Syllabus of the Subject: Information and communications technology (ICT) for Regional Trade and Integration in Africa.
Introduction to the Information and communications technology (ICT) for Regional Trade and Integration in Africa;
e-Commerce: The next growth frontier of Africa;
ICT Initiatives of the Regional Economic Communities (REC);
Case Study: Online Nigerian retail sites (DealDey, Konga, Jumia);
ICT and Trade Facilitation in Africa;
Automated System for Customs Data and Management (ASYCUDA);
Case Study:
Kenya Ports Authority and Kilindini Waterfront;
National single window (NSW) in Ghana, Namibia, Malawi, and Mozambique.
Automated Terminal Operating System;
ICT and transport corridors;
ICT and payment systems;
Cross-border mobile payments;
East African Payment System (EAPS).
The objectives of the subject “ICT for Regional Trade and Integration in Africa” are the following:
To know how ICT can benefit the African regional integration, Trade Facilitation, inter-African trade and African corridors;
To analyze the concept of Electronic commerce as the next frontier of the African growth;
To know the importance of the African cross-border mobile payments;
To study different successful cases of application of the Information and communications technology to the Intra-African Trade.
ICT for Regional Trade and Integration in Africa:
The Subject “ICT for Trade and Integration in Africa” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
The intensive use of the information and communications technology (ICT)
can reduce export and logistics costs of Intra-African Trade, especially for the landlocked developing
African
countries and can reduce corruption.
All the players participating in African value chain (Governments, agencies, importers, exporters, customs agencies,
logistics companies, banks...) can take advantages of the ICT applied to inter-African trade;
Several Online Nigerian retail sites (DealDey, Konga, Jumia) are leading e-commerce initiatives in West Africa;
E-Commerce sales doubled last year (about 382 million dollars), generating more than six million jobs.
According to AT Kearney, in Africa South of Sahara, there were 650
million mobile users (2011), the so-called “African mobile revolution”;
The African Development Bank estimates that the Information and communications technology (ICT)
contributes to
7% of the gross domestic product in Africa;