Course: Transport and Logistics in Africa

1. Introduction to Transport and Logistics in Africa;
2. Infrastructures in Africa
   1. Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA).
3. Maritime Transport in Africa. African Ports;
4. African Transport Corridors;
5. Rail Transport in Africa;
6. Road Infrastructure Costs in Africa;
7. Single African Air Transport Market;
8. Transport and Regional Integration in Africa;
9. Information and communication technologies (ICT), Regional Trade, and integration in Africa;
10. African Road Safety Action Plan;
11. African Value Chains.

1. Credits: 10 ;
2. Duration:
   two months It is recommended to dedicate about twelve hours of study per week following a flexible schedule. It is possible to reduce the duration dedicating more hours a week
   ;
3. Tuition Fees: EUR 240;
4. Open Online Enrolment;
5. Download the syllabus of the Course (PDF).

Languages: .

Also

Transport et logistique en Afrique Transporte e Logística na África Transporte y Logística en África.

This course belongs to the following Higher Education Programs taught by EENI:

Doctorate: International Transport and Logistics, African Business, World Trade.

Masters: Business in Africa, Transport in Africa, International Transport.

The objectives of the course are to know:

1. The Transportation situation in Africa (forecast, costs, programs);
2. The African Transport Infrastructure Network;
3. The Air transport in Africa, main routes and airports;
4. Reasons for the railway decline in Africa;
5. The largest logistics corridors and ports in Africa;
6. How to access to the fifteen landlocked African Countries through the African Ports and corridors;
7. The Importance of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA);
8. The Relationships between the regional integration and logistics in Africa and the impact on the Intra-African trade;
9. How the intensive use of the ICT can reduce the logistics costs in Africa;
10. The African Road Safety Action Plan;
11. The African Value Chains and how the companies can take advantages.

Course intended for:

1. Global companies wishing to export to Africa or import from Africa (both for the maritime and landlocked countries);
2. African companies wanting to export from Africa or import to Africa;
3. African companies wishing to increase his intra-African trade;
4. Logistics companies (both African and Non-African) wanting to learn about the African Logistics sector;
5. All people related to the transport and logistics in Africa.

The students who complete all the exercises will obtain the Diploma of the Professional Course: “Transport and Logistics in Africa” issued by EENI Global Business School.

Students who have taken this course can validate and register for a Master or Doctorate at EENI.

Subject 1- Introduction to the transport in Africa. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the transport in Africa;
2. African Transport Outlook 2040;
3. African Regional Transport Infrastructure Network;
4. Forecast Demand for the Transport in Africa;
5. Economic costs of the transport inefficiencies in Africa;
6. Air transport in Africa;
7. Case Study: Ethiopian Airlines, the Best Airline in Africa;
8. Railway traffic decline;
9. Road transport in Africa;
10. Multimodal transport;
11. Case Study: Bollore Logistics in Africa;
12. Introduction to the Marine Transport in Africa;
13. Introduction to the African Corridors.

Subject 2- Infrastructures in Africa. Syllabus:

1. African Infrastructure Knowledge Programme;
2. Infrastructure Consortium for Africa;
3. Trends in the African Infrastructure Investment;
4. Analysis of infrastructures in Africa;
5. Infrastructure and economic growth in Africa;
6. Infrastructure and poverty reduction;
7. Institutional framework for infrastructure;
8. Urbanization and delivery of the infrastructure services;
9. Regional Integration and infrastructures.

Subject 3- Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa;
2. Key sectors of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa
   1. PIDA - Energy;
   2. PIDA - Transport;
   3. PIDA - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT);
   4. PIDA - Transboundary Water Resources.
3. PIDA outcomes: development through the regional integration;
4. Costs and investments of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa.

Subject 4- African Maritime Transport. Syllabus:

1- Introduction.

1. Introduction to the Maritime Transport in Africa;
2. The largest Maritime Ports in Africa;
3. Revised African Maritime Transport Charter;
4. Durban Resolution on Maritime Safety, Maritime Security and Protection of the Marine Environment in Africa.

2- Ports in Southern Africa:

1. Namibia: Port of Walvis Bay;
2. South Africa: Port of Durban.

3- Ports in East Africa:

1. Djibouti: Port of Djibouti;
2. Kenya: Port of Mombasa;
3. Madagascar: Ports of Madagascar;
4. Mozambique: Ports of Beira and Maputo;
5. Sudan: Port Sudan;
6. Tanzania: Port of Dar es-Salaam.

