AFRICA DOING BUSINESS

In this learning unit we will analyze the economy of African countries. First we will study the role of the global and regional institution, and the process of integration.

Course Contents

1. Introduction. Africa Economic Outlook.
2. Global Institutions and Africa.
3. Political and Economic Institutions. Economic agreements and free trade areas
4. Doing Business in Nigeria and South Africa
5. Country profiles.

The primary objective of this learning unit is to offer a global vision of Africa and the business opportunities in African countries.

Objectives:

• Learn about African Countries.
• Understand the various regional economic agreements and their relevance to both regional and world trade.
• Analysis of the main countries.
• To know where to find information.

Summary

• UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMISSION FOR AFRICA (UNECA). As the regional arm of the UN in Africa, it is mandated to support the economic and social development of its 53 member States, foster regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa's development. Analysis of the report: “Accelerating Africa’s Development through Diversification”.
• World Bank's strategy in Africa. Africa Development Indicators (ADI) 2007.
• European Union and Africa. The European Union provides approximately half of all public aid to the developing countries and is their main trading partner in many cases. Its activity covers all the regions of the world. The Cotonou Agreement provides the framework for a 20-year partnership for development aid to the 77 ACP countries, funded mainly by the European Development Fund.
• AGOA 2000 provides beneficiary countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with the most liberal access to the U.S. market available to any country or region with which we do not have a Free Trade Agreement.

• The African Development Bank
• African Union
• New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD
• The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA
• Community of Sahel-Saharan States CEN-SAD
• The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
• The Southern African Development Community (SADC)
• WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION (UEMOA)

• Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with an official population figure of 120 million (and the 11th in the world.) growing at an average annual rate of 2.3%. Hausa, Ibo and Yoruba are the major groups and constitute over 40 per cent of the population.
• South Africa today is one of the most sophisticated and promising emerging markets globally. The unique combination of a highly developed first-world economic infrastructure and a huge emergent market economy has given rise to a strong entrepreneurial and dynamic investment environment.

African Countries
The student can access to the online country guides and doing business information of all African Countries.

• Doing business in Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• Doing Business in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa Rep., Comoros, Congo, Congo Rep. Dem., Ivory Coast, Chad, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal and Togo.
• Doing Business in Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Equatorial Guinea.
• Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Libya, Tunisia and Sudan are available in "Muslims Countries" learning unit.

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