
Online Course: Regional
Economic Integration in Africa
Professional Course: African Regional Integration. Economic Communities (e-learning
Online, 8 ECTS, )
Ten subjects compose the Online Professional Course “African Economic Integration” taught by EENI Global Business School:

Subjects of the Course
- Introduction to the Regional Economic Integration in Africa
- Regional Economic Communities (REC)
- Status of the Regional Economic Integration in Africa
- Action Plan for Boosting Intra-African Trade
- Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Regional Trade and Integration in Africa
- Regional financial integration in Africa
- Infrastructures in Africa
- Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
- African Value Chains
- Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
- COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite
- African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA)

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- Credits :
8

- Duration: six weeks. Requires an average dedication of
12 hours per week
- Total Tuition Fees: EUR 192
- The Student can begin the Course at any time (Online
Enrolment) and study from anywhere in the world without any displacement
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Download the syllabus of the Course (PDF)
Learning materials in 
- Also, available in
Intégration régionale en Afrique
Integración regional en África
Integração Regional na África
- For improving the international communication skills, the student has free access to the learning materials in these languages (free multilingual training).
Objectives of the Course
The main objective of the “Professional Course: Regional
Economic Integration
in Africa” is to understand the irreversible African Integration process whose final goal is the creation of the “African Continental Free-Trade Area.”
The specific aims of the “Professional Course: Regional Economic Integration in
Africa” are the following:
- To understand the fundamental role of the African Union, the UNECA, the African Development Bank
and the Regional economic communities and the function overlapping (“Spaghetti Bowl”) in
the African Integration process
- To understand the four pillars of the African Regional Integration
- To understand the African Economic Community, the African Customs Union and the future “African Common Market”
- To know the strengths and weakness of the African Integration
- To know the Status of the Regional Economic Integration in Africa
- To identify the obstacles to the Intra-African Trade
- To be familiar with the Action Plan for Boosting Intra-African Trade (to reach 25% of the intra-African trade)
- To learn about the advantages of the Information and communication technologies (ICT) applied to
the inter-African Trade
- To understand the African Financial system integration and the role of
the Cross-border banking
- To understand the fundamental role of infrastructures (one of the drivers of the African Economic growth) and
the ICT (“African Mobile Revolution”) in
the African Integration process
- To be familiar with the PIDA (Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa)
- To evaluate the trading costs in Africa
- To know how the African enterprises can take advantage of the African Value Chains
- To learn about two good examples of the African Integration: OHADA (Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa) and Tripartite Agreement (COMESA-EAC-SADC)
- To know the paths towards the African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA),
the
benefits for Africa, and the potential scenarios to achieve it
Course intended for all those wishing to understand the path
towards the African Continental Free-Trade Area and the socio-economic implications for Africa.
The course contains exercises that are evaluated, which the student must work out and pass to obtain the diploma “Professional Course: Regional Economic
Integration in Africa”
issued by EENI Global Business School.

This course “Regional Economic Integration in Africa” belongs to the following Online Higher Education Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:- Doctorates: African Business, World Trade
- Masters: Business in Africa, Transport in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade
Students who have taken this Professional Course (Regional Economic Integration in
Africa) can validate and register for a Master or Doctorate at EENI.
Training program recommended for the students from
Botswana,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Egypt,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Gambia, Ghana,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Mauritius,
Namibia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Sierra Leone, Somalia,
South Africa,
Sudan,
South Sudan,
Swaziland,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia,
and Zimbabwe.
Example of the Professional Course - Regional Economic Integration in
Africa:

