Article Corresponding author: Badiru Ibrahim, Northwest University, Kano, Nigeria, Department of History and International Studies E-mail: ibrahimbadiru@gmail.com NEPAD and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa Badiru, Ibrahim Northwest University, Nigeria Abstract The New Partnership for Africa's Development is a pledge by African Leaders based on a common vision and a firm, shared conviction that they have a pressing duty to eradicate poverty and place their countries, both individually and collectively on a path of sustainable growth and development and to participate actively in the world economy and politics (NEPAD, 2001). The paper uses the political economy theory to examine the philosophy of the New Partnership for Africa's Development and the policy has been able to attract foreign direct investment. The research relies on secondary sources of data for the purpose of evaluating the successes and failures of NEPAD. The paper recommends that regional integration be strengthen to enhance economy interaction among African States and conflict prevent mechanism be strengthen to reduce persistence conflict in Africa, to encourage foreign investment in the region. Keywords NEPAD, Foreign Direct Investment, development, poverty, underdevelopment Introduction The high expectations and enthusiasm that New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has generated from different parts of the African continent may make all observers believe the partnership is the first of its kind on the continent. It is an established fact that before NEPAD, Africa had a rich history of development co-operation programmes, ranging from the call for a New International Economic Order under the Nations of the Non- aligned Movement which led to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in 1970s. This also provided the basis for the Monrovia strategy of 1970, the famous Lagos Plan of Action (LPA) in 1980, the Africa Priority Programme for Economy Recovery (APPER) in 1986, later adopted by United Nations and renamed the United Nations Programme of Action for Africa Economic Recovery and Development (UN-PAAERD), The Abuja Declaration 1987, the Journal of Management and Social Sciences © The Author 2016 Reprints and permission fountainjournalmanagementandss@gmail.com