Africa-India Forum

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The Economic Relationships between Africa and India. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Economic Relationships between Africa and India
2. The Foreign Trade between Africa and India
3. The Indian Duty-free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
4. “Focus Africa” Programme
5. Africa-India Framework for Cooperation
6. Africa-India Forum Summit
7. The Addis Ababa and Delhi Declarations
8. Case Study: the Pan-African e-Network Project
9. India-Southern Africa Customs Union FTA
10. India's Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the African Countries: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, the Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
11. Africa and the BRICS (India) countries

The objectives of the subject “The Economic Cooperation between Africa and India” are the following:

1. To understand the aims of the enhanced cooperation Africa-India
2. To analyse the international trade and the investment flows between the African Countries and India
3. To know the Free Trade Agreements between India and Africa (SACU, Mauritius)
4. To assess the benefits of the Indian Duty-free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme

Sample of the subject - The Economic Cooperation between Africa and India

Description of the Subject: The Economic Cooperation between Africa and India

Grow of India-Africa trade: 32% annually between 2005 and 2011

India-Africa bilateral trade has grown by nearly 32% annually between 2005 and 2011, despite the economic crisis.

1. India-Africa trade is projected to reach US 90 billion dollars
2. Between 2005-2011, foreign trade between the African Countries and India has grown 32% annually
3. Top African sectors receiving private FDI from India are telecommunications, IT, energy, and cars
4. Top African exporters to India are Nigeria, South Africa, Angola, Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco (89% of the total African exports)
5. Top African export products to India are petrol and gas, ores, and gold

The Heads of State and Government of Africa, representing the African Countries, the African Union and its institutions along with the Prime Minister of India, recognising

“The rich history of Africa-India trade relationship and noting with satisfaction the existing close, deep and multi-layered trade relations between the African Countries and the Republic of India and realising the need to give a new dimension to this cooperation, have decided to adopt this Framework for foreign trade cooperation between Africa and India.”

As a conducive and supportive international economic environment is crucial for Africa and India in their pursuit for a reciprocally profitable economic development, India and Africa recognise the need to promote such environment by reinforcing the efforts to promote among them, international trade and industry, Foreign direct investment, development of the Small and Medium Enterprises and the regional integration in Africa.

Africa and India (BRICS Country) recognise the need to expand the foreign trade, greater market access, and the foreign direct investment facilitation.

The Africa-India Forum Summit.

To reinforce the trade relations existing between Africa and India, and share benefits from the rich historical background as well as the natural resources of both Africa and India.

The Africa-India Forum Summit would create an opportunity to give a new dimension to the Africa-India Cooperation through an Action Plan and Declaration to be adopted at the Summit in New-Delhi and Addis Ababa.

The Africa-India Forum members are India, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea - Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Africa-India Forum belongs to the African Civilisation and the Hindu Civilisation.