E-Learning Diploma: Business in East Africa

1. The East African Economic Area of the African Civilisation
2. Economic Integration in East Africa
3. Doing Business in the East African Countries (Burundi, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, the Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda)
4. East African businesspeople
5. Logistics in East Africa
   1. Trans-African Roads related to East Africa
   2. Largest East African Ports
6. Other regional economic institutions and trade agreements in East Africa
7. Business Plan for the East African Markets

The main objective of the Diploma is to provide an overview of the economy and the business opportunities in East Africa in order:

1. To learn to do business in East Africa (Burundi, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, the Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda)
2. To know the business opportunities in the East African Markets
3. To analyse foreign trade (Import, Export) and foreign direct investment flows in East Africa
4. To understand the importance of the EAC (East African Community), IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development), COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) and COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
5. To know the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) related to East Africa
6. To know the largest ports and Trans-African corridors in the East African region
7. To know the main East African business person
8. To develop a business plan for East Africa

Course intended for all those wanting to specialise in the East African Markets.

This Diploma contains exercises that are evaluated, which the student must work out and pass to obtain the Professional Diploma “Foreign Trade and Business in East Africa” issued by EENI Global Business School.

Students who have taken this Diploma can validate and register for a Master or Doctorate at EENI.

This Diploma belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI:

1. Doctorates: African Business, World Trade
2. Doctorate in Business in the Islamic Countries (countries included Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania)
3. Masters: Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade, Muslim Countries

Diploma “Foreign Trade and Business in East Africa” - Syllabus:

1- Economic Integration in East Africa:

The East African Economic Area (PDF) of the African Civilisation.

1. Religions in East Africa:
   1. Islam
   2. Christianity
   3. African Traditional Religions

There are three main economic communities in East Africa:

1. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
2. East African Community (EAC)
3. Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Several East African Countries also belong to:

1. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
2. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

Furthermore, there are the following regional economic organisations:

1. International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
2. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
3. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
4. Nile Basin Initiative (NBI)
5. Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
6. Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region (CEPGL)
7. Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
8. African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Free Trade Agreements (FTA) related to East Africa:

1. MERCOSUR-Egypt
2. Agadir Agreement
3. India-Mauritius FTA
4. East African Community-U.S. Trade Agreement
5. COMESA-U.S. Trade Agreement
6. Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership
7. United States-Africa (AGOA)
8. Islamic Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC)

2- Doing Business in the East African Countries:

The East African region consists of eighteen countries:

1. Doing Business in Burundi
2. Doing Business in the Comoros
3. Doing Business in Djibouti
4. Doing Business in Egypt
5. Doing Business in Eritrea
6. Doing Business in Ethiopia
7. Doing Business in Kenya
   1. Bethwell Ogot
   2. Ali Al'amin Mazrui
8. Doing Business in Madagascar
9. Doing Business in Malawi
10. Doing Business in Mauritius
11. Doing Business in Mozambique
12. Doing Business in Rwanda
13. Doing Business in the Seychelles
14. Doing Business in Somalia
15. Doing Business in Sudan
16. Doing Business in South Sudan
17. Doing Business in Tanzania
18. Doing Business in Uganda

3- East African Businessman

Egypt:

1. Tarek Talaat Moustafa
2. Hassan Abdalla
3. Mohamed Mansour
4. Onsi Sawiris
5. Ahmed Mekky
6. Minoush Abdel-Meguid

Ethiopia:

1. Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi
2. Mimi Alemayehou

Kenya:

1. Naushad N. Merali
2. Bhimji Depar Shah

Somalia:

1. Iman

Sudan:

1. Mohamed Ibrahim
2. Osama Abdul Latif

Tanzania:

1. Mohammed Dewji
2. Said Salim Bakhresa
3. Reginald Mengi

4- Logistics in East Africa.

1- East African Ports

1. Kenya: Port of Mombasa (the largest port in East Africa)
2. Tanzania: Port of Dar es-Salaam
3. Mozambique: Port of Maputo
4. Djibouti: Port of Djibouti
5. Sudan: Port Sudan
6. Madagascar: Ports of Madagascar
7. Egyptian ports. Suez Canal

2- African Highways Networks.

1. Northern Corridor
2. N’Djamena-Djibouti Corridor
3. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
4. Beira-Lobito Corridor
5. Lagos-Mombasa Corridor
6. North-South Corridor
7. Central Corridor
8. Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

5- Business Plan for East Africa

The Diploma includes the Market Access Tool:

1. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
2. Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
3. Africa-India Economic Cooperation
4. African Development Bank (AfDB)
5. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
6. African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
7. African Union (AU)
8. Africa-South America Summit
9. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
10. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
11. Arab League (LAS)
12. Asia-Middle East Dialogue (AMED)

Note - COMESA and SADC countries are analysed in:

1. Central Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. Southern Africa: South Africa, Eswatini (Swaziland), Zambia, and Zimbabwe
3. Libya is analysed in the Maghreb.

Masters and Doctorates in Global Business adapted to the Eastern African Students: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Malawi, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda

EENI African Students:

EENI African Portal

Area of Knowledge: Africa - Diplomas: Doing Business