Southern African Development Community (SADC)

The objectives of the subject “Southern African Development Community (SADC)” are the following:

1. To understand the aims and the affiliated institutions of the Southern African Development Community (SADC);
2. To assess the benefits for the member countries of the SADC and the areas of cooperation;
3. To analyze the economic integration process: Free-Trade Area, Customs Union, Common Market, Economic and Monetary Union, and Single Currency of the SADC;
4. To analyze the intra-SADC trade;
5. To know the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan;
6. To explore the SADC Free Trade Agreements.

The Subject “Southern African Development Community (SADC)” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: African Business, World Trade.

Masters: Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Courses: Business in Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa.

Languages: or Communauté de développement de l’Afrique australe (SADC) Comunidad de Desarrollo del África Austral (SADC) Comunidade para o Desenvolvimento da África Austral (SADC).

1. Credits of the Subject “Southern African Development Community (SADC)”: 1 ;
2. Duration: one week.

Southern African Development Community (SADC).

The member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

1. The Comoros is a member of the Southern African Development Community since August 20, 2017;
2. SADC was formed in 1992;
3. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) headquarters are in Gaborone (Botswana);
4. The Southern African Development Community Customs Union has not yet been established;
5. Only five Member States have signed the Southern African Customs Union: Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini (Swaziland).

The objectives of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are to:

1. Reach the development and the economic growth in the Southern Africa region;
2. Alleviate poverty;
3. Improve the standard and quality of life of the Southern African people;
4. Support to the socially disadvantaged through the regional trade integration.

The economy of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region:

1. SADC Population: 277 million people;
2. Economic growth in the Southern African Development Community region remained robust in the last years;
3. Economic growth (averaged): 5.4%;
4. Services sectors: 50% of the SADC GDP;
5. Industry: 32%;
6. Total imports: 91,608 million dollars;
7. Total exports: 89,151 million dollars;
8. Top intra-SADC trade export products: petroleum, agricultural goods, electricity, and textile;
9. The main markets of the SADC products are the APEC Markets (45%), the European Union (27%), Intra-SADC (10%), and other African Countries (3%);
10. Some economies of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region benefited from the Foreign Trade gains resulting from wave in commodity prices;
11. Southern African Customs Union (SACU): the Republic of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini (Swaziland);
12. The Southern African Development Community region has been affected by reduction in international and cross-border financial flows (global crisis) and falling the real economic growth and foreign trade flows.

All the SADC countries are predominantly Christian.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) belongs to the African Civilization.

1. Southern African Economic Area;
2. East African Economic Area;
3. Central African Economic Area.

Trans-African corridors in the SADC region:

1. Lobito Corridor;
2. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor;
3. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor;
4. Beira-Lobito Corridor;
5. Lagos-Mombasa;
6. North-South Corridor;
7. Asia-Africa Corridor.

Largest ports in the SADC region: Durban, Luanda, Maputo, Walvis Bay, Dar es-Salaam.

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