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 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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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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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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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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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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President Evariste Ndaishimiye of Burundi has reaffirmed his government’s commitment and support to COMESA’s regional integration agenda and called for deeper trade within the 21 Member States. He has urged the region to focus on implementing programmes that benefit the people by encouraging the growth of businesses and interaction. He said this during a meeting…
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Lusaka, Thursday, May 12, 2022: Five Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are set to benefit from a new eight million euros project: Enhancement of Governance and Enabling Environment in the ICT sector (EGEE-ICT), funded by the European Union. It was launched on Thursday 12 May 2022 at the opening of the 2nd Programme Steering Committee Meeting.…
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An opportunity for COMESA Member States’ policy makers, Secretariat staff, researchers, university lecturers and students to enhance their capacity in trade policy analysis using a friendly software! COURSE TITLE: Analysing International Trade Data using TradeSift COURSE DATE (TBC): Mon 28 February 2022 – Thurs 3 March 2022 COURSE DURATION: 4 days comprised of live webinars…
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