Lusaka, Friday, September 8, 2017: COMESA Ministers responsible for industry have adopted the regional Industrialization strategy which defines key interventions at both regional and national levels to speed up industrial development in the region. This adoption has been done following the decision of the COMESA Council of Ministers which directed the Secretariat to develop an
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Perth, Thursday, September 7, 2017: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa region holds the highest potential for minerals development in the continent. According to the Secretary General of COMESA Sindiso Ngwenya, this potential can be sustainably harnessed through establishment of governance structures and leveraging on the existing multinational trade agreements. Speaking at the
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Perth, Wednesday, Sept 6, 2017: COMESA is among international organizations, States and companies that are participating in the 2017 Africa Down Under (ADU) conference taking place in Perth, Australia. The ADU is an annual event aimed at raising awareness of Australia’s interests in African mining and energy. It is attended by government officials and representatives, executives, financiers/bankers/brokers/analysts,
Read more →The Trade and Development Bank has recorded a net profit of 101 million dollars, a 7% increase over the $94.7 Million achieved in 2015. Operational and financial performance has also continued its upward trajectory recording. Chairperson of the Trade and Development Bank Board of Governors Hon. Claver Gatete disclosed this during the opening Session of
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The COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) in collaboration with IMF’s Regional Technical Assistance Centers for Eastern and Southern Africa (AFRITACs East and South), conducted training on “Enhancements to the Basel Process in view of recent developments relating to Basel II & Basel III” for central bank and bank supervisory agency officials. Participants who attended the training
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Kigali, Wednesday, August 30, 2017: The COMESA Tourism and Wildlife Heritage Handbook has been officially launched during the 41st World Tourism Conference currently being held in Kigali, Rwanda. COMESA Business Council (CBC) Chairperson Dr Amany Asfour unveiled the publication with Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) Chief Executive Officer Ms Florizelle Liser. The 62-paged publication titled
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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.