Nairobi, Thursday, May 18, 2017: Stakeholders in the in the Agro-industry have completed a two-day dialogue that addressed issues affecting sustainability and growth in the sector. The ‘2nd Agro Industry Dialogue’ took place in Kenya, 17-18 May 2017, and came up with common positions to be structured into the policy processes to improve commodity supply
Read more →Nairobi, Thursday, May 18, 2017: A manual on “Application of Advanced Panel Data Analysis with Special Application to the Impact of Financial Structure on Monetary Transmission Mechanism,” has been validated. The manual whose overall objective is to equip users to undertake analysis of all aspects of Panel Data Analysis was endorsed during a five- day
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Lusaka, Wednesday, May 17, 2017: The development of small hydro-power plants in the region is set for a major boost following the start of a joint initiative between the COMESA and the International Centre on Small Hydro-Power (ICSHP). Two joint offices have been opened in China and at the COMESA Headquarters in Zambia to facilitate
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COMESA and China Overseas Infrastructure Development and Investment Corporation (COIDIC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will provide a framework to guide the relationship between the two entities on the delivery of specific energy and infrastructure development projects in the region. This was done in South Africa on 26th April 2017 during the opening of
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Lusaka, Monday, May 15, 2017: The quest for adequate, quality, cost-effective, clean and affordable supply of energy in COMESA recently led the Secretariat to undertake a study tour of Italy to explore ways that the region could borrow lessons on developing and increasing the use of renewable energy. Assistant Secretary General in Charge of Programmes
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Jeddah, Sunday, May 14, 2017: The Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) will provide funding for micro enterprises in COMESAcountries that are members of the Islamic Development Bank. This will be done once the ISFD receives a request from COMESA. The agreement was reached during a meeting between the Secretary General of COMESA Sindiso Ngwenya and the Director General of
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| H.E Hery Rajaonarimampianina, President of the Republic of Madagascar and Chairman of the COMESA Authority |
Corporate Communications Unit backstops all communication activities that COMESA undertakes, both within and outside the organization. It works to maintain consistent flow of information between COMESA and its diverse publics across the region and beyond by raising public awareness on regional integration initiatives and galvanizing broad support for the realization of the vision of the
The Gender and Social Affairs Division in the COMESA Secretariat, exists to provide leadership, direction and oversight of the implementation of the COMESA Gender Policy in the Member States and at the Secretariat. The Division sets out to achieve this purpose through mainstreaming of gender as a crosscutting issue within the Secretariat and the COMESA programmes and overseeing the implementation of the Social and Cultural Affairs activities.
The objective of the unit is to contribute to the impact, efficiency and effectiveness of COMESA Member States “trade reforms and regional integration initiatives so that they can fully benefit from regional and international trade opportunities, reduce poverty and achieve their (MDG) development objectives.
Role Purpose: To provide Member States, Management, Secretariat and other stakeholders with financial services and advice they need and ensure that all the resources both budgetary and extra budgetary are properly accounted for in an efficient, secure and appropriately controlled financial environment
The Legal and Corporate Affair Division of COMESA, which is also the office of the Legal Counsel is the legal advisory arm of COMESA
In the area of Information Technology, COMESA’s main intervention is to promote the use and awareness of Information Technology to lead to the Information Society and to contribute to socio-economic integration.
The Division of Administration offers a key support service to the COMESA Secretariat. The mandate of the division is to provide Member States, Executive Management, Secretariat and other stakeholders with the Administrative services and advice they need. The Division is there to provide a high level of service and support on issues related to Human Resources, Conferencing, Procurement and General Services which will allow other Divisions and Units to efficiently and effectively execute their programmes and deliver on their mandates
COMESA has recognized infrastructure development as a priority and strategic focus area that requires special attention. The Strategic Objective to be pursued is, therefore, to effectively address constraints related to the improvement of infrastructure and services in the region in order to reduce the cost of doing business and also and to enhance competitiveness, through fostering physical regional connectivity and deepening infrastructure integration.
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The final objective of cooperation in Trade, Customs and Monetary Affairs is to achieve a fully integrated, internationally competitive and unified single economic space within which goods, services, capital and labour are able to move freely across national frontiers.