Author: Mwangi Gakunga

Need for Coordination of RECs- AU Activities in Regional Integration Programmes

Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, March 23, 2019: Assistant Secretary General, Dr Kipyego Cheluget is leading a COMESA delegation to the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development taking place in Marrakech, Morocco. The team is participating in the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) meeting. The RCM-Africa derives its mandate from UN resolution 32/197, which directed…
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Building the Capacity of Monetary Authorities to Forecast Inflation

Nairobi, Tuesday, March 19, 2019: With a number of countries in the COMESA region gradually moving to inflation targeting monetary policy framework, the need to upgrade the skills of monetary authorities to forecast inflation with a high degree of accuracy becoming critical. Contemporary monetary policy formulation requires information and forecasts on the interaction between sectors…
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COMESA Deploys Team to Observe Elections in Comoros

Moroni, Tuesday, March 18, 2019: COMESA has deployed a team of election observers to Comoros ahead of the Presidential elections set for March 24, 2019. Led by Madam Hope Kivengere, a member of the COMESA Committee of elders from Uganda, the election observers arrived in Moroni on Monday, March 19, 2019. This deployment is in…
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Construction of a Modern Trade Hub set to Begin in Eswatini

Ezulwini, Friday, March 15, 2019: The Kingdom of Eswatini together with the European Union and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have signed ta financing agreement of 1.2 million Euros for the construction of a modern multi-purpose Trade Hub in Manzini. The funds will also be used to provide private sector support…
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Commiserating with Victims of Flight ET 302

Lusaka, Monday, March 11, 2019: The crash of the Ethiopian Flight 302 on Sunday March 10, enroute to Nairobi from Addis Ababa has sent shockwaves across the COMESA region. As one of the biggest regional carriers, ET connects COMESA Member States and the region to the world thus immensely contributing to regional integration. Hundreds of…
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Tribute to Champion of Regional Integration: Amb. Julius Onen

Lusaka, Monday, March 11, 2019: COMESA mourns the sudden demise of Ambassador Julius Onen, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives of Uganda. Ambassador Onen has been instrumental in driving the regional integration agenda. His depth of knowledge on regional integration and his insightful contributions on the subject in various fora, regionally and…
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€1.2m Trade Hub to be Established in Eswatini

Lusaka, Monday, March 11, 2019: Eswatini is set to launch the construction of a trade hub and private sector support project in Manzini town. About 1.2 million euros provided by the European Union through the COMESA Regional Integration Support Mechanism (RISM) will be used to finance this project. Signing of the Financing Agreement will be…
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IGAD Early Warning team in COMESA for Benchmarking

Lusaka, Friday, March 8,2019: COMESA and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have begun sharing collaborating on areas of commonalities through joint activities to advance the conflict early warning in the region. The two Regional Economic Communities (RECs) separately conduct conflict early warning and response systems on their member States, majority of which belong to…
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Small Scale Women Traders Recognized as COMESA Marks Women’s Day

Lusaka, Friday, March 8, 2019: Two events were conducted at the COMESA Secretariat to mark the 2019 International Women’s Day. These were: a dialogue with the small-scale cross border women traders organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with COMESA Secretariat and the government of Zambia on March 7, 2019. The second…
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Building Capacity of MS to Access International Markets

Antananarivo, Thursday, March 7, 2019: COMESA is developing a harmonized food safety regulatory environment and a credible quality verification infrastructure that will be trusted by the bloc’s trading partners. The initiative is financed under the European Union Development (EDF 11). According to Secretary General (SG) Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, this initiative will improve the quality and…
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