4- Ports in Central Africa:

1. Angola: Port of Lobito and Port of Luanda;
2. Cameroon: Port of Douala;
3. Equatorial Guinea: Port of Malabo;
4. Gabon: Port of Libreville;
5. Republic of the Congo: Port of Pointe Noire;
6. Maritime Organization for West and Central Africa.

5- Ports in West Africa.

1. Benin: Port of Cotonou;
2. Ghana: Port of Tema;
3. Ivory Coast: Port of Abidjan;
4. Nigeria: Port of Lagos;
5. Senegal: Port of Dakar;
6. Togo: Port of Lomé.

6- Ports in North of Africa.

1. Algeria: Port of Algiers;
2. Egypt: Port Said;
3. Suez Canal;
4. Morocco: Port of Casablanca;
5. Tunisia: Port of La Goulette.

Subject 5- African Transport Corridors. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the African Transport Corridors;
2. United Nations Almaty Programme of Action;
3. Trans-African Road Network;
4. Algeria to Nigeria: Trans-Saharan corridor Algiers-Lagos;
5. Egypt to Senegal: Trans-African Highway Cairo-Dakar;
6. Senegal to Nigeria: Trans Coastal West African Highway Dakar-Lagos;
7. Nigeria to Kenya: Trans-African Highway 8 Lagos-Mombasa;
8. Libya to Namibia: Corridor Tripoli-Windhoek;
9. Egypt to Botswana: Corridor Cairo-Gaborone;
10. Senegal to Chad: Dakar-N’Djamena Trans-Sahelian Highway;
11. Chad to Djibouti: Corridor N’Djamena-Djibouti;
12. Angola to Mozambique: Trans-African Highway 9 Beira-Lobito;
13. Angola to Zambia: Lobito Corridor;
14. Kenya to Burundi: Northern Corridor;
15. Tanzania to the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Central Corridor;
16. Tanzania to Zimbabwe: North-South Corridor;
17. Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) Trade Corridor Project;
18. Eastern and Central Africa Corridors;
19. Corridors in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region;
20. Asia-Africa Corridor.

Subject 6- Road Infrastructure Costs in Africa. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the road infrastructure costs in Africa;
2. Building a Database for the Road Costs Analysis in Africa;
3. Analytical Approach for the African Road Infrastructure Costs;
4. Unit Cost Curve by Project Size.

Subject 7- Transport and Regional Integration in Africa. Syllabus:

1. Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) Report (UNECA, BAfD, AU);
2. Developments in the major areas across the Regional Economic Communities;
3. Free movement of people and right of establishment;
4. Macroeconomics policy convergence;
5. Physical integration;
6. Road: Trans-African Corridors;
7. Railways;
8. Air transport;
9. Energy;
10. Developments at inter-REC and continental levels;
11. Mainstreaming regional integration;
12. Harmonicing the African rules of origin;
13. Trade Facilitation Measures and Programs;
14. Market access and services;
15. Corridor initiatives;
16. Best Practices in the African Regional Integration.

Subject 8- Information and Communications Technology, Regional Trade, and Integration in Africa. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the ICT for Regional Trade and Integration in Africa;
2. Next African growth frontier: e-Commerce;
3. ITC Initiatives in the Regional Economic Communities;
4. Case Study: Online Nigerian retail sites;
5. ICT and Trade Facilitation;
6. ASYCUDA system (Automated System for Customs Data and Management);
7. Case Study: National single window (NSW) in Ghana, Namibia, Malawi and Mozambique;
8. Case Study: Kenya Ports Authority and Kilindini Waterfront;
9. Automated Terminal Operating System;
10. ICT and transport corridors;
11. ICT and payment systems;
12. Cross-border mobile payments;
13. Trade Facilitation
    1. Trade Facilitation Agreement;
    2. Revised Kyoto Convention.

Subject 9- African Road Safety Action Plan. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the African Road Safety Action Plan;
2. The Five pillars of the African Road Safety Action Plan
   1. Road Safety Management;
   2. Safer roads and mobility;
   3. Safer vehicles;
   4. Safer Road Users;
   5. Post-crash response.

Subject 10- African Value Chains. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the value chains in Africa;
2. Challenges for business;
3. African Growth Poles;
4. How can the African companies take advantage of the value chains?;
5. Case Study: Cocoa Value Chain (West Africa);
6. Rules of Origin and transport costs in Africa;
7. Export Costs in Africa;
8. One-stop border post;
9. Trade Facilitation;
10. FDI Cooperation;
11. Case Study: Shoprite (the largest food retailer in Africa).

EENI African Business Portal.

Area of Knowledge: Africa.

Economic Area of the African Civilization.

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