The African Continental Free Trade Area

Providing corporate executives a compass to navigate in a global world has been my stock in trade for three decades. As a teacher, adviser and researcher, I offer executives tools to make informed strategic choices, based on their distinctive strengths and business goals, and I teach them how to implement them effectively to support their global activity.

I am a Professor of International Business at City University New York. In conjunction with this position I have held visiting positions in business schools and universities around the world. I was a Fulbright Scholar to Africa and currently a visiting professor at Strathmore University Business School in Kenya.

I have lived and worked in more than 15 countries on five continents (North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East), and have engaged with the executives that shape the business landscape in their countries. The insights I generated through these experiences inform the service I offer companies. I am particularly knowledgeable about emerging markets, with special expertise in Africa, the growth areas of most global companies and also a daunting challenge to many of them.

Along with my work with firms and their executives, I have engaged in various capacities with international, national and local governmental organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank, the EU, and others. These have awarded me understanding of the working of governments and ease of navigation between private and public institutions. These qualities enable me to assist companies to deal with governments – as regulators, business partners and clients - which have become increasingly influential on firms in the contemporary world.

Prof. Migai Akech is a leading Administrative Law expert and has published, practiced and consulted extensively in this area of law.

He is also a specialist in international trade regulation and competition law and an eminent international expert in governance and led the development of the Africa Governance Report, which is the African Union’s premier policy publication on the state of governance in Africa.

Prof. Migai also has extensive experience in public policy development. He drafted the Judiciary of Kenya’s innovative Bail and Bond Policy Guidelines and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Prosecution Policy and Guidelines.

Further, he developed the legal instruments to institutionalize and operationalize the Lake Region Economic Bloc using a creative approach that the Government of Kenya has since endorsed in its National Policy on County Economic Blocs.

He has consulted widely including – as an expert on policy development, democracy, policy analysis, rule of law, governance, devolution, anti-corruption, accountability, police reforms, justice sector reforms, prosecutorial reforms, legislative reforms, transitional justice, environmental crime, reform of criminal law and procedures, sentencing policy development, land policy development, curriculum development, training, monitoring human rights compliance, and mineral policies and regulatory frameworks – for local and international organizations, including the African Union (African Peer Review Mechanism), the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Open Society, German Technical Cooperation, and the World Bank.