Category: COMESA News

Representatives from the Governments of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are currently meeting in Bujumbura for a three-day session to review progress on the reopening of the Buganda/Nyamoma and Mparambo/Rubenga border posts. The officials will also use this opportunity to agree on a roadmap outlining the remaining actions needed to facilitate the…
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Lusaka, Zambia Thursday 23 October 2025: Under their Joint Industrialization Programme, Zambia and Zimbabwe are set to strengthen their economic cooperation by establishing a Common Agro-Industrial Park (CAIP). This initiative aims to promote industrial development, increase intra-regional trade, and enhance food security in the two countries. On 20-21 October 2025, the COMESA Secretariat, led by…
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Lusaka, Zambia — 21 October 2025 — The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), in collaboration with ZEP-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company), is proud to announce the inaugural COMESA and ZEP-Re Golf Tournament, scheduled to take place on Thursday, 23rd October 2025. ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company) is a COMESA institution and a cornerstone of…
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On Tuesday 21 October 2025, COMESA Secretariat hosted the Kazini Caravan, a youth-led continental initiative, which promotes inclusive regional integration by using art, culture and innovation as tools for trade awareness and empowerment, with the aim to simplify complex trade policies for youth innovators and women entrepreneurs across Africa’s 55 countries. This initiative supports COMESA’s…
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Members of the COMESA Secretariat Gender Technical Working Group (GTWG) participated in a workshop from 14 to 16 October 2025 to enhance their capacities for mainstreaming gender in their work. The three-day workshop held in Lusaka had 26 staff in attendance. The activity sought to reinforce the role of gender mainstreaming in advancing COMESA’s objectives.…
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The COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) held the 22nd meeting of the Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies (MERP) Sub-Committee in Nairobi, Kