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This paper contends that the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), designed to evaluate governance in participating states, has lost momentum with a number of initial reviews having been undertaken but no full follow-up completed. To help address this problem, the author 1) examines the first set of reviews, including the extent to which they were carried out and the issues that hindered this process as well as the benefits the reviews brought; 2) looks at existing plans for the secondary reviews; and 3) outlines what needs to be changed in the APRM to improve its effectiveness as well as what lessons the second round of reviews can take from the first.