Umbuso weSwatini Swaziland Master International Business Lobamba Swazi students

- Introduction to the Southern Africa development community (SADC).
- The SADC programme of action SPA. Trade, industry, finance and investment (TIFI).
- The economy of the SADC Region. Investment outlook. Business environment.
- Impact of the global economic crisis on SADC economies.
- The SADC- European Union economic partnership agreement (EPA). FTA with EFTA.
- SADC Free trade area (FTA).
- Southern African Customs Union (SACU). FTA with India.

- Introduction to the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
- COMESA FTA Free trade area. Customs Union. Regional economy.
- The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank).
- The infrastructures in COMESA region.
- Case study: Investing in textile, Oil seeds and leather sector.

- Introduction to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). AGOA IV.
- Country, product and apparel eligibility.
- United States - Africa trade. Leading U.S. export markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Sub-Saharan African suppliers to the United States.
- U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Africa. Successes cases.
- African global competitiveness initiative (AGCI). Africa trade hubs.
- Case study: Handcrafts export growth in Ghana. Senegalese exporters. African Growers in Atlanta.
- Summaries in Spanish and French.

- The Africa - European Union strategic partnership.
- EU infrastructure trust fund for Africa.
- The Cotonou Agreement. The ACP group.
- Euro-Mediterranean partnership.
- European neighbourhood policy.
- EU bilateral relations with Africa. Trade development and cooperation agreement (TDCA) with South Africa. The EU-Algeria association agreement.
- Agreements with Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.

- India SACU Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA).
- Economic Relations between India and South Africa.

- Introduction to the African Union.
- Objectives and members.
- Regional economic communities: CEN-SAD, ECCAS, COMESA, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC, UMA.

- Introduction to the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development).
- NEPAD Secretariat. Socio-economic development.
- The African Peer review mechanism (APRM).
- African Regional economic communities (RECs).

- Introduction to the African Development Bank (AFDB).
- African Development Fund (ADF). Nigeria trust fund (NTF).
- Regional integration in Africa.
- African peer review mechanism. African women in business initiative.
- The Investment climate facility (ICF).
- Transport in Africa. CEMAC trade corridor project.
- Africa and the global crisis. Africa food crisis response.
- Multilateral debt relief initiative (MDRI).
- Financial instruments. Lending and non-lending instruments.
- Doing business with the African Development Bank. Procurement.
- Projects and operations. Project cycle.

- Introduction to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
- ECA member states. African Development Forum (ADF).
- Trade, finance and economic development division.
- Economic report on Africa (ERA).
- Procurement Unit: Doing business with UNECA.

- Introduction to the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation.
- China's African policy.
- FOCAC Summit Beijing and Sharm el-Sheikh.
- Sino-African foreign trade relations.

- Economic relationships between Africa and India.
- Africa - India framework for cooperation.
- Africa - India Forum Summit.
- Delhi declaration.

- Africa - South America Summit (ASA).
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the African Union.
- Declaration of Abuja and New Sparta. Marrakech plan of action.