Author: Willis Osemo

ECONOMIC STATISTICS SHORT-TERM EXPERT

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has received financing from the European Union (EU) towards eligible costs to to promote the development and harmonization of SITS in support of the COMESA MTSP in coming up with evidence-based policy in monitoring the free flow of services within the COMESA region as well as…
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Final Communique of the 23rd COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Government

Click on the links below to read/download the Final Communique 23rd COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Government ARABIC ENGLISH FRENCH  

STATEMENT By H.E Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe -(SG-COMESA) to 17th COMESA Business Forum

SALUTATIONS: E Gervais NDIRAKOBUCA, Prime Minister of Burundi (Official Opening of the Business Forum); Marie Chantal Nijimbere, Minister of Trade, Transport, Industry, and Tourism, Burundi. Chipoka Mulenga – Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia, James Chimwaza, President, COMESA Business Council (CBC), CBC Board of Directors, Representative of the European Union, Honourable Ministers from COMESA…
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INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO UPDATE THE 2013 COMESA MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES POLICY AND DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND COSTED ACTION PLAN

COMESA is inviting Individual Consultants to submit their CV [and Financial Proposal] for the following services INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO UPDATE THE 2013 COMESA MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES POLICY AND DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY AND COSTED ACTION PLAN.  The Terms of Reference defining the minimum technical requirements for these services are attached as Annex 1…
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COMESA and Partners to Host Second Edition of the IRSK Annual Conference

Monday 16 September Lusaka, Zambia: – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in collaboration with the International Relations Society of Kenya (IRSK), the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) and the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) based at the University of the Witwatersrand in…
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Consultancy Services to Develop a Regional Pharmacovigilance and Communication Strategy for COMESA in Alignment with other Regional Economic Communities

This Request for Expression of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this Project that appeared in UN Development Business (UNDB online); on the African Development Bank’s Internet Website (afdb.org) and the COMESA Secretariat Website (www.comesa.int) on 10 February 2022. The COMESA Secretariat has received a grant from the African Development Fund towards the implementation…
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COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area Comes into Force

July 25, 2024: The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) Agreement, has today, 25 July 2024, come into force. This follows the attainment of the required threshold of 14 ratification among the 29 Member/Partner States in the three regional economic communities. The entry into force of the Agreement follows the depositing of Instrument of Ratification…
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High Turnout for the Inaugural COMESA Investment Forum in Tunisia

The COMESA Regional Investment Agency (RIA) working with the Government of Tunisia and funding from the European Union 11th Development Fund (EDF11) organised a successful first ever COMESA Investment Forum (CIF 2024) on 27 June which had participation from national investment agencies from all 21 COMESA Member States. More than 350 prominent figures, including ministers,…
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Tunisia Minister of Economy Meets with Assistant Secretary General of COMESA

As a build up to the inaugural COMESA Investment Forum (CIF 2024) in Tunis, COMESA Assistant Secretary General for Programmes Amb. Dr. Mohamed Kadah, paid a courtesy call on Tunisia’s Minister of Economy and Planning, Mrs. Faryal Al-Orgi Al-Sabein on Wednesday, July 26, 2024 The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss the role of COMESA…
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Enhance Aviation Ties, Tunisian Minister of Transport Tells COMESA

COMESA’s Assistant Secretary General for Programmes Amb. Dr Mohamed Kadah, accompanied by COMESA Regional Investment Agency (COMESA RIA) Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Heba Salama and European Development Fund (EDF) Programme Manager, Ms Mshuka Kamwela, met with Tunisia’s Minister of Preparation, Housing and the Commissioner for Management of the Ministry of Transport, Mrs. Sarah Al-Zafrani Al-Zanzari,…
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