Course Business in Southern Africa

EENI- School of International Business

E-Learning Course “Doing Business in Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Zambia)” (14 ECTS, e-learning, )

Programme structure “Business in Southern Africa”

Six subjects compose the Course “Doing Business in Eastern Africa”:

1. Integration in Southern Africa
2. Doing Business in the Southern African Countries (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Swaziland)
3. Southern African Business People
4. Logistics in Southern Africa
   1. Trans-African Highways
   2. The largest Southern African ports
5. Other regional economic institutions and trade agreements in Southern Africa
6. Business Plan for the Southern African Markets

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The main objective of the course “International Trade and Business in Southern Africa” is to provide an overview of the region's economy and business opportunities in order:

1. To learn to do business in Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Swaziland)
2. To know the business opportunities in the Southern African region
3. To analyse international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) flows
4. To understand the importance of the SADC (Southern African Development Community), the SACU (Southern African Customs Union) and the Tripartite COMESA-EAC-SADC
5. To know the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in Southern Africa
6. To know the Trans-African corridors and the largest ports in the Southern African region
7. To know the main Southern African businessperson
8. To design a business plan for Southern Africa

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

Course “Doing Business in Southern Africa” - Syllabus:

1- Regional Economic Integration in Southern Africa.

The Southern African Economic Area of the African Civilisation (1 ECTS).

There are two main economic communities in Southern Africa:

1. Southern African Development Community (SADC) (1.1 ECTS)
2. Southern African Customs Union (SACU) (0.6 ECTS)

We must also consider the COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) and the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

1. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) (2 ECTS)
2. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA) (0.1 ECTS)

All the Southern African Countries belong both to the SADC and the tripartite agreement.

Trade Agreements

1. India-Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Agreement
2. United States-Africa (AGOA)
3. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
4. Cotonou Agreement
5. Generalised System of Preferences (EU-GSP)
6. EU-South Africa Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement
7. Southern African Customs Union (SACU)-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement

2- Doing Business in Southern African Countries.

The Southern African region consists of seven countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The economic engine in the region is South Africa (Africa's second-largest economy).

1. Doing Business in Botswana (1 ECTS)
2. Doing Business in Lesotho (0.5 ECTS)
3. Doing Business in Namibia (1 ECTS)
4. Doing Business in South Africa (3 ECTS)
   1. H.E. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
5. Doing Business in Swaziland (0.5 ECTS)
6. Doing Business in Zambia (1 ECTS)
7. Doing Business in Zimbabwe (1 ECTS)

3- The Southern African Business people (0.5 ECTS).

1. Cheryl Carolus
2. Rapelang Rabana
3. Cyril Ramaphosa
4. Wendy Appelbaum
5. Bridgette Radebe
6. Irene Charnley
7. Patrice Motsepe
8. Divine Ndhlukula
9. Strive Masiyiwa
10. Sifiso Dabengwa
11. Monica Katebe Musonda

4- Logistics in Southern Africa (0.7 ECTS).

4.1 Trans-African corridors:

1. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor
2. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
3. Beira-Lobito Corridor
4. North-South Corridor
5. Lobito Corridor

4.2 The largest ports in Southern Africa

1. Port of Durban
2. Port of Walvis Bay

5- Other regional economic institutions and trade agreements in Southern Africa (Summary).

1. African Development Bank
2. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
3. New Partnership for Africa (NEPAD)
4. African Union (AU)
5. Africa-South America Summit (ASA)
6. Forum India-Africa
7. Forum China-Africa

6- Business Plan for the Southern African Markets.

The course “Doing Business in Southern Africa” includes the Market Access Tool:

The main religion in Southern Africa is Christianity.

The main business language is English.

SADC and COMESA countries analysed in...

1. Central Africa: Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda
2. East Africa: The Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda

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