White Paper UP2gether: The Economic Regional Communities in Africa

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THE PILLARSOF

AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

The African continent:54 states, 5 active economic pillars

Knowing the Regional Economic Communitiesallows the entrepreneurto structure a strategy

for the internationalization of his company.



!! members of the pillars of the AEC!! signatory states of the EAC Treaty,but not participating in any pillar

Organization of theAfrican Union stateswhich is the basis formutual economicdevelopment among themajority of African nations,founded with the AbujaTreaty, signed in 1991 andentered into force in 1994.

AEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

in french:AEC - Communautééconomique Africaine



REC pillars activeof the African Economic Community!! COMESA!! EAC!! ECCAS!! ECOWAS!! SADC

The stated objectives ofthe organization includethe creation of:! free trade areas! customs unions! a single market! a central bank! a common currencycoming so to create aneconomic and monetaryunion.

The regional integrationagreements reducebarriers to businesstransactions and supportthe economy anddevelopment.

in french:AEC - Communautééconomique Africaine

AEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY



in french:CERs - CommunautésEconomiques Régionales

RECS - REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIESAEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

Pillars

AECAfrican Economic Community

ECOWAS - CEDEAOEconomic Community of West

African States

ECCAS - CEEACEconomic Community of Central

African States

SADCSouthern African Development

Community

COMESACOMESA - Common Market for

Eastern and Southern Africa

IGADIntergovernamental Authority on

Development

CEN-SADThe Community of Sahel-

Saharan States

EACEast African Community

AMU/UMAArab Maghreb Union

Area (km!)

29.910.442

5.112.903

6.667.421

9.882.959

12.873.957

5.233.604

1.817.945

5.782.140

Population

853.520.010

251.646.263

121.245.958

233.944.179

406.102.471

187.969.775

124.858.568

84.185.073

Member States

53

25

15

11

15

20

7

5

Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia,Ghana, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger,

Nigeria, Central African Republic, Senegal, Sierra Leone , Somalia, Sudan,Togo, Tunisia

Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Cape Verde

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DRC, EquatorialGuinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique,Namibia, DRC, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia,

Zimbabwe

Angola, Burundi, Comoros, DRC, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya,Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan,

Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

5 Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia



RECS - REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIESAEC - AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

PILLARS FREE TRADEAREA

2019

CUSTOMSUNION

2019

ONE AND ONLYMARKET

2023 2028

MONETARYUNION

VISASABOLITION

ABOLITION OFINTERNALBORDERS

POLITICALPACT

DEFENSIVEPACT

ECONOMIC AND MONETARYUNION FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT

AEC

ECOWAsCEDEAO

ECCASCEEAC

SADC

COMESA

IGAD

CEN-SAD

EAC

AMU - UMA

2028

Common Proposed 2007 ?? Proposed In force Proposed Proposed In force

UEMOA In force In force In force

WAMZ 2009 ??

Common 2007 ?? 2011 ?? Proposed Proposed Proposed In force

CEMAC In force In force In force

Comune 2008 ?? 2010 ?? 2015 ?? 2016 ??

SACU In force In force In forcede factu

In force In force 2009 ?? 2019 ?? Proposed 2010 ??

In force 2008 ?? 2018 ??

2010 ??

in french:CERs - CommunautésEconomiques Régionales



in french:CEDEAO - Communautééconomique des États del'Afrique de l'ouest

ECOWAS - ECONOMIC COMMUNITYOF WEST AFRICAN STATES

WWW.ECOWAS.INT

• Benin• Burkina Faso• Cape Verde• Ivory Coast• Gambia• Ghana• Guinea• Guinea-Bissau• Liberia• Mali• Niger• Nigeria• Senegal• Sierra Leone• Togo

Economic agreementsigned by sixteen WestAfrican states in 1975.



WWW.UEMOA.INT

UEMOA - ECONOMIC AND WEST AFRICANMONETARY UNION

• Benin• Burkina Faso• Ivory Coast• Guinea Bissau• Mali• Niger• Senegal• Togo

A single currency:the Franc CFA with a fixedexchange rate tied to theEuro:

1 ! = 655 957 F CFA in french:UEMOA - Unionéconomique et MonétaireOuest Africaine



• Angola• Burundi• Cameroon• Central African Republic• Chad• Congo• Equatorial Guinea• Gabon• DRC• Rwanda• São Tomé and Príncipe

in french:CEEAC - Communautééconomique des Étatsd'Afrique centrale

WWW.CEEAC-ECCAS.ORG

ECCAS - ECONOMIC COMMUNITYOF CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES

Founded October 18, 1983,ECCAS is an organizationthat promotes regionaleconomic cooperation inCentral Africa



CEMAC - ECONOMIC AND MONETARYCOMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA

• Cameroon• Chad• Congo• Gabon• Equatorial Guinea• Central African Republic

International organizationfounded in 1964, theCEMAC: Economic andMonetary Community ofCentral Africa, promoteseconomic integrationbetween 6 Central Africancountries with a commoncurrency, the CFA franc(XAF).

