Business in Benin, Cotonou, Porto Novo

1. Introduction to the Republic of Benin (West Africa)
2. Beninese Economy
3. International Trade of Benin
4. Port of Cotonou
5. Business and Investment Opportunities in Benin
   1. Beninese Agriculture sector
   2. Mines and Hydrocarbons
   3. Tourism
   4. Infrastructure
   5. Transport and Logistics
6. Access to the Beninese market
7. Business Plan for Benin

Sample:

The educational aims of the Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Benin” are:

1. To analyze the Beninese Economy, Logistics and Global Trade
2. To conduct research on business opportunities in Benin
3. To explore the Beninese trade relations with the student's country
4. To develop a business plan for the Beninese market

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Benin” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate in African Business.

Master in Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Languages: or Bénin Benin Benin.

1. Subject Credits “Doing Business in Benin”: 2

Area of Knowledge: Africa.

1. Port of Cotonou
2. Dakar-Benin-Lagos Logistics Corridor
3. Benin-Niger-Burkina Faso-Ivory Coast Railway loop

Beninese Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Benin and the West African Economic Area
2. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
3. West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
4. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
5. African Continental Free Trade Area
6. Islamic Trade Preferential System
7. Niger Basin Authority
8. Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
9. Global System of Trade Preferences
10. The United States-Benin:
    1. AGOA (U.S.)
    2. US-WAEMU Agreement
11. European Union-Benin:
    1. GSP
    2. Africa-EU Partnership

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. Rotterdam Rules

1. Economic Commission for Africa
2. African Union 
   1. AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption
   2. AUDA-NEPAD
   3. Africa Agriculture Development Programme
3. African Development Bank
4. Africa-India Cooperation
5. Africa-BRICS
6. Africa-Turkey Partnership
7. Africa-Asia Partnership
8. China-Africa Cooperation

1. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
2. Islamic Development Bank
3. Afro-Arab Cooperation
4. Arab Bank for Africa (BADEA)

Global Economic Organizations of Benin

1. United Nations
2. World Bank
3. World Trade Organization (WTO)
4. International Monetary Fund

1. Cotonou is the economic capital of Benin
2. Porto-Novo, the administrative capital of Benin, is the second-largest Beninese city (232,000 people)
3. Largest cities: Cotonou, Porto-Novo, Abomey-Calavi, Djougou, Kétou, and Parakou
4. Borders of Benin: Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo, and Nigeria
5. Beninese Area: 112,622 km²
6. Beninese Population: 10.3 million people
   1. Songhai
7. Official language of Benin: French
8. Local Beninese languages: Fon, Yoruba, and Nagot

More information about Benin (EENI African Business Portal).

Main religions in Benin:

1. Christianity (Catholicism: 1.7 million)
2. African Traditional Religions
3. Islam

Benin belongs to the West African Economic Area.

Beninese Economy:

1. Cotonou is the economic capital of Benin
2. Porto-Novo, the administrative capital, is the second largest city (232,000 people)
3. Top exports of Bebin: raw cotton (80%), groundnuts, and palm oil