Author: Willis Osemo

Procurement contracts awarded in 2022

18/07/2022

Publication of grants awarded 2021-2022

18/07/2022

Campaign to Promote Investment Agreement Gets Underway

24/06/2022

A public awareness campaign to promote the implementation of the COMESA Common Investment Agreement (CCIA) across Member States is underway targeting government and the private sector. The CCIA is a promotional tool to guide Member States in various programmes aimed at harmonizing investment best practices and facilitating the private sector operations development in the region.…
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MY JOURNEY OF FAITH

15/06/2022

In recent years, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA has institutionalized an Internship Programme as part of its initiative to enhance the participation of youth in its regional integration programmes. This presents a unique opportunity to harness the demographic dividend and empower the continent’s youthful population to advance their contribution to economic…
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COMESA at the AU Summit on Terrorism, Unconstitutional Removal of Governments

08/06/2022

COMESA Secretariat was among Regional Economic Communities that participated in the 16th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Governments of the African Union on terrorism and unconstitutional changes of government held on 28 May 2022 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The Summit assessed the persistent threat that the upsurge of terrorism and…
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Comoros to have a National Energy Regulation Board

08/06/2022

Comoros is set to establish an autonomous energy regulator with support from the project on Enhancement of a Sustainable Regional Energy Market (ESREM) in the Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, and Indian Ocean (EA-SA-IO) Region.  Currently, the island country has no active energy regulator. The ESREM is a seven million euros European Union funded project whose…
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Small-Scale Women-led Industrial Projects Launched in Malawi

08/06/2022

The Malawi Chapter of the COMESA Federation of National Associations of Women in Business (COMFWB) has launched three small-scale women-owned and led industrial projects in the northern region of the country. The launch took place on 6 – 7 June 2022 in Nkhata Bay, Mzuzu and Karonga. Three organisations namely, Homes Industries Limited in Karonga,…
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AUDA-NEPAD to Establish Centres of Excellence in the Region

06/06/2022

The African Union Development Agency AUDA-NEPAD plans to establish Centres of Excellence in COMESA Member States. This was disclosed during a visit to the COMESA Secretariat by an AU delegation led by Acting Director for Knowledge Management and Programme Evaluation, Dr Martin Bwalya, on 22 May 2022. During the ensuing consultations, the AU and COMESA…
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PRESS RELEASE: Joint AU-COMESA-EAC High-Level Pre-election Assessment Mission to Kenya

26/05/2022

Following the invitation by the Government of Kenya to observe the 9 August 2022 General Elections, the African Union (AU), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC) deployed a high-level pre-election assessment mission from 14 to 21 May 2022, as part of their joint efforts to promote…
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Banks Trained on Macro Prudential Shocks to the Financial System

23/05/2022

Twenty-Five financial stability experts from eight Central Banks in the COMESA region have been trained on the transmission mechanism of macro-prudential shocks to the financial system. The training held virtually from 9 – 13 May was motivated by the fact that macro prudential shocks have the potential to disrupt the normal credit intermediation channel and…
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