment of the final award.

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在非洲大陆自由贸易区协定的背景下重新构想解决非洲内部商业争端的框架

本文研究了解决非洲内部跨境商业纠纷框架的有效性，这些纠纷源于非洲大陆自由贸易区下非洲内部货物、服务和投资贸易的预计增长。它考察了非洲内部贸易和参与实体的特殊性质，为讨论非洲商业争议解决（诉讼、调解和仲裁）中采用的三个主要程序提供了背景。然后，它主张促进仲裁作为此类争议的首选争议解决程序。它重新构想了大陆层面的仲裁框架，并提出了两项​​旨在提高程序效率的建议：在整个非洲联盟指定区域仲裁中心' s 八个公认的区域经济共同体，以管理此类引用；设立非洲商业法院作为执行或撤销最终裁决的一站式法院。