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African Economic Organizations and Integration (Bachelor of Science in Inter-African Business, e-learning, third semester)

Bachelor of Science in Inter-African Business 

Subject - “African Economic Organizations and Integration” (5 ECTS) - Online Bachelor of Science in Inter-African Business (third semester).

Syllabus of the Program: Southern African Development Community (SADC).

  1. Introduction to Southern African Development Community (SADC)
  2. Main institutions of the SADC
  3. History of the Southern African Development Community
  4. Treaty of the SADC (1992)
  5. Economic profile of the region of the SADC: Angola, Botswana, the DR Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Seychelles, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe
  6. SADC Strategic Plans
  7. Southern Africa Economic Development
  8. International Trade in the region of the SADC
    a- Foreign Trade liberalization
    b- Customs and Trade Facilitation
    c- Competition Policy
    d- Non-tariff barriers
    e- Trade in services
    f- Trade Development Program of the Southern African Development Community
  9. Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan
  10. Directorate of International Trade, industry, finance and investments
  11. Integration Process in the SADC
    a- SADC Free-trade area (2008)
    b- Customs Union (2010)
    c- Common Market (2015)
    d- Economic and Monetary Union (2016)
    e- Single currency (2018)
  12. Infrastructures and services in the region of the Southern African Development Community
  13. Transport in the SADC region
  14. ICT and telecommunications
  15. Tourism
  16. Food, agriculture and natural resources
  17. Foreign trade hub of Southern Africa
  18. Protocol against corruption of the SADC
  19. SADC Trade Agreements;
    1. EU-SADC Economic Association Agreement (provisional)
    2. India-Southern African Customs Union Agreement
    3. Agreement with the EFTA

Objectives of the Program “Southern African Development Community (SADC)”:

  1. To understand the objectives and institutions related to the SADC
  2. To evaluate the advantages for the member countries of the SADC and the areas of cooperation
  3. To analyze the Economic Integration process: the free-trade area of the SADC, Customs Union, Common Market, Economic and Monetary Union and the single currency
  4. To analyze the intra-SADC Trade
  5. To know the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan of the SADC
  6. To know the trade agreements of the SADC

European Union-Southern African Development Community Free Trade Agreement.

  1. Introduction to the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the SADC
  2. International Trade Liberalization

India-Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Preferential Trade Agreement.

  1. Introduction to the India-Southern African Customs Union Preferential Trade Agreement
  2. International Trade between India and South Africa

Syllabus of the Program: East African Community (EAC).

  1. Introduction to the East African Community (EAC): Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda
  2. Trade regime of the East African Community
  3. Agencies of the East African Community
  4. Structure and attributions of the Secretary of the East African Community
  5. Creation of the Customs Union
  6. Creation of the Common Market
  7. Monetary and financial cooperation
  8. Treaty for the creation of the East African Community
  9. East African Development Bank
  10. Economy and International Trade in the EAC region
  11. Investing in the markets of the East African Community
  12. Development of strategic alliances
  13. Common Market of the East African Community
  14. Customs Administration
  15. Foreign trade liberalization
  16. Trade-Related Aspects
  17. Export promotion programs
  18. Common external tariff of the East African Community
  19. EU-East African Community Economic Association Agreement (in negotiation)

Objectives of the Program “East African Community (EAC)”:

  1. To understand the objectives and functions of the East African Community
  2. To evaluate the advantages for the member countries and the areas of cooperation in East African Community
  3. To analyze the Economic Integration process (Customs Union and Common Market) and the International Trade between the member countries of the East African Community
  4. To know the role of the East African Development Bank

East African Community (EAC)-United States Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement.

  1. Introduction to the Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement between the East African Community and the U.S.
  2. Objectives of the Association Agreement
  3. International Trade between the countries of the EAC and the U.S.

Syllabus of the Program: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).

