Master's
MSc African Trade and AfCFTA Operations (Online)
African Future University
Master's
MSc African Trade and AfCFTA Operations (Online)
African Future University (online)
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Language & requirements
Taught in: English, French
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- INTERNATIONALFree (online)
About African Future University
Fully online African digital university with French and English pathways.
Overview
African Future University’s MSc African Trade and AfCFTA Operations is a tuition-free online master’s for people who already move goods, files, and arguments across African borders. You will learn how rules of origin, non-tariff barriers, and corridor dwell-time actually work in English and French administrative practice—not how a communiqué describes them. The degree does not place you in the AfCFTA Secretariat and does not substitute for a national customs officer gazette. It trains operators and analysts to read schedules, document origin, and write a note a port or ministry desk can act on. Capstones use anonymised shipment or NTB datasets, not a speech about continental destiny.
Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.
**Award:** African Future University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)
Course structure
4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits
Module 1: Preferential trade and origin
- AFU501·AfCFTA Legal Architecture for Operators3 credits
- AFU502·Rules of Origin: Documentary Practice3 credits
- AFU503·Tariff Schedules and HS Classification Disputes3 credits
- AFU504·National Implementation versus Communiqué Language3 credits
Module 2: Corridors and NTBs
- AFU505·Corridor Dwell-Time and Queue Economics3 credits
- AFU506·Sanitary, Technical, and Rent-Seeking Stops3 credits
- AFU507·Inland Dry Ports and Rural Feeder Trade3 credits
- AFU508·Women Cross-Border Traders as Operational Data3 credits
Module 3: Digital administration
- AFU509·Single Windows when Connectivity Fails3 credits
- AFU510·EN/FR Trade Administration Documents3 credits
- AFU511·Dispute Settlement Pathways for Firms (Not Diplomats)3 credits
- AFU512·Ethics of Facilitation Payments and Record-Keeping3 credits
Module 4: Capstone
- AFU513·Trade Research Methods and Anonymised Datasets3 credits
- AFU514·Writing for Port Desks and Ministry Analysts3 credits
- AFU515·NTB Case Construction3 credits
- AFU516·Capstone: Preferential Claim or Corridor File3 credits
Learning outcomes
- Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
- Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
- Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
- Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces
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