Distinguished Delegates from COMESA Member States; Representatives of COMESA Institutions; Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me start by welcoming you all to this meeting to finalise the COMESA Medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) 2021-2025. As you all know, COMESA implements its Treaty through SMART Medium-Term Plans and Annual Work Plans, and this has been the practice…
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COVID-19 in COMESA_Situational Update #30
Press Release – Energy Infrastructure Devpt will Unlock the Region’s Potential
September 15, 2020: The power outages being experienced in the Eastern Africa-Southern Africa-Indian Ocean have continued to affect productivity leading to Africa loosing 12.5% of production time compared to 7% for South Asia. This has been attributed to lack of adequate regional infrastructure in energy. Recent studies have shown that many African countries, some of…
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In this Edition COMESA Launches Mobile App to Facilitate Operations of the Regional Customs Transit Scheme FEMCOM Adopts New Name, Appoints New Board Zambian SMEs Receive Capacity Building Support from COMESA Business Council Eswatini has Developed Trade Facilitation Instruments for Small Scale Border Traders Follow the Link to Read More:e-COMESA Newsletter 638
The COMESA Regional Customs Transit Guarantee Scheme (RCTG-Carnet) has launched a Mobile Application to provide access to real-time information to clearing and forwarding agents in the region. The Application is accessible on Google Play Store and Apple Store and provides a one-stop shop for the agents in member countries to view current bond balance and…
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The Federation of Associations of Women in Business in Eastern and Southern Africa (FEMCOM) has changed its name to COMESA Federation of National Associations of Women in Business. This is in line with the correct name which appears in the COMESA Treaty. The new acronym will now be “COMFWB”. The name change happened during…
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Over 50 Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) drawn from various sectors across Zambia participated in a two-day virtual training on capacity building organized by the COMESA Business Council (CBC). Participants were drawn from horticulture sector, meat, dairy and other agro-food industries. The objective was to enable the SMEs to meet the demands of the…
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The government of Eswatini has developed a national Roadmap for the implementation of the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) as well as the Trade and Transportation Facilitation instruments for the Small-Scale Cross Border Traders (SSCBT). The Roadmap is under consideration by senior management in respective ministries and institutions in the country.. The Roadmap and elated…
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Measures in COMESA MS in Response to Covid Vol 21_11_9_20
