The International Trade and Investment in
Africa Programme has the following
components:
1. The Masters Degrees in International Trade and
Investment in Africa: Law (LLM) and Economics
(MCom)
2. The African Trade Moot
3. The African International Trade Review
First component: Masters Degrees in International
Trade and Investment in Africa
• UP and UWC, with their partners, present the following
degrees:
LLM Partners:
The LLM class of 2005 with Prof Loretta Feris (UP),
Mr Gerardo Thielen (WTO) and Adv Riekie Wandrag (UWC)
LLM Partners:
Students and the Rector of UWC at
the graduation ceremony in 2004
LLM Partners:
LLM students with Dr James Mathis and
Milos Barutciski, guest lecturer from the US,
at the University of Amsterdam
LLM Partners:
International Trade and Investment students at
the World Bank, Washington D.C.
Lecturers in the LLM programme are drawn from:
• World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)
• South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
• Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac) and
• Various academic institutions locally and
abroad.
“The LLM program in Africa equips
students of international trade law with
the necessary tools to contribute to the
strengthening of human and
institutional capacities of their
countries in the trade policy field.
The careers of past graduates is a
testament to the program's
success.”
- Edwini Kessie,
Counsellor WTO
Lecturers in the MCom programme are drawn from:
• The World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• South African Universities
• Foreign universities (University of Toronto, Canada;
Simon Fraser University, Canada; Monash University,
Australia; Fordham University, USA)
• Banks (Standard Bank of South Africa)
• Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and
Analysis
“The facilities and administration
associated with the MCom
programme has been first class. But it
is the quality of the students that
have pleased us most. The course
has attracted a wide variety of
students from throughout Africa,
most of whom have been very
enthusiastic to learn and to
participate in class discussions
during and outside course-hours.”
- Prof Philip Adams
Director, Centre for Policy Studies
Monash University
Australia
MCom students at the University of Pretoria,
with the Head of the Department of Economics
and academic coordinators
Intakes (LLM)
Intakes (MCom)
Countries represented on the Trade and Investment in
Africa Programme (LLM and MCom)
Alumni secured internship opportunities with,
amongst others:
• World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• South African Institute of International
Affairs (SAIIA)
• Country missions in Geneva and
Brussels
• Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa
(tralac)
• National Treasury
• African Regional Intellectual Property
Organisation (ARIPO)
“It is patently clear to me that my LLM in International Trade and
Investment Law was a pivotal factor in being employed in a
government business unit in the first place and that without the
comprehensive education I received in the LLM programme the
challenges in managing the PPP sub-programme would have
been insurmountable.”
- LLM Alumnus
"I am really satisfied with the course. It made me see the world in
a new light. Now I am confident that I can represent my country in
any multilateral trade negotiation. I can really contribute
something tangible to my country and the continent at large.”
- MCom Alumnus
Second component:
The African Trade
Moot Programme
Presented annualy since 2004
by WTO officials, this
intensive five- day programme
combines training in dispute
settlement with an actual
dispute simulation session.
Trade lecturers and
practitioners from different
African countries participate.
Third component:
A multi-disciplinary
academic journal dealing
with trade issues from
an African perspective.
Funding for the programme from 2002 - 2009
“This LLM program is indeed
unique in the way it enhances
resource development and capacity
building in the field of international
trade and investment law. It offers
students cutting-edge scholarship
and provides them with a solid
foundation for fresh and innovative
thinking about international trade,
investment, intellectual property
and other related subjects. Its
greatest strength is the extremely
high caliber of the students that it
enrols and the diversity and
backgrounds of its faculty.”
- Edward Kwakwa (WIPO)