Author: Mwangi Gakunga

COMESA Invites Member States to bid for Market Access Enhancement Funds

COMESA has launched a Call for Proposals to its Member States to bid for funding of up to 150,000 Euros to support market access. The funds will be provided under a Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) established with support from the European Union. Key activities for support are under the COMESA Regional Enterprise Competitiveness and Access…
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COMESA Regions Inflation Rate Rises to 96.7%

The year on year, inflation rate (annual percentage change) in the COMESA region as measured by the Harmonized Consumer Price Index (HCPI-COMESA) stood at 96.7% for the month of January 2021, up from 94.1% registered in January 2020. A year earlier, the rate was 31.6%. It means that the prices of goods and services as…
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AfCTA, COMESA to Establish Cooperation Framework

Lusaka, Tuesday, April 13 2021: The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) Secretariat and COMESA will establish a partnership framework to support the implementation of the continental trade regime. Technical teams from the two organizations will start working immediately on the framework by establishing committees to deal with specific aspects of the partnership. This was…
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Italy Bestows COMESA SG Award in Recognition of Mutual Partnership

The Italian Government has conferred on COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe “the Night of the Star of Italy Award” for her support and resilience in the promotion of the relationship between Italy and the Members of the regional bloc. The presentation of the award will be done in June this year during an art gallery…
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Joint AUC-AfDB-ECA Webinar on the Africa Regional Integration Index for COMESA-EAC-SADC

On Thursday, 15 April 2021, The African Development Bank, the African Union Commission, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa will host a webinar to discuss the implications of the latest Africa Regional Integration Index for the East African Community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and the Southern African Development…
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COMESA women celebrate their heroines on 50 Million African Women Speak platform

Businesswomen from countries in the COMESA region have spoken out on who their female role models are as part of a campaign named ‘30 days of women in business’. The campaign which is running on the 50 Million Women African Speak platform (50MAWSP) in celebration of the international women’s month of March invites platform users…
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Gender Experts Meet to Review Programmes’ Implementation

COMESA Gender and Women’s Affairs experts began their 13th Meeting on Monday 22 March 2021  to discuss progress on the advancement of gender equality and empowerment of women through implementation of policy and legal frameworks, council decisions, programmes and projects. The objective of the three-day virtual meeting was to consider the progress made by both…
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Rwanda Prioritizes Horticulture, Livestock and Cereals for Investment in Health Standards

Rwanda has prioritized three value chains namely horticulture, livestock and livestock products covering diary and honey and cereals under the Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary (SPS) Investments for Market Access (P-IMA) project. This was revealed during the meeting to validate Rwanda’s outcome report on Prioritizing of SPS Investments for market access. The meeting held on 18…
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Zambia, Zimbabwe to Implement the Joint Industrialization Strategy

Thursday, March 18, 2021: Zambia and Zimbabwe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a joint industrialization project spearheaded by COMESA Secretariat. The Joint Industrialization Project will promote self-sustained, balanced and inclusive economic growth between the two countries. It will provide opportunities for the private sector to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade…
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President Zewde launches 50 Million African Women Speak platform in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Thursday, March 18, 2021: Ethiopian President Her Excellency Sahle-Worke Zewde on Thursday 18 March launched the 50 Million African Women Speak (50MAWSP) platform in Addis Ababa with a call on the country’s women to embrace it and use it to grow their businesses. Ethiopia became the thirteenth COMESA Member State to officially unveil…
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