Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) - Afro-Arab cooperation
2. The structure of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
3. Projects financed by BADEA
4. Seventh Five-Year Plan (2015-2019) of BADEA
5. BADEA Export Financing Scheme (BEFS)
6. The Arab and African Businesswoman Forum

Sample of the Sub-subject: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA):

Description of the Sub-Subject BADEA - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa:

1. In 1973 was created the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), a financial organisation of the member’s states of the Arab League with the aim to facilitate financial loans to development projects in the African Countries and provide technical assistance
2. One objective of the Bank is to promote exports from Arabic countries to African Markets through the BADEA Export Financing Scheme (BEFS)
3. Headquarters of the Bank are in Sudan (Khartoum)
4. H.E. Mr Abdelaziz KHELEF is the General Director of the Bank
5. Today the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa can contribute up to 60% of the total cost of a project (max. 20 million dollars)
6. Under the Seventh Five-Year Plan (2015-2019) of BADEA 1,100 million dollars will be available for the public sector projects, 450 million to the private sector and 50 million to technical assistance
7. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Member Countries are Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria (suspended), Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
8. African beneficiaries countries of BADEA (members of the African Union but not members of the Arab League) are Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

BADEA Export Financing Scheme (BEFS):

Arab Development Funds