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Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Namibia - Windhoek (Course, Master).

1. Introduction to the Republic of Namibia (Southern Africa)
2. Doing Business in Windhoek and Walvis Bay
3. Namibian Economy
4. International Trade of Namibia
   1. Directorate of Customs and Excise
   2. Namibian Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
      1. Implications for Namibia of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
5. Case Study:
   1. Walvis Bay Export Processing Zone
   2. Namibian Dairy Sector
6. Investment opportunities in Namibia
7. Cost of doing business in Namibia
8. Access to the Namibian Market
9. Business Plan for Namibia

1. Port of Walvis Bay
2. Logistics Corridors in Namibia: Walvis Bay, Trans-Oranje, Trans-Caprivi, and Trans-Cunene
3. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor

Namibian Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and preferential access:

1. Namibia and the Southern African Economic Area
2. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
4. African Continental Free-Trade Area (AfCFTA)
5. Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
   1. India-Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Agreement
   2. Preferential market access arrangements with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the MERCOSUR
6. Namibia-European Union
   1. Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership (Cotonou Agreement)
   2. Generalised System of Preferences (EU-GSP)
7. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) (US)

The objectives of the Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Namibia” are the following:

1. To analyse the Namibian economy and foreign trade
2. To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Namibia
3. To explore the Namibian trade relations with the country of the student
4. To know the Namibian Free Trade Agreements
5. To develop a business plan for the Namibian Market

Example of the Subject - Doing Business in Namibia:

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Description of the Subject (Doing Business in Namibia).

1. The Republic of Namibia (Africa) shares borders with Angola, Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa
2. Namibian Government: Multiparty Parliament with Democratic Constitution
3. Official language of Namibia: English
4. Other Namibian languages: Afrikaans, Herero, Lozi, Kwangali, Oshiwambo, and Tswana
5. Capital of Namibia: Windhoek
6. Namibian Population: 2.6 million people
   1. Bantu
7. Namibian Area: 825,615 square kilometres
8. Independence of Namibia from South Africa in 1990
9. Currency of Namibia: Namibian Dollar (ET) and South African Rand (ZAR)
10. History of Namibia

More information about Namibia (African Portal - EENI Global Business School).

1. Regions of Namibia

Main religions in Namibia:

1. Christianity (90% of Namibian population)
2. African Traditional Religions

Namibia belongs to the Southern African Economic Area (African Civilisation).

Economic Profile of Namibia:

Namibian economy is based on mining and livestock. A diamonds, minerals, fish, meat, and livestock exporter.

1. Free market economy
2. Namibian GDP: 12.30 billion dollars
3. GDP growth rate: 4.2%
4. Top Namibian economic sectors: agriculture (7% of the GDP), industry (20%), and services (73%)
5. Namibian Inflation: 5.6%
6. Top Namibian exports: diamonds, minerals, fish, meat, livestock
7. Top Namibian export markets: South Africa, the United Kingdom, Angola, Spain, France, Switzerland, the United States, and Canada
8. Top Namibian imports: food and beverages, vehicles, and machinery
9. Top Namibian providers: South Africa, Germany, India, China, Japan, the United States, and France
10. Principal resources of Namibia: diamonds, cattle, uranium, fish, and marine products

The Walvis Bay Corridor is a PPP (Public Private Partnership) composed by four trans-corridors (Caprivi, Kalahari, Cunene and Orange) and the port of Walvis Bay. One of the objectives of this corridor is to create a transport hub in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.

Logistics Corridors in Namibia:

Namibia is a member of:

1. African Union (AU)
2. African Development Bank
3. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
4. New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
5. Forum India-Namibia
6. Forum China-Namibia
7. Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
8. International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Custom Organisation, World Bank (WB), World Trade Organisation (WTO), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), Commonwealth of Nations, African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) countries

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