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Central African Economic Community (CEMAC)


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Syllabus of the Subject

Customs Union, Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) Cameroon, Congo, Chad

  1. Introduction to the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)
    1. Organizational and Institutional Framework of the CEMAC
    2. History of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community
  2. Economic Profile of the CEMAC region: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo
    1. Recent economic developments, medium-term Outlook, and risks
    2. CEMAC Regional Economic Programme (PER) 2009-2025
  3. Central African Economic Union (UEAC)
  4. Central African Monetary Union (UMAC)
  5. Customs Union of the CEMAC
  6. Other institutions of the CEMAC
    1. Community Parliament
    2. Court of Justice
  7. CEMAC Specialized Agencies;
    1. Bank of Central African States (BEAC)
    2. Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC)
  8. Main transit corridors of the CEMAC ZONE
    1. New community transit regime of the CEMAC
  9. The Central African Economic and Monetary Community in practice
  10. Investment regimes in the CEMAC region
  11. External Relations of the CEMAC (the EU, the U.S.)
  12. Customs of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community

The objectives of the subject “Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)” are the following:

  1. To understand the objectives of the CEMAC
  2. To evaluate the benefits for the member countries as well as the areas of cooperation of the CEMAC
  3. To analyze the economic and the trade integration process among the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) member countries
  4. To learn about the customs procedures of the Economic and Monetary Union and the CEMAC Sydonia system
  5. To know the regional economic programme of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (creation of an integrated economic space in 2025)
  6. To analyze the role of the CEMAC member institutions: BEAC and BDEAC

Contents available in French (optional contents):

  1. Reform of the payment system in the CEMAC countries
  2. Automated System for Large Amounts
  3. Teleclearing system in Central Africa
  4. Economic Commission on Cattle, Meat and Fish Resources
  5. International Commission of the Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin
  6. Economic projections by country
  7. Customs of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community
  8. Customs Tariff of the CEMAC member countries
  9. Customs Procedures
  10. Models of statements
  11. Custom system: Sydonia

Students, Doctorate, Master in International Business, Foreign Trade

The Subject “Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Master in Business in Africa, Transport in Africa, International Business.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

Doctorate in African Business, World Trade.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Business in Central Africa.

Online Diploma: Business in Central Africa

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Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Doctorate in International Business in French Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l’Afrique centrale (CEMAC) Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Comunidad Económica y Monetaria de África Central (CEMAC) Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Comunidade Económica e Monetária da África Central (CEMAC).

Credits of the Subject “Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)”: 1 ECTS Credits

African Economic Integration

Masters adapted to Cameroon, Masters, International Business Trade Cameroonian Students.

The monetary integration in the region of the CEMAC is fully effective, although there are some obstacles to the free movement of people, goods, and services.

Sample - Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)
Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC): Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea,  Chad.

The Economic and Monetary Community of the Central African States (CEMAC) includes six Central African Countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo.

The main objective of the CEMAC is to promote the harmonious development of the Member States in the context of the establishment of a true CEMAC Common Market (free movement of persons, goods, capitals, and services) by establishing an economic and monetary union.

Market Access - Trade Agreements

The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC):

  1. Population of the CEMAC Region: 44 million people
  2. Area: 3 million km²
  3. Average growth of their economies: 4% annually
  4. Cameroon provides almost 29% of the regional GDP
  5. The Second-largest tropical forest zone in the World (Congo Basin)
  6. Main resources: petrol, gas, minerals, gold, manganese, diamonds, and uranium
  7. All the CEMAC countries belong to the Western CFA Zone

The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) belongs to the Central African Economic Area.

The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) is an African international institution governed by the Convention establishing the Monetary Union of Central Africa (UMAC), the Monetary Cooperation Convention concluded between France and the six Member States of the UMAC: Republic of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Gabon, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of Chad.

Bank of Central African States

The Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC) is the finance institution for the development of the Economic and Monetary Community of the Central African States (CEMAC): Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Chad.

Transport and Logistics in Africa. Corridors, ports

The largest ports in the CEMAC region:

  1. Port of Douala
  2. Port of Pointe Noire
  3. Port of Malabo
  4. Port of Libreville

The main transit corridors of the CEMAC ZONE:

  1. Trans-Sahelian Highway
  2. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor
  3. Lagos-Mombasa

Trans-Sahelian Highway: Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad

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See also: Economic Community of Central African States.

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