Central African Economic Area

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The Central African Economic Area of the African Civilisation. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Central African Economic Area of the African Civilisation
2. Christianity in the Central African Economic Area
3. The Economic Profile of the Central African Countries
4. Business People in the Central African Economic Area
5. Interactions of the Central African Economic Area with the rest of the African Economic Areas (West Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa, and Maghrebian)
6. Interactions of the Central African Economic Area with the economic areas of the other civilisations
7. Logistics in Central Africa
8. Economic Organisations related to the Central African Economic Area

The objectives of the subject “The Central African Economic Area” are the following:

1. To define the economic characteristics of the Central African Economic Area
2. To know the economic profile of the Central African Countries
3. To understand the influence of Christianity on the Central African Economic Area
4. To understand the processes of economic integration in the Central African Economic Area
5. To analyse the main business people in the Central Africa
6. To explore the economic relationships with the Economic Areas of the other civilisations
7. To analyse the main economic organisations related to the Central African Economic Area

Description of the Subject: The Central African Economic Area

The Central African Economic Area consists of eleven countries: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Sao Tome and Principe.

1. French is the main language in Central Africa
2. Portuguese is spoken in Angola and Sao Tome and Spanish in Equatorial Guinea
3. One should also take into account the hundreds of the Central African languages
4. From the economic integration, Burundi and Rwanda also belongs to the East African Economic Area
5. The main religion in Central Africa is Christianity
6. 44% of the Chadian population is Muslim
7. The largest Central African economy is Angola
8. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon are also two important regional players
9. The largest ports in Central Africa are the Port of Duala, Port of Libreville, Port of Luanda and Lobito, Port of Pointe Noire, and Port of Malabo
10. Trans-African corridors across Central Africa: the Lobito Corridor, Beira-Lobito Corridor, Northern Corridor, Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor, Central Corridor, North-South Corridor, N’Djamena-Djibouti Corridor, Trans-Sahelian Highway, and Lagos-Mombasa Corridor

Personalities and businesswomen of the Central Africa: Théophile Obenga, Elikia M'Bokolo, Isabel dos Santos, and Amini Kajunju

There are three important processes of economic integration in Central Africa:

1. Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, and Chad are members of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) (fully operational)
2. Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Sao Tome and Principe are members of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
3. Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda are members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and therefore of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
4. Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
5. Rwanda and Burundi are members of the East African Community (EAC)
6. Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are members of the Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)

Other trade agreements and economic institutions in Central Africa.

1. Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda are part of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region (CEPGL)
2. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda are members of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
3. Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda are members of the Nile Basin Initiative
4. The Central African Republic and Chad are part of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
5. Cameroon and Chad are members of the Niger Basin Authority

Interactions of the Central African Economic Area with the other civilisations

Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Burundi, and the Central African Republic are beneficiaries of the Generalised System of Preferences (SPG) of the EU and the Cotonou Agreement of the European Union (EU).

All the Central African Countries are beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) of the United States.

The Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-TPS)

1. No country in Central Africa has signed the Framework Agreement + PRETAS (Protocol on the Preferential Tariff Scheme) + Rules of origin
2. Chad and Gabon only have signed the Framework Agreement

All the Central African Countries are members of the African Development Bank, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the African Union (UA), and the Economic Commission for Africa (CEA).

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