African Union (AU)

The goals of the subject “African Union (AU)” are the following:

1. To understand the objectives, functions, and the affiliated institutions of the African Union (AU): The largest African institution;
2. To know the financial bodies of the AU (African Monetary Fund...);
3. To analyze the role of the Departments of Trade and Industry and Customs;
4. To understand the role of the African Union in the socio-economic development and the African Integration process (towards the Continental Free-Trade Area);
5. To understand the concept of “African Common Market”;
6. To assess the status of the African Integration and to know the Minimum Integration Programme;
7. To understand the relationship between the African Union and the regional economic communities (REC);
8. To know the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption.

The Subject “African Union (AU)” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate (DIB): African Business, World Trade.

Masters (MIB): Business in Africa, Transport in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Course: African Institutions.

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1. Credits of the Subject “African Union (AU)”: 1 ;
2. Duration: one week.

African Union (AU).

The African Union (AU) is the largest African Organization and the principal institution for the socio-economic development and regional integration promotion in the African continent, which will lead to greater solidarity and unity between the African Countries and the African people.

The main objectives of the African Union (AU) are to:

1. Remove the holdovers of the colonization and apartheid in Africa;
2. Promote the unity and solidarity among the African States;
3. Coordinate and enhance the cooperation for development;
4. Protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the member economies;
5. Foster the international cooperation within the framework of the United Nations.

The vision of the African Union:

1. The African Union is based on the shared vision of a united and strong Africa and the need to build a partnership between the African governments and all the segments of the African civil society (mainly women, youth, and private sector), to intensify the solidarity and cohesion between the African people;
2. As an African organization; the African Union focuses on peace, security, and stability promotion.

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) is a programme of the African Union created by Africans, for Africans and implemented by Africans.

The member countries of the African Union are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

1. The Central African Republic was suspended in 2013 (Coup d'Etat);
2. Morocco retired in 1984 due to the conflict of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic;
3. Morocco is the newest member (January 2017).

The African Union belongs to the African Civilization.

Regional Economic Communities (REC) in Africa:

1. Community of Sahel-Saharan States;
2. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS);
3. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA);
4. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
5. Intergovernmental Authority for Development;
6. Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Partnerships of the African Union with...

1. Afro-Arab cooperation - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA);
2. European Union
   - Generalized System of Preferences
   - Cotonou Agreement
   - Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
   - European Neighborhood Policy;
3. Africa-South America Summit (ASA);
4. Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership (NAASP);
5. India;
6. China-Africa Cooperation Forum (FOCAC);
7. Turkey;
8. United States: African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA);
9. Japan (TICAD) Process;
10. France;
11. Africa-Korea Partnership.

EENI African Business Portal.

Related topics:

1. Economic governance in Africa;
2. African Economic Transformation;
3. African Value Chains;
4. Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA);
5. Cheryl Carolus is one of the inaugural members of the African Union Foundation.

Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA)

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