Doing Business in Madagascar

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Syllabus of the Subject: Doing Business in Madagascar - Antananarivo.

  1. Introduction to the Republic of Madagascar (East Africa)
  2. Doing Business in Antananarivo and Toamasina
  3. Malagasy economy
  4. International Trade of Madagascar
  5. Ports of Madagascar
  6. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Madagascar
  7. Business Opportunities in Madagascar
    1. Tourism
    2. Agribusiness
    3. Mining
    4. Light Industries
    5. Information and communications technology (ICT)
    6. Infrastructure
  8. Case Study:
    1. Socota Group (Textiles and apparel)
    2. Madagascar Petroleum
  9. Economic Development Board of Madagascar
  10. Economic partnership agreement with the European Union (EU)
  11. Introduction to French
  12. Access to the Malagasy market
  13. Business Plan for Madagascar

The purposes of the subject “Foreign Trade and Doing Business in the Republic of Madagascar” are the folowing:

  1. To analyse the Malagasy economy and foreign trade
  2. To evaluate the business opportunities in the Republic of Madagascar
  3. To explore Madagascar's trade relations with the country of the student
  4. To know Madagascar's Free Trade Agreements
  5. To examine the profile of Malagasy companies
  6. To develop a business plan for the Malagasy market
The Subject (e-learning) “Doing Business in Madagascar” is part of the following Higher Education Programs taught by EENI (Business School) and the Hispano-African University of International Business:
  1. Doctorate in Business in Africa
  2. Professional Master's Programs (e-learning): Africa, International Business
  3. Course: East Africa
  4. Bachelor's Degree in Inter-African Business

African Student Master, EENI (Business School) and HA University

Course learning materials in Higher Education in English or Post-secondary Education in French Madagascar Tertiary Education in Spanish Madagascar Study in Portuguese Madagascar

  1. Credits of the subject “Foreign Trade and Doing Business in Madagascar”: 1 ECTS Credits
  2. Duration: one week

Sample of the subject (Doing Business in Madagascar):
Doing Business in Madagascar

Hispano-African University of International Business

Hispano-African University of International Business

Description of the Subject (Doing Business in Madagascar).

Madagascar: 50% of the World vanilla market. The Republic of Madagascar: one of the poorest African Countries.

  1. Malagasy Population: 25 million. Growth: 2,7%
  2. Life expectancy: 64 years
  3. Area: 587,295 square kilometres
  4. Capital: Antananarivo (2.1 million)
  5. Economic capital: Toamasina
  6. Official Languages: Malagasy and French
    1. English was official language from 2007 to 2010
  7. Nearest countries: Mozambique, the Comoros, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, the Seychelles, Swaziland, and Tanzania
  8. Abolition of Slavery in Madagascar: 1896
  9. Independence from France: 1960

Religions in Madagascar:

  1. African Traditional Religions (52%)
  2. Christianity (41%)

Madagascar belongs to the East African Economic Area (African Civilisation).

Ports of Madagascar

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Malagasy Economy:

  1. One of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
  2. Malagasy Economic growth: 2.6%
  3. Malagasy Inflation: 6.9%
  4. Main sector of the Malagasy economy is the agriculture
    1. 3.6 million tonnes of rice (the third African producer)
    2. 1 million tonnes of cereals (maize, potato)
    3. Fruits and vegetables
    4. Litchies: 70% share of the European market. The first world exporter
    5. 50% of the World's vanilla market
    6. The first world exporter of spices and other essential oils
  5. Malagasy industry (13% of GDP): soap production, food and tobacco processing, brewing, textiles, and leather
  6. Ranking in the Doing Business Index: 142
  7. Malagasy currency: Ariary (not convertible)

Madagascar Oil

Foreign Trade of Madagascar:

  1. Malagasy Exports: 1.251 million Dollars (FOB Value)
  2. Malagasy Imports: 2.619 million Dollars (CIF Value)
  3. Top Malagasy trading partners: France, Singapore, China, Germany, Canada, India, the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Spain
  4. Trade with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries: only 5.3% of the total exports/12% of the total imports
  5. Trade with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries: only 3% of the total exports/6.9% of the total imports
  6. Trade with the Indian Ocean Commission countries: only 3.1% of the total exports/5.5% of the total imports
  7. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Madagascar: 386 million Dollars

The mission of the Economic Development Board of Madagascar (Public body) is to encourage the foreign direct investments and create a friendly business climate. The Board has defined six strategic sectors for the development of the Malagasy economy: tourism, agribusiness, light manufacturing industry, Information and communication technologies (ICT), infrastructure, and mining.

Indian Ocean Commission

Madagascar has preferential access:

  1. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
  2. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
  3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
  4. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
  5. Indian Ocean Commission
  6. United States-Africa (AGOA)
  7. COMESA-United States Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
  8. Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership (European Union)
  9. Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)

Madagascar is a member of:

  1. African Development Bank
  2. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  3. New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
  4. African Union (AU) - Convention Combating Corruption
  5. Africa (Madagascar)-South America Summit (ASA)
  6. Africa (Madagascar)-Asia Strategic Partnership
  7. Afro-Arab Cooperation - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
  8. Relationships with China and India

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Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Southern African Development Community (Customs Union)

COMESA-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA)



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