4IR | Fourth Industrial Revolution |
ACFTA | African Continental Free Trade Agreement (also referred to as the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) |
ACIRC | African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises |
ACP | African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states |
ACRF | African Crisis Response Force |
ACRT | African Regional Centre for Technology Design and Manufacturing |
ADF-NALU | Allied Democratic Forces National Army for the Liberation of Uganda |
AEC | African Economic Community |
AfDB | African Development Bank |
AGOA | African Growth and Opportunity Act |
AHI | Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut |
AMU | Arab Maghreb Union |
ANC | African National Congress |
APPER | Africas Priority Programme for Economic Recovery |
APRM | African Peer Review Mechanism |
APSA | African Peace and Security Architecture |
ARCEDEM | African Regional Centre for Engineering Design and Manufacturing |
ARF | African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund |
ARTIN | African Regional Transport Infrastructure Network |
ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ASF | African Standby Force |
ASYCUDA | Automated System for Customs Data |
AU | African Union |
beta-convergence |
BLNE | Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini bloc |
BRICS | Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa |
CAP | Common Agriculture Policy |
CCR | Centre for Conflict Resolution |
CEAO | West African Economic Community ( Communaut conomique de l Afrique de l ouest ) |
CEMAC | Central African Economic and Monetary Community |
CENSAD | Community of Sahel-Saharan States |
CEOs | chief executive officers |
CEWARN | Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism |
CFTA | Continental Free Trade Area |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency (US) |
CIDA | Canadian International Development Assistance |
CMA | Common Monetary Area |
COMESA | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
COSATU | Congress of South African Trade Unions |
CPA | Comprehensive Peace Accord |
DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
DAFF | Department of Agriculture (South Africa) |
DAM | day-ahead market |
DBSA | Development Bank of Southern Africa |
DFID | Department for International Development |
DIRCO | Department of International Relations and Cooperation |
DPKO | UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
DTI | Department of Trade and Industry |
EAC | East African Community |
EACB | East African Central Bank |
EAMU | East African Monetary Union |
EAPP | East African Power Pool |
EASBRIG | Eastern African Standby Brigade |
EASFCOM | East African Standby Force Coordination Mechanism |
ECB | European Central Bank |
ECCAS | Economic Community for Central African States |
ECGLC | Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries |
(CEPGL, | Communaut conomique des pays des Grands Lacs ) |
ECLA | Economic Commission for Latin America |
ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
ECSC | Economic Coal and Steel Community |
EEC | European Economic Commission |
EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
ELSA | Exotic Leather Sub-National Cluster |
EMU | European Monetary Union |
EPAs | Economic Partnership Agreements |
ESAMI | Eastern and Southern African Management Institute |
EU | European Union |
EU-SA TDCA | Europe-South Africa Trade Development and Cooperation agreement |
FARDC | Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Forces Armes de la Rpublique Dmocratique du Congo ) |
FDI | foreign direct investment |
FDLR | Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ( Forces dmocratiques de libration du Rwanda ) |
FIB | Force Intervention Brigade |
FLS | Frontline States |
FRELIMO | Mozambique Liberation Front |
FTA | Free Trade Area |
G-20 | Group of Twenty |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GERD | Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam |
GIGA | German Institute of Global and Area Studies: Institute of African Studies |
GNP | gross national product |
HAT | High Transitional Authority ( Haute Autorit de la Transition ) |
HCTs | High Commission Territories |
HDI | Human Development Index |
HSRC | Human Sciences Research Council |
ICGLR | International Conference on the Great Lakes Region |
ICJ | International Court of Justice |
ICM | Integrated Committee of Ministers |
IDT | Independent Development Trust |
IGAD | Intergovernmental Authority for Development |