Fast tracking the SADC integration agenda to unlock regional collaboration gains along growth corridors in Southern Africa

Habiyaremye, Alexis

doi:10.35188/unu-wider/2020/852-8

Cited by 10 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 28 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The solid industrial base is meant to contribute towards employment creation and shared regional economic growth. The success of the strategy is dependent upon the ability of the actors to harness the region's comparative advantages in natural resources and abundant labour force (Habiyaremye, 2020). The strategy was a noble initiative; however, the strategy has failed to produce the desired outcomes.…”

Section: Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Manufacturing Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Affecting Employee Retention in Zimbabwean Companies

Magaisa¹,

Musundire

2021

International Journal of Applied Management Theory and Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The decline of the Zimbabwean economy characterised by the high inflation rate has rendered it difficult for Zimbabwean manufacturing to retain talented employees. The quantitative research methodology was adopted in this paper. The sample size of the study comprised 100 respondents who were randomly selected from the manufacturing companies in Zimbabwe. The sample size of the study was made out of 10 managing directors 10 managers 10 supervisors and 70 employees drawn from the 50 manufacturing companies that were randomly selected. It was established that the companies are failing to retain talented employees and a lot of the employees are leaving the organisations. Retrenchments and restructurings have become the order of the day. The study recommended that employees needed to implement employee retention strategies to remain viable.

show abstract

Section: Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Manufacturing Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Affecting Employee Retention in Zimbabwean Companies

Magaisa¹,

Musundire

2021

International Journal of Applied Management Theory and Research

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Habiyaremye [57] contends that some of the infrastructure projects impacting SADC's transport infrastructure can be attributed to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and infrastructure developments, such as the Benguela and TAZARA lines. Angola, Congo ("DRC"), Tanzania and Zambia are endowed with the richest natural resources, and the Benguela and TAZARA rail lines would become the backbone of the transport infrastructure through these areas.…”

Section: The Sadc Transport Infrastructure Impacting the Advancement ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

SADC'S transport infrastructure: enhancing the AFCFTA’s prospects through regional economic integration

Joseph

2023

Eureka: SH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

There is considerable significance, associated with the fact that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) has the potential to lift 68 million people out of moderate poverty. If fully implemented, the AfCFTA is estimated to increase regional income by 7 % by 2035. Operationalizing and implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area strategy, including regulating the regional economies' transport infrastructure, requires a great deal of work. It is the purpose of this article to examine how Regional Economic Communities (RECs), such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), can contribute to the AfCFTA. In comparison with other regional blocs, intra-SADC trade represents only 10 to 14 percent of member countries' total trade [1, 2]. Despite Southern African trade routes and infrastructure being among the best. In terms of infrastructure coverage, Southern African countries still lag behind the rest of the world, whether it's road and telecommunications technology (ICT), population density, or power generation. Whether at the national or regional level, these types of infrastructure weaknesses reinforce the infrastructure deficit and exacerbate unemployment, inequality and poverty in the region. For the purposes of this article, a qualitative approach is being used to examine primary and secondary literature, including statistics, reports, and journal articles. According to the results of the study, the REC's infrastructure strategy will positively affect trade and, in turn, boost AfCFTA by improving trade among member states. To spawn structural transformation and create transnational growth corridors capable of driving economic growth and technological advancement, new transformative strategies are required.

show abstract

“…There is a lack of coherence between national industrial policies, the regional industrialisation framework and developmental integration objectives, which impedes regional industrialisation in the SADC region (Habiyaremye, 2020;Monyae & Nganje, 2019;Vickers & Motsamai, 2011b;Zondi, 2020a). Therefore, member states need to periodically review their national industrialisation strategies to ensure they are aligned with the region's industrialisation agenda (Mkwizu, 2021).…”

Section: Source: Afdb Socio Economic Database (2021)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Developmental Integration and Industrialisation in Southern Africa

Duma¹

2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Since the beginning of decolonisation in Africa, regional integration has become one of the most potent defining characteristics of the continent’s quest for industrialisation and sustainable development. It was understood that the individual continental economies could not achieve the requisite level of industrial development to meet their respective development objectives due to the colonial policy of balkanisation, which divided the continent into small, economically unviable units. In 1992, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) adopted developmental integration, an approach to regional integration to engender industrialisation and address the region’s development challenges. This book offers a critical assessment and examination of this approach as to how it has influenced the industrialisation process in Southern Africa. If so, why has it failed to accelerate the region’s industrialisation and structural transformation process? It contributes significantly to cross-cutting development debates on the African continent, particularly in southern Africa. More importantly, in understanding the nexus between developmental integration and industrialisation.

show abstract

Fast tracking the SADC integration agenda to unlock regional collaboration gains along growth corridors in Southern Africa

Cited by 10 publications

References 28 publications

Factors Affecting Employee Retention in Zimbabwean Companies

Factors Affecting Employee Retention in Zimbabwean Companies

SADC'S transport infrastructure: enhancing the AFCFTA’s prospects through regional economic integration

Developmental Integration and Industrialisation in Southern Africa

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About