In many developing economies including Sub-Saharan African countries characterized by lowrnper capita real income, high population growth rate, high rates of unemployment, dependence onrnthe primary sector, dependence on exports of primary commodities, and a high level of poverty,rnand also a low level of domestic investment. By then savings-investment gap occurs. Thosernproblems are unacceptable and have to change. To increase GDP growth, saving, andrninvestment; these countries needed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a significant source ofrncapital inflows to fill the gap to sustain economic growth. Hence, this study aimed at identifyingrnthe effect of institutions on foreign direct investment for Sub-Saharan African countries. To dornso it used the panel data collected from database of World Governance indicators andrnDevelopment indicators of 21(twenty-one) selected sample countries of the region observed fromrnyear 2002-2019. It used descriptive statistics and econometric analysis techniques. It employedrnthe dynamic panel model of System GMM estimator of Arellano and Bover (1995) and Blundellrnand Bond (1998) for econometrics analysis part. The study found that institutions are one of thernkey factors of foreign direct investment in the host countries. Among the key basic institutionalrnfactors: from governance indicators such as governance effectiveness, control of corruption andrnregulatory quality, and in case of the control variables: market size, infrastructural condition,rnresources availability, macroeconomic stability, and openness indicators have been exploredrntheir effects on FDI flows to the region. Governance effectiveness, control of corruption, GDPrnper capita, population, infrastructure (telephone subscription), access to electricity, and skilledrnlabor force (school enrolment) are key fundamental factors and have good potential to attractrnforeign direct investment flow to the host countries in the SSA region.rnKey Words: Sub-Saharan Africa, Foreign Direct Investment, Institution, GovernancernEffectiveness, Control of Corruption, Regulatory Quality