Syllabus of the Subject: African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The aims of the Subject “African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA)” are the following:
Sample of the Subject - African Continental Free-Trade Area African Portal - EENI Global Business School Description of the Subject: African Continental Free-Trade Area. African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA) In 1962 was created the Organisation of the African Union, one of his objectives was to search a socio-economic model for the Post-independence period with the vision: “Unity and Integration.” In 1980 was adopted the Lagos Plan and in 1991 the Abuja Treaty with the aim of creating the African Economic Community in six phases in thirty-four years, where the Regional Economic Communities (REC) should play a fundamental role. In 2000 was set-up the African Union. However, today, the vision of a “Pan-African Market Integration” has not achieved. By example, the intra-African trade represents only 10%. 66% of the African nations are limiting market access conditions, and protectionism is still predominant in the Government policies, mainly in the Agriculture sector. In 2012, the African Union announced the Action Plan for Boosting Intra-African Trade with the aim to boost the intra-African trade by 35 billion dollars every year (mainly in agriculture and industrial products) and reducing the African imports from the world by 10 billion dollars. The main objectives of the African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA) are:
The Tripartite FTA or OHADA are excellent examples of the benefits of the future African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA). Today fifteen Regional Economic Communities are working for the Regional Integration in Africa: - Community of Sahel-Saharan States The Economic Commission for Africa identifies two scenarios: 1) The first group formed by the FTA- Tripartite Agreement (or South East Group) countries: 2) The second group (North-West-Central Africa) formed by Moreover, finally, the merger of these two groups into the African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA). African Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan), Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. EENI Online Masters and Doctorates in Global Business adapted to:
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