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Business in Africa -
Africa Institutions
- Introduction to the African Union.
- Objectives and members.
- Regional Economic Communities: CEN-SAD, ECCAS, COMESA, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC, UMA.
Summary
Regional Economic Communities and Africa Union: NEPAD, CEN-SAD, ECCAS, COMESA, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC, UMA. Socio-economic integration
The African Union AU is Africa’s premier institution and principal
organization for the promotion of accelerated
socio-economic integration of the
continent, which will lead to greater unity and solidarity between
African countries and peoples.
The main objectives of the OAU were, to rid the continent of the
remaining vestiges of colonization and apartheid; to promote unity and
solidarity among African States; to coordinate and intensify cooperation for
development; to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member
States and to promote international cooperation within the framework of the
United Nations.
Through the OAU Coordinating Committee for the Liberation of Africa, the
Continent worked and spoke as one with undivided determination in forging an
international consensus in support of the liberation struggle and the fight
against apartheid.
The Vision of the AU
- The AU is Africa's premier institution and principal organization for
the promotion of accelerated socio-economic
integration of the continent, which will lead to greater unity and
solidarity between African countries and peoples.
- The AU is based on the common vision of a united and strong Africa and
on the need to build a partnership between governments and all segments of
civil society, in particular women, youth and the private sector, in order
to strengthen solidarity and cohesion amongst the peoples of Africa.
- As a continental organization it focuses on the promotion of peace,
security and stability on the continent as a prerequisite for the
implementation of the development and integration agenda of the Union.
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is a
programme of the African Union created by Africans, for Africans and implemented
by Africans.
Regional Economic Communities
Community of
Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD).
The Community of Sahel-Saharan States CEN-SAD is a framework for Integration and
Complementarity. It intends to work, together with the other regional economic
communities and the Organization of African Unity, to strengthen peace, security
and stability and achieve global economic and social development.
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
At a summit meeting in December 1981, the leaders of the Central African Customs
and Economic Union (UDEAC) agreed in principle to form a wider economic
community of Central African states.
Common Market
for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa was founded in 1993 as a
successor to the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA),
which was established in 1981. COMESA formally succeeded the PTA on 8 December
1994.
Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
The idea for a West African community goes back to President William Tubman of
Liberia, who made the call in 1964.
Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) was formed
in1986 with a very narrow mandate around the issues of drought and
desertification
Southern
African Development Community (SADC)
The concept of a regional economic co-operation in Southern Africa was first
discussed at a meeting of the Frontline States foreign ministers in May 1979 in
Gabarone.
Sample:
African Union members:
1. Algeria
2. Angola
3. Benin
4. Botswana
5. Burkina Faso
6. Burundi
7. Cameroon
8. Cape Verde
9. Central African Republic
10. Chad
11. Comoros
12. Congo
13. Côte d'Ivoire
14. Democratic Congo
15. Djibouti
16. Arab Egypt
17. State of Eritrea
18. Ethiopia
19. Equatorial Guinea
20. Gabon
21. The Gambia
22. Ghana
23. Guinea
24. Guinea Bissau
25. Kenya
26. Kingdom of Lesotho
27. Liberia
28. Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
29. Madagascar
30. Malawi
31. Mali
32. Mauritania
33. Mauritius
34. Mozambique
35. Namibia
36. Niger
37. Nigeria
38. Rwanda
39. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
40. Sao Tome and Principe
41. Senegal
42. Seychelles
43. Sierra Leone
44. Somalia
45. South Africa
46. Sudan
47. Kingdom of Swaziland
48. Tanzania
49. Togo
50. Tunisia
51. Uganda
52. Zambia
53. ZimbabweAvailable Languages:  
(Fr: Union Africaine)
(Pt: União Africana)
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