Southern African Economic Area

1. Introduction to the Southern African Economic Area of African Civilization
2. Economic Profile of the Southern African Countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
3. Businesspeople of the Southern African Economic Area
4. Christianity in the Southern African Economic Area
5. Interactions of the Southern African Economic Area with other African Economic Areas (West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Maghrebian)
6. Interactions of the Southern African Economic Area with other economic areas
7. Logistics in Southern Africa
8. Economic Organizations related to Southern African Economic Area

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The goals of the module “Southern African Economic Area” are the following:

1. To define the economic characteristics of the Southern African Economic Area
2. To learn about economic profile of the Southern African Countries
3. To understand the influence of Christianity and African Traditional Religions on the Southern African Economic Area
4. To understand the economic integration process in the Southern African Economic Area
5. To analyze the main Businesspeople
6. To explore the economic relationships with others economic areas of other civilizations
7. To analyze the main Economic Organizations related to Southern African Economic Area

Module “Southern African Economic Area” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: Ethics, Religions & Business, African Business, World Trade.

Master in Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Languages: or ( Africa Austral Afrique Australe África Austral).

Download the syllabus “Southern African Economic Area” (PDF).

1. Credits: 1

Southern African Economic Area.

1. English is the main language in the Southern African region besides local languages
2. Trans-African corridors across Southern Africa are Cairo-Gaborone Logistics Corridor, Tripoli-Windhoek Logistics Corridor, Lobito Logistics Corridor, Beira-Lobito Logistics Corridor, and North-South Logistics Corridor, Asia-Africa Logistics Corridor

Personalities and Businesspeople of Southern Africa: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Patrice Motsepe, Bridgette Radebe, Irene Charnley, Sifiso Dabengwa, Wendy Appelbaum, Monica Katebe Musonda, Strive Masiyiwa, Cyril Ramaphosa, Cheryl Carolus, Rapelang Rabana, and Divine Ndhlukula.

In Southern Africa there are several Regional Economic Communities:

1. All Southern African Countries belong to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and therefore are members of COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement (Tripartite Agreement)
2. Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Eswatini are members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
3. Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
4. Zimbabwe and South Africa have a trade agreement
5. Zambia is a member of the Conference on the Great Lakes

Tripartite member countries

All Southern African Countries are members of the African Development Bank, AUDA-NEPAD, African Union, and Economic Commission for Africa.

Interactions of the Southern African Economic Area with other civilizations.

1. Lesotho and Zambia are beneficiaries of the SPG of the European Union
2. The European Union has Trade Agreements with South Africa and SADC
3. Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are members of the Africa-EU Partnership of the European Union
4. EFTA has a trade agreement with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
5. All Southern African Countries, except Zimbabwe, are beneficiaries of the AGOA of the United States
6. MERCOSUR has a trade agreement with SADC
7. South Africa is a member of the Indian-Ocean Rim Association
8. Bharat (India) has an agreement with the Southern African Customs Union
9. COMESA Countries are members of the COMESA-US Agreement
10. All Southern African Countries are beneficiaries of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), Afro-Arab Cooperation, Summit of South American-Arab Countries, Africa-Turkey Partnership, and the Asia-Middle East Dialogue

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