Economic Governance in Africa

EENI- School of International Business

Subject (Course): Doing Business and Economic Governance in Africa. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Political and Economic Governance in Africa
2. The role of the African Union, the African Development Bank, and the Economic Commission for Africa.
3. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) - NEPAD
4. The African Doing Business Ranking
5. Democratic Governance in Africa
6. Civil Tensions in the African continent
7. Armed Conflicts in Africa
8. Economic Governance in Africa
9. Business Climate in Africa
10. Corruption in Africa
11. Illicit Financial Flows in Africa
    1. The Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa
    2. The Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group
    3. The African Tax Administration Forum
12. Ibrahim Index of African Governance

Sample of the subject - Doing Business and economic governance in Africa:

Economic Area of the African Civilisation.

Subject Description: Doing Business and economic governance in Africa.

The last fifteen years, political and economic governance in Africa has improved.

1. Peaceful elections
2. Democratic governments
3. Increase of the role of the women in the political activities.
4. A collection of tax revenues.
5. Fight again corruption
6. Reduction of armed conflicts (“Silencing the Guns” vision of the African Union)

Threats

1. Countries in democratic transition
2. Protests of the population
3. Low wages
4. Violence - Terrorism
5. Arab Spring
6. Social unrest
7. Cross-border conflicts.

The best country in budget transparency improvements: Burkina Faso

The ten least corrupt countries in Africa (Transparence International): Cape Verde, Seychelles, Rwanda, Mauritius, Lesotho, Namibia, Ghana, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, and Senegal.

Countries with the highest business environment improvement in Africa (since 2000): Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, and Senegal (Source: African Development Bank).

The largest African countries exporters of illicit outflows: Nigeria and South Africa.

The Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance analyses the situation of political and economic Governance in thirty African countries.

Top ten countries in the Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance:

1. Mauritius
2. Cape Verde
3. Botswana
4. South Africa
5. The Seychelles
6. Namibia
7. Ghana
8. Tunisia
9. Senegal
10. Lesotho

The African Easy of Doing Business Ranking (World Bank).

Mauritius is the African country with the highest rank in the Easy of Doing Business rank of the World Bank, followed by South Africa, Rwanda, Ghana, Botswana, Seychelles, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, and Cape Verde

The ten countries with the lowest rank are Liberia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Eritrea.

1. Mauritius
2. South Africa
3. Rwanda
4. Ghana
5. Botswana
6. Seychelles
7. Namibia
8. Swaziland
9. Zambia
10. Cape Verde
11. Mozambique
12. Lesotho
13. Tanzania
14. Ethiopia
15. Kenya
16. The Gambia
17. Sierra Leone
18. Gabon
19. Mali
20. Ivory Coast
21. Togo
22. Uganda
23. Benin
24. Burundi
25. São Tomé and Príncipe
26. Cameroon
27. The Comoros
28. Sudan
29. Senegal
30. Madagascar
31. Malawi
32. Equatorial Guinea
33. Burkina Faso
34. Niger
35. Guinea
36. Nigeria
37. Zimbabwe
38. Liberia
39. Mauritania
40. Congo, Rep.
41. Guinea-Bissau
42. Angola
43. Congo, Dem. Rep.
44. Chad
45. South Sudan
46. The Central African Republic
47. Eritrea