International investment law has experienced major developments over the last few years. While a large number of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) form the core of African investment treaties, the rise in regional trade agreements as well as changing shifts in domestic law approaches would likely produce significant changes in investment regulation. Within the last 10 years, there have been regulatory developments in sub-regional institutions such as COMESA and the SADC aimed at making the Southern African and East African regions investor friendly with the aim of developing a...