WWW.CEMAC.INT

in french:CEMAC - Communauté économiquedes États d'Afrique centrale



WWW.SADC.INT

SADC - SOUTHERN AFRICANDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

in french:SADC - Communauté dedéveloppement d'Afriqueaustrale

• Angola• Botswana• RDC• Lesotho• Madagascar• Malawi• Mauritius• Mozambico• Namibia• Seychelles• Sudafrica• Swaziland• Tanzania• Zambia• Zimbabwe

Southern African regionalinternational organization thatpursues cooperation and socio-economic as well as politicalcooperation and security in fifteencountries.



SACU - SOUTHERN AFRICAN CUSTOMS UNION

in french:SACU - Union douanièred'Afrique australe

WWW.SACU.INT

• Botswana• Lesotho• Namibia• Sudafrica• Swaziland

The oldest customs unionin the world, was foundedin 1910 as a CustomsUnion Agreement (CustomsUnion Agreement) andofficially entered into forceon 1 March 1970 as SACU.



EAC - EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

in french:EAC - Communautéd'Afrique de l'Est

• Burundi• Kenya• Rwanda• Tanzania• Uganda

African EconomicCommunity, established in2000, has its headquartersin Arusha, Tanzania.

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WWW.COMESA.INT

COMESA - COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN ANDSOUTHERN AFRICA

in french:COMESA - Marché commun de l'Afriqueorientale et australe

• Burundi• Comoros• DRC• Egypt• Eritrea• Ethiopia• Djibouti• Kenya• Libya• Madagascar• Malawi• Mauritius• Rwanda• Seychelles• Sudan• Swaziland• Uganda• Zambia• Zimbabwe

In 2008 COMESA joinedAfrican Free Trade Area(AFTZ), which includesmembers of two otherAfrican trade blocs: theEast African Community(EAC) and the SouthernAfrican DevelopmentCommunity (SADC).



WWW.IGAD.INT

IGAD - INTERGOVERNAMENTAL AUTHORITYON DEVELOPMENT

in french:IGAD - Autorité intergouvernementalepour le développement

• Somalia• Eritrea• Ethiopia• Kenya• Sudan• Uganda• Djibouti• South Sudan

International political andcommercial organizationfounded in 1986. In 1996 itwas established the IGADPartners Forum betweenIGAD member countriesand various Europeancountries, with the WorldBank, the EuropeanCommission, the UNSecretariat, the UnitedNations DevelopmentProgramme, the UN HighCommissioner refugee andFAO.



CEN-SAD - THE COMMUNITYOF SAHEL-SAHARAN STATES

in french:CEN-SAD - Communauté des EtatsSahélo-Sahariens

CEN-SAD was establishedFebruary 4, 1998 as aresult of the Conference ofLeaders and Heads ofStates held in Tripoli(Libya).

• Benin• Burkina Faso• Central African Republic• Comore• Costa d'Avorio• Ciad• Gibuti• Egitto• Eritrea• Gambia• Ghana• Guinea• Guinea-Bissau• Kenya• Liberia• Libia• Mali• Marocco• Mauritania• Niger• Nigeria• São Tomé e Principe• Senegal• Sierra Leone• Somalia• Sudan• Togo• Tunisia



• Algeria• Libya• Mauritania• Morocco• Tunisia

in french:UMA-AMU - Union duMaghreb Arabe

in arab:UMA-AMU - el-ittihad el-maghreb el-araby

UMA-AMU - ARAB MAGHREB UNION

Political union formedFebruary 17, 1989, withthe Treaty of Marrakech,the five countries of theGreat Maghreb

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Barbara de SIENAINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ITALY, FRANCE, GUINEA BISSAU AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

! Italian from birth

! French passionate since childhood

! At 19 years old I began to work abroad

! From 1999 to 2005 I commute between Parisand Milan for some printing companies

! From 2008 to 2012 I deal with fashion designLe MadenItalie

! In 2009, Became one of the foundingmembers of S4D - Solar For Development

! In 2011-12 became a partner of theDevelopment Agency of Guinea-Bissau

! In 2014 I promote in Italy the 1st Africa SMBForum and we are preparing the 2nd edition, Ialso become Head of Communications of thePrieuré de Chateauneuf des Chevaliers del'Ordo of St. John of Jerusalem & St. Basil theGreat and finally invented the projectUP2gether!



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