ABSTRACT
African countries must strive to have sovereignty over their development agenda - and hence decouple the prototypical donor-driven agendas that have characterised the relationships between African modern nation states since their establishment, and their foreign and international partners. In view of the indispensable need to reengineer Africa-EU partnership for industrialisation, this chapter summarises the implications of such a shift in the modalities of co-operation for the management of the development agenda. To achieve industrialisation and real development, a change of the mindset, from the triad doctrine, in which Africa is just a periphery serving the interests of the centre, is timely and long overdue. Many African countries are not effectively leveraging their potential to achieve critical masses of domestic economic transformation. Creating an enabling environment for industrialisation is crucial for the success of the process. For any African country, a national Integrated Industrial Development Agenda is rightfully a core component of the overall economic growth and development.
