Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, Kenya, India

1. Introduction to the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
2. The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor as an alternative of India and Japan to the New Silk Road led by China
3. The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor: a key project of the Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
4. Main characteristics of the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
5. Asian member countries: Bangladesh, India, Iran, Japan, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
6. African member countries: Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Sample - African Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

The Subject “Asia-Africa Growth Corridor” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: Road transport, Multimodal Transport, Rail transport.

Training: East Africa, Southern Africa.

Certificate in International Transport

Masters: Transport in Africa, Business in Africa.

Doctorate: Global Logistics, African Business.

Languages: or Corridor de croissance Asie-Afrique Corredor Asia-África Corredor Ásia-África.

Its main objective is the creation of an Afro-Indo-Asian Economic Area through:

1. Development and cooperation projects
2. Quality infrastructure (transport, corridors) and institutional connectivity
3. Enhancement of skills and abilities
4. Person-to-person (P2P) associations

India channels its cooperation with Africa through the Africa-India Cooperation.

1. Mauritius is considered as the Indian gateway to Africa
2. India is part of the Africa-BRICS Cooperation
3. Bangladesh-Myanmar Logistics Corridor

Japan channels its cooperation with Africa through the Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

The Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership NAASP is the framework for economic collaboration between the two regions.

The Indian-Ocean Rim Association plays a key role in the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor strategy.

The IORA is made up of 20 countries from (not all of them are part of the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor):

1. Asia: Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand
2. Africa: the Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania
3. Middle East: Oman, the Emirates, and Yemen

Main related African ports:

1. Port of Mombasa
2. Ports of Madagascar
3. Port of Dar es-Salaam

Sample:

Trans-African Transport Corridors.

1. Northern Logistics Corridor
2. Cairo-Gaborone Logistics Corridor
3. Lagos-Mombasa Logistics Corridor
4. North-South Logistics Corridor
5. Central Logistics Corridor

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Other African corridors related to the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor:

1. Beira-Lobito Transport Corridor (Angola)
2. Lobito Logistics Corridor

African Regional Economic Communities related to the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

1. East African Community (EAC): Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan
2. Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD): Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda
3. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Burundi, Comoros, the DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Djibouti, Zambia and Zimbabwe
4. Southern African Development Community (SADC): Angola, Botswana, the Comoros, the DR Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Seychelles, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe
5. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite: all the African countries of the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor are members of the tripartite agreement
6. Nile Basin Initiative: Burundi, the DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda
7. Conference on the Great Lakes: Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
8. Indian Ocean Commission: the Comoros, the Reunion Island, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles

Trade relations of African Countries of the corridor with the United States:

1. COMESA-United States Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
2. East African Community-U.S. Agreement
3. AGOA

Relations of African Countries of the corridor with the EU

1. Africa-European Union Strategic Partnership
2. GSP

Trade Agreements:

1. Almost all African Countries in the corridor have trade agreements with India
2. Mauritius: India, Turkey, EFTA and Pakistan
3. India has a trade agreement with the SACU (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, and Namibia). Although none of these countries is a member of the corridor)

Main African Institutions:

1. African Union
2. AUDA-NEPAD
3. African Development Bank
4. Economic Commission for Africa

Asian countries of the corridor

Asian regional economic communities related to the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

1. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka
2. Bay of Bengal Initiative: Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand
3. Asian Clearing Union: Bangladesh, India, Iran, Myanmar, Maldives and Sri Lanka
4. South Asia Economic Cooperation (SASEC): Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka
5. Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO): Iran
6. Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD): Iran and Mongolia
7. APEC: Japan, Singapore and Thailand
8. ASEAN: Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand
   1. ASEAN Economic Community
   2. ASEAN Free Trade Area
   3. ASEAN Growth Triangle (IMT-GT): Thailand
   4. Mekong Economic Cooperation: Myanmar y  Thailand
9. Greater Mekong Subregion: Myanmar and Thailand

Sample:

Asian Trade Agreements related to countries of the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC)

1. Trade Agreements of India: Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore, Mauritius, Maldives, ASEAN
2. Trade Agreements of Bangladesh: India, Sri Lanka
3. Economic Association Agreements of Japan: Singapore, ASEAN
4. Trade Agreements of Myanmar: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
5. Trade Agreements of Singapore: India, Japan
6. Trade Agreements of Sri Lanka: India, Bangladesh
7. Trans-Pacific Partnership: Singapore and Japan
8. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement: Bangladesh, India, Mongolia and Sri Lanka
9. Islamic Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC)

Main Asian institutions related to the Corridor

1. Asian Development Bank
2. Economic Commission for Asia (ESCAP)
3. Boao Forum for Asia
4. Colombo Plan
5. Asia Cooperation Dialogue

Main Islamic institutions

1. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
2. Islamic Development Bank

The main Religions of the region of the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor are:

1. Christianity
2. Islam
3. Hinduism
4. Buddhism

The Asia-Africa Growth Corridor belongs to:

1. Southern African Economic Area
2. East African Economic Area
3. Hindu Economic Area
4. Buddhist Economic Area
5. Central Eurasian Economic Area

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