Business in Namibia, Windhoek, Walvis Bay

1. Introduction to the Republic of Namibia (Southern Africa)
2. Namibian Economy
3. International Trade of Namibia
   1. Directorate of Customs and Excise
   2. Namibian Free Trade Agreements
      1. Implications for Namibia of the Tripartite Agreement
4. Case Study:
   1. Walvis Bay Export Processing Zone
   2. Namibian Dairy Sector
5. Investment opportunities in Namibia
6. Cost of doing business in Namibia
7. Access to the Namibian Market
8. Business Plan for Namibia

Sample:

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in Namibia” are the following:

1. To analyze the Namibian Economy and Global Trade
2. To identify business opportunities in Namibia
3. To explore the Namibian trade relations with the student's country
4. To know the Namibian Trade Agreements
5. To develop a business plan for the Namibian Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in Namibia” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate in African Business, World Trade.

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

Course: Business in Southern Africa.

Masters adapted to Namibian Students.

Languages: or Namibie Namibia Namibia.

1. Credits of the subject “Doing Business in Namibia”: 1
2. Duration: one week

1. Port of Walvis Bay
2. Logistics Corridors in Namibia: Walvis Bay, Trans-Oranje, Trans-Caprivi, and Trans-Cunene
3. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor

Logistics Corridors in Namibia:

Namibian Free Trade Agreements and Preferential Access:

1. Namibia and the Southern African Economic Area
2. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
   1. EU-SADC Agreement
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
4. African Continental Free-Trade Area
5. Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
   1. India-SACU Agreement
   2. EFTA-SACU Agreement
   3. UK-SACU and Mozambique Economic Partnership Agreement
   4. MERCOSUR-SACU Preferential Trade Agreement
6. Namibia-Zimbabwe Agreement
7. Namibia-EU
   1. Africa-EU Partnership
   2. EU-GSP
8. AGOA
9. Conference on the Great Lakes Region - Guest Member

1. WTO
   1. GATS
   2. Agreement on Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. WCO
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. BIC (Containers)
4. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
5. International Maritime Organization
   1. Istanbul Convention - not a member
6. Customs Convention on Containers - not a member

1. Economic Commission for Africa
2. African Union
   1. AU Convention on Combating Corruption
   2. AUDA-NEPAD
3. African Development Bank
4. Africa-Asia Partnership
5. China-Africa Cooperation
6. Africa-India Cooperation
7. Africa-BRICS
8. Africa-South America Summit
9. Afro-Arab Cooperation
10. Arab Bank for Africa (BADEA)

1. UN
2. WB
3. IMF
4. World Custom Organization
5. WTO
6. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
7. Commonwealth of Nations
8. African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) countries
9. CPLP (observer country)

1. The Republic of Namibia (Africa) shares borders with Angola, Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa
2. Namibian Government: Multiparty Parliament with Democratic Constitution
3. Official language of Namibia: English
4. Other Namibian languages: Afrikaans, Herero, Lozi, Kwangali, Oshiwambo, and Tswana
5. Capital of Namibia: Windhoek
   1. Walvis Bay
6. Namibian Population: 2.6 million people
7. Namibian Area: 825,615 km²
8. Independence of Namibia from South Africa in 1990
9. Currency of Namibia: Namibian Dollar (ET) and South African Rand (ZAR)

More information about Namibia (EENI African Business Portal).

Main Religions in Namibia:

1. Christianity (90% of Namibian population)
2. African Traditional Religions

Namibia belongs to the Southern African Economic Area.

Economic Profile of Namibia:

1. Free market economy
2. Namibian GDP: 12.30 billion dollars
3. GDP growth rate: 4.2%
4. Top Namibian economic sectors: agriculture (7% of the GDP), industry (20%), and services (73%)
5. Namibian Inflation: 5.6%
6. Top Namibian exports: diamonds, minerals, fish, meat, livestock
7. Top Namibian export markets: South Africa, the UK, Angola, Spain, France, Switzerland, the U.S., and Canada
8. Top Namibian imports: food and beverages, vehicles, and machinery
9. Top Namibian providers: South Africa, Germany, India, China, Japan, the U.S., and France
10. Principal resources of Namibia: diamonds, cattle, uranium, fish, and marine products

International Trade and Business in Namibia:

The Walvis Bay Corridor is a PPP (Public Private Partnership) composed by four trans-corridors (Caprivi, Kalahari, Cunene and Orange) and the port of Walvis Bay. One of the objectives of this corridor is to create a transport hub in the SADC region.

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