Many African countries have placed SOEs at the centre of their national development strategies with a growing trend to rely on SOEs to remedy market failures and remove direct obstacles to development. However, irregular practices including conflicts of interest and outright corruption have been alleged. Thus, there is a need for strong efforts to ramp up the efficiency, competitiveness, and commercial viability of existing SOEs. So far there is no continental benchmark for SOE governance this project is expected to fill in this gap.