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, )

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

1. The Economic Integration in Southern Africa
2. Doing Business in the Southern African Countries (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Swaziland)
3. The 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 economy of the Southern African region and the 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 the 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) related to the Southern African markets
6. To know the Trans-African corridors and the largest ports in the Southern African region
7. To know the main Southern African Business Person
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 (PDF) of the African Civilisation (1 ECTS).

There are two main economic communities in Southern Africa:

1. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) (1.1 ECTS)
2. The 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. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) (2 ECTS)
2. The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA) (0.1 ECTS)

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

Trade Agreements related to the Southern African markets

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

2- Doing Business in the 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 (the second-largest African 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
   2. Desmond Tutu
5. Doing Business in Swaziland (0.5 ECTS)
6. Doing Business in Zambia (1 ECTS)
7. Doing Business in Zimbabwe (1 ECTS)

3- 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. The Port of Durban
2. The 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. India-Africa Forum
7. China-Africa Forum

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.

The 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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