Subjects of the Course
Subject 1- Introduction to the Regional Economic
Integration in Africa. Syllabus:
This subject consists of four parts:
1- Introduction to the African Economic Integration.
- History of the Regional Integration Process in the African Continent
- Abuja Treaty
- Towards an African Economic Community (AEC)
- Treaties and Protocols on Regional Integration
2- Regional Economic Communities (RECs) In Africa (Summary)
- CEN-SAD (Community of Sahel-Saharan States)
- COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa)
- EAC (East African Community)
- ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States)
- ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)
- IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development)
- SADC (Southern African Development Community)
- UMA (Arab Maghreb Union)
- COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
3- Other African Economic Groups (Summary).
- SACU (Southern African Customs Union)
- MRU (Mano River Union)
- IOC (Indian Ocean Commission)
- WAEMU (West African Economic and Monetary Union)
- WAMZ (West African Monetary Zone)
- ICGLR (International Conference on the Great Lakes Region)
- CEMAC (Central African Economic and Monetary Community)
4- The Four Pillars of the Regional Economic Integration in Africa.
- Trade and Market Integration
- Sectoral Harmonisation Policies
- Macroeconomic Policy Convergence, Financial, and Monetary Integration
- Peace, Security, Stability, and Governance
- Facts and figures about the Regional Economic Integration in Africa
Subject 2- Status of the Regional Economic Integration
in Africa. Syllabus:
- Assessing Regional Economic Integration in Africa (ARIA) report (Economic Commission for Africa,
African Development Bank, Africa Union)
- Developments in the major areas across the REC (Regional Economic Communities)
- Free movement of people and right of establishment
- Macroeconomics policy convergence
- Physical integration in Africa
- Road Transport
- Rail transport
-
Air transport
- Energy
- Developments at inter-REC and continental levels
- Mainstreaming regional integration
- Harmonising the Rules of origin across Africa
- Trade Facilitation Measures and Programs
- Market Access and Services
- Trans-African Corridors initiatives
- Best Practices in the African Regional Economic Integration

Description of the Professional Course: Regional Economic Integration in
Africa.
The Regional Economic Communities are the main customers of the Economic Commission for Africa at the sub-regional level.
The commission and its Sub-Regional Office works in close collaboration with the main Regional Economic Communities to
harmonise the membership, reinforce policy and build technical capacity to pursue the Regional Economic Integration in Africa.
There are multiple regional trading blocs in Africa, known as Regional Economic Communities, many of which have overlapping memberships.
The ultimate goal of the Economic Commission for Africa is to create an African Common Market.
An area where the Regional Economic Communities have been observed to be more active in trade and market integration.
On average, all the Regional Economic Communities and the intra-intergovernmental organisations registered positive growth in exports to
the community members, with
the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and
the CENSAD showing an average increase of 40% or more.
The West African Economic and Monetary Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development,
the Southern African Development Community, the Economic Community of West African States,
the Arab Maghreb Union and the OIC
registered growth in exports to the community in the range of 20-40%.
The Constitutive Act of the African Union makes it clear that the main goal of the African Union is to set up an African Economic Community and assigns to
the Regional Economic Communities the primary responsibility. An intermediate stage in this effort is the transition of
the Regional Economic Communities into a
customs union.
A continuous evaluation of the integration efficiency in Africa is fundamental to gain a deeper understanding of the strengths and weakness of the African Integration efforts. It is from this perspective that the African Union Commission and the Economic Commission for Africa publish the report on
Assessing
Regional Economic Integration in Africa (ARIA).
The cost of doing business in Africa is usually high, due in part to
the infrastructure gaps, the duplicative border customs procedures and
the uncomfortable paper requisites. The Foreign trade paperless remains a distant objective.
The Free movement of people and right of establishment has advanced in some Regional Economic Communities but remain a
key objective in many other African sub-regions.
The African exports remain heavily concentrated in a few primary commodities, especially fuels and mining products. Of the top
twenty exported products by Africa, the vast majority are fuels, fuel products, and mineral products. A few are basic agricultural commodities (sugar, cotton, cocoa, and coffee), and a slight number are manufactured goods.
The International Transport is critical to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (United Nations) and the objectives of
the Regional Economic Integration in Africa.
It is of particular importance important to intensify African competitiveness in the regional and Global Markets by reducing the high cost of doing business in Africa, exacerbated by deficiencies in
the transport infrastructure.
Methodology: e-learning (Online) / Distance Learning.
Area of Knowledge: Africa
EENI Online Masters and Doctorates in Global Business adapted to:
- Western African Students:
The Gambia,
Ghana,
Liberia,
Nigeria and Sierra Leone
- Eastern African Students:
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Mauritius,
Malawi,
Seychelles,
Somalia,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
and Uganda.
- Southern African Students:
Botswana,
Lesotho,
Namibia,
South Africa,
Swaziland,
Zambia,
and Zimbabwe.
- Northern African Students:
Egypt and Libya
- Central African Students:
Cameroon and Rwanda

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