The 24th COMESA Heads of State and Government Summit was held on 9 October 2025 in Nairobi Kenya with a call for concerted efforts to deepen intra-regional trade among the 21 Member States. Heads of State from Burundi, Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zimbabwe were joined by Prime Ministers, Vice Presidents and other leaders from the…
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Clearing House (CCH) continues to make strides in its mission to promote economic growth and prosperity through intra-regional trade and integration. As part of this effort, CCH is advancing its flagship Digital Retail Payments Platform (DRPP) – a key initiative designed to ease barriers to cross-border…
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The COMESA Media Awards is an annual event conducted by the COMESA Secretariat to promote regional integration activities being implemented by the organisation through multimedia publicity. The award aims to promote reporting on COMESA regional integration activities by recognizing journalists whose works contribute to the integration agenda. The Winners awarded during the 24th Summit are…
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Nairobi, Kenya – Tuesday October 7, 2025: Kenya’s Deputy President, Professor Kithure Kindiki, has called on regional leaders and the private sector to accelerate digital integration, value addition, and innovation-driven trade to strengthen competitiveness and inclusive growth across the COMESA region. Speaking at the official opening of the 18th COMESA Business Forum in Nairobi, the…
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All is set for the COMESA Meetings scheduled for Nairobi, Kenya starting on Monday 6th – 9th October 2025. The first meeting will be the COMESA-EU Horticulture Connect which is expected to bring together buyers and horticulture producers from the European Union to interact with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs ) including women-owned businesses from…
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COMESA Secretariat working with the Government of Kenya have on 2nd October 2025 launched the electronic Certificate of Origin (eCO) which is expected to advance the regional digital integration agenda. The launch marks a steady move towards modernizing trade facilitation by digitizing the registration of exporters and the issuance of electronic Certificates of Origin. Mr.…
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COMESA Secretary General Madam Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe has congratulated Malawi’s President Elect H.E. Peter Arthur Mutharika for emerging winner in the September 16 General Elections. In her Message of Congratulations sent to Malawi, Ms Kapwepwe also commended the people of Malawi for exercising their civic right to vote in a peaceful manner. She added that…
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