This paper examines the direct and interactive impacts of trade facilitation and institutions on sustainable economic growth (SEG) for 41 Sub-Saharan African economies from 2005 to 2019. The study explores the components of trade facilitation focusing on costs, documents and days (exports and imports) with the aggregated index (TFindex) and institutions, including voice and accountability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, political stability and violence, and control of corruption, used on GDP per capita growth. The empirical evidence relies on the two-step dynamic-system generalized method of moments estimator, accounting for endogeneity, simultaneity, measurement error and reverse causality concerns. The study finds that facilitating trade procedures is a viable option for achieving SEG in the Sub-Saharan Africa region. In addition, institutions driven by government effectiveness, political stability, and regulatory quality are boosters to SEG in the region. Lastly, the interactive impacts of trade facilitation and institutions positively predict the SEG. The study suggests that achieving efficient trading procedures and a sturdy institutional framework will enhance full exploration of the growth potential in SEG. K E Y W O R D Sdynamic-system generalized method of moments, institutions, Sub-Saharan African countries, sustainable economic growth, trade facilitation | INTRODUCTIONThe urgent need to tackle the persistent challenges hampering economic, social and environmental sustainability in the past few decades has witnessed a series of efforts and policy suggestions from governments, policymakers, and national and international organizations. Prominent among these efforts in recent times is the convergence of world leaders from 193 countries across the globe in September 2015, which led to a series of agreements on common and ambitious global goals: "Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". The Agenda is a well-thoughtout action plan for people, the planet, prosperity, peace and partnership on a set of 17 goals and 169 targets. The motivation behind these goals is the need to build on the achievements recorded in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and further pursue the targets not met. For instance, while the Millennium Development Goal of reducing extreme poverty by 2015 was met, statistics still show that more than 800 million people globally are extremely poor,