Southern African Development Community

1. Introduction to the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
   1. History of the Southern African Development Community
   2. Main institutions of SADC
   3. SADC Treaty (1992)
2. Economic Profile of SADC Region: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
3. Strategic Plans
4. Economic Development
5. Trade in SADC region
   1. SADC Agreement
   2. Trade Liberalization
   3. Customs and Trade Facilitation
   4. Competition Policy
   5. Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
   6. Trade in Services
   7. SADC Trade Development Programme
6. Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan
7. Directorate of Trade, Industry, Finance, and Investment
8. Integration Process in the Southern African Development Community
   1. Free Trade Area (2008)
   2. Customs Union (2010)
   3. Common Market (2015)
   4. Monetary Union (2016)
   5. Single Currency (2018)
9. Regional Economic Integration Support Programme
10. Infrastructure and Services in SADC Region
    1. Transport in the Southern African Development Community Region
    2. Maritime, ports, and inland waterways
    3. Corridors in SADC region: Maputo Development Corridor, North-South, Dar es-Salaam Corridor, Beira, and Nacala Multimodal Corridor
    4. Information and communication technologies (ICT) and Telecommunications
    5. Tourism
    6. Food, agriculture, and natural resources
    7. Southern Africa Trade Hub

1. European Union-SADC Agreement
2. Agreement with EFTA
3. Preferential Trade Agreement with MERCOSUR
4. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement

Sample - Southern African Development Community (SADC)

The educational aims of the Subject “Southern African Development Community (SADC)” are:

1. To understand the purposes and the affiliated institutions of SADC
2. To assess the benefits for the member countries of SADC and cooperation areas
3. To research the economic integration process: Free Trade Area, Customs Union, Common Market, Economic and Monetary Union, and Single Currency of SADC
4. To analyze intra-SADC trade
5. To learn about Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan
6. To explore SADC Free Trade Agreements

The Subject “Southern African Development Community (SADC)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate in African Business.

Master in Business in Africa, International Business.

Business in Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa.

Languages: or Communauté de développement de l’Afrique australe (SADC) Comunidad de Desarrollo del África Austral (SADC) Comunidade para o Desenvolvimento da África Austral (SADC).

1. Subject Credits “Southern African Development Community (SADC)”: 1

Southern African Development Community (SADC).

1. The Comoros is a member of the Southern African Development Community since August 20, 2017
2. SADC was formed in 1992
3. SADC headquarters are in Gaborone (Botswana)
4. The Southern African Development Community Customs Union has not yet been established
5. Only five Member States have signed the Southern African Customs Union: Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini

The objectives of SADC are to:

1. Reach development and economic growth in the Southern Africa region
2. Alleviate poverty
3. Improve standard and quality of life of Southern African people
4. Support to the socially disadvantaged through regional trade integration

The economy of SADC region:

1. SADC Population: 277 million people
2. Economic growth in the Southern African Development Community region remained robust in the last years
3. Services sectors: 50% of SADC GDP
4. Industry: 32%
5. Top intra-SADC trade export products: petroleum, agricultural goods, electricity, and textile
6. Main markets of SADC products are APEC Markets (45%), the EU (27%), Intra-SADC (10%), and other African Countries (3%)
7. Some economies of SADC region benefited from the Foreign Trade gains resulting from wave in commodity prices
8. Southern African Customs Union (SACU): the Republic of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini
9. The Southern African Development Community region has been affected by reduction in international and cross-border financial flows (global crisis) and falling the real economic growth and Foreign Trade flows

All SADC countries are predominantly Christian.

SADC belongs to African Civilization.

1. Southern African Economic Area
2. East African Economic Area
3. Central African Economic Area

Trans-African corridors in SADC region:

1. Lobito Logistics Corridor
2. Tripoli-Windhoek Logistics Corridor
3. Cairo-Gaborone Logistics Corridor
4. Beira-Lobito Logistics Corridor
5. Lagos-Mombasa
6. North-South Logistics Corridor
7. Asia-Africa Logistics Corridor

Largest ports in SADC region: Durban, Luanda, Maputo, Walvis Bay, Dar es-Salaam.

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