  1. Introduction to Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  2. COMESA decisions process
  3. COMESA Integration Process;
    1. Free-trade area of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
    2. COMESA Customs Union
    3. Common Market
    4. Economic Community
  4. Trade facilitation in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
    1. Non-tariff barriers elimination
  5. Economy of the COMESA region.
    1. International Trade of the COMESA
    2. Intra-COMESA Trade
    3. Trade in services
    4. Investments in the COMESA region
    5. Industry
    6. Energy
  6. Agriculture of the region of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
    1. Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
    2. Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa
    3. Harmonization Program of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  7. Infrastructures in the COMESA region.
    1. Transport facilitation
  8. Information and communication technologies
  9. Institutions and Agencies of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
    1. PTA Bank (Bank of Trade and Development of Eastern and Southern Africa)
    2. COMESA Reinsurance Company
    3. Regional Investment Agency
    4. African Trade Insurance Agency
    5. Federation of National Associations of Women in Business of the COMESA
    6. COMESA Entrepreneurs Council

Objectives of the Program “Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)”:

  1. To understand the objectives, functions and institutions of the COMESA
  2. To know the economy of the COMESA region
  3. To analyze the COMESA Integration Process: the free-trade area, the Customs Union, the Common Market and the Economic Community COMESA
  4. To evaluate the advantages for the member countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
  5. To know the COMESA trade and transport facilitation programs
  6. To analyze the role of the related institutions: the ZEP Bank, AIRC, the COMESA Reinsurance Company, ACA
  7. To know the Nile Basin Initiative, the Indian Ocean Commission and the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region

United States-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIF).

  1. The U.S.-COMESA countries (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIF)
  2. International Trade between the U.S. and the countries of the COMESA
  3. Advantages of the U.S.-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement

Syllabus of the Program: COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement.

  1. Introduction to the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite FTA
  2. Institutional framework
  3. Areas of intervention
  4. Tripartite free-trade area
  5. Trade facilitation
  6. Transport facilitation: the North-South Corridor
  7. Infrastructure Development
  8. Mechanisms related to International Trade
  9. Corridors and infrastructures of the COMESA-SADC-EAC region
  10. Case Study: the report mechanism, follow up and non-tariff Barriers elimination (*)
  11. towards the African Continental Free-Trade Area

Objectives of the Program “COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement”:

  1. To understand the objectives (Customs Union) and the areas of cooperation of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite FTA
  2. To evaluate the advantages for the member countries of the tripartite
  3. To understand the advantages of the Tripartite free-trade area (ZLE)
  4. To analyze trade facilitation programs, transport (African corridors...), non-tariff barriers elimination
  5. To understand the Tripartite Agreement as a stage towards the African Continental Free-Trade Area

Syllabus of the Program: Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD).

  1. Introduction to the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
  2. Member states of the CEN-SAD: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Togo and Tunisia
  3. Sahel-Saharan Bank for Investment and Trade (BSIC)
  4. Regional Food Security Programme
  5. African Initiative of the Great Green Wall

Objectives of the Program “Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)”:

  1. To understand the objectives of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States
  2. To evaluate the advantages for the member countries of the CEN-SAD
  3. To analyze the areas of cooperation and programs of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States
  4. To know the role of the Sahel-Saharan Bank for Investment and Trade

Syllabus of the Program: Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).

  1. Introduction to the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
  2. OHADA Uniform Acts
  3. Commercial law
  4. Law of companies
  5. Law on Guarantees and Bonds
  6. Cancellation of liabilities in case of insolvency
  7. Arbitration Law of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa
  8. Organization and harmonization of corporate accounting
  9. Contracts of carriage of goods by road
  10. Cooperatives Law
  11. Treaty on the Harmonization of the African Business Law

Objectives of the Program “Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)”:

  1. To understand the objectives (legal integration) of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa
  2. To know the OHADA Uniform Acts (the commercial law, the arbitration, the transport...)
  3. To analyze the implications for business and companies
  4. To understand the role of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa in African Integration

E-learning Bachelors of Science in International Business

EENI African Business Portal.

We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)

  1. ECTS = European Transfer and Accumulation System
  2. CECT = Credit of Capitalisable and Transferable Evaluation (CAMES)

Samples: African Economic Organizations and Integration (Bachelor of Science in Inter-African Business, e-learning, third semester).

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), African Initiative of the Great Green Wall

Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)

Customs Union - Southern African Development Community (SADC)

East African Community (EAC) Customs Union

Tripartite Agreement COMESA-EAC-SADC

Language of the subject “African Economic Organizations and Integration” of the Bachelor of Science in Inter-African Business taught by EENI Global Business School (third semester): Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish EENI Study Doctorate in International Business in French EENI Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese EENI.

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