The MoU spells out the objectives of AFRIMETS, its structure and its envisaged areas of cooperation. Its mission is to promote metrology in Africa to facilitate intra-African and international trade, especially to overcome technical and sanitary and phyto-sanitary barriers to trade. It is also envisaged that AFRIMETS will promote Africa’s interests and its effective participation in international standard-setting bodies

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  • To stimulate collaboration in Africa in order to define national scales,
  • To increase the presence of metrology in Africa and establish a national scale,
  • To establish a global measurement system throughout all of Africa,
  • To promote regional and international cooperation in the study of metrology,
  • To develop a free-exchange sector in Africa,
  • To represent Africa and the international scale according to BIPM and ILAC.