 Business in Djibouti
Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Djibouti
- Introduction to the Republic of Djibouti (East Africa)
- Djiboutian Economy
- International Trade (Import, Export) of Djibouti
- Telecommunications and New Technologies in Djibouti
- Foreign Direct Investment in Djibouti
- Access to the Djiboutian Market
- Business Plan for Djibouti
Transport and logistics in Djibouti- Port of Djibouti
- Access to the Ethiopian Market
- N’Djamena-Djibouti Corridor
The objectives of the Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Djibouti” are the following:
- To analyse the Djiboutian Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
- To know the business opportunities in Djibouti
- To explore the Djiboutian trade relations with the country of the student
- To know the Djiboutian Free Trade Agreements
- To analyse the importance of the Port of Djibouti
- To develop a business plan for the Djiboutian Market
Sample of the Subject - Doing Business in Djibouti:

Description of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Djibouti
Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements of Djibouti
- Djibouti and the East African Economic Area
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Trade Agreement
- African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA)
- European Union-Djibouti
- Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership (Cotonou Agreement)
- Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)
- United States-Djibouti
- African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
- COMESA-United States Trade Agreement
- Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (TPS-OIC)
- Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
- Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT)
International Trade Facilitation Programs
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
- Agreement on Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement)
- Agreement on
Preshipment Inspection
- Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
- Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
- Is not a member of the World Customs Organisation (WCO)
- Revised Kyoto Convention
Djibouti has a strategic location in the Horn of Africa.
The Republic of Djibouti has an advantaged strategic location in the Horn of Africa and serves as a link for the interconnection with other
member countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
- Djiboutian Area: 23,200 square kilometres
- Djibouti shares borders with Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia
- Djiboutian Capital: Djibouti (21,200 people)
- The official languages of Djibouti are Arabic, French and Somali
- Djiboutian population: 890,000 people
- Type of Government: Semi-Presidential Republic
- Independence of Djibouti from France: 1977
More information about Djibouti
(African Portal - EENI Global Business School).

Religion in Djibouti: Islam (94% of Djiboutian population).
- Fiqh: Shafi'i
- After the independence, the Republic of Djibouti built a legal system based partly on the Islamic Law
- The Constitution of Djibouti states Islam as the only religion of the State, while it
provides the equality of citizens of all faiths (Article 1) and freedom of religious practice (Article 11)
Djibouti belongs to the East African Economic Area (African Civilisation).

Djiboutian Economy:
Djibouti: an economy based on services (marine transport and telecommunications).
Access to the Ethiopian Market.
- The Republic of Djibouti
wishes to leverage its strategic position to be a
regional hub for the international trade, financial services, and telecommunications
- This small country (890,000 inhabitants) is also characterised by a
unique climate of security in this region
- Djibouti has created an enabling a good environment for the foreign direct investment (FDI)
- Around the Port of Djibouti and the Djibouti-Ethiopia Railway; it has been developed other key sectors: banking, insurance, and
distribution
- Djibouti, as other city-states like Singapore and Mauritius, wishes to take profit of its strategic position to become a regional centre in financial,
logistics, and telecommunications sectors
- The main
trading partner of Djibouti is France; but like the rest of Africa, China is every day more important in Djibouti
- The Republic of Djibouti offers access to many regional markets for companies seeking to expand their business.
- Djibouti has preferential access to the countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Arab world, the markets of the European Union, and the United States (AGOA)
- The Djiboutian economy depends on the services sector (87% of the gross domestic product)
- The Economic Growth of the port of Djibouti also has been allowed by substantial foreign investment from the United Arab Emirates;
in 2000, Dubai Ports (the third world port operator), has obtained the control of the port
- Headquarters of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)


Economic Organisations. Djibouti is a member of:
- Arab League (LAS)
- Afro-Arab Cooperation
- Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
- Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
- Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI)
- Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- Forum Africa (Djibouti) China
- Forum Africa (Djibouti) India
- African Development Bank
- Asia-Middle East Dialogue (Djibouti)
- Summit of South American-Arab Countries (Djibouti)
- Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
- Africa (Djibouti) - BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
- New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
- African Union (AU)
- United Nations (UN)
- World Bank
(WB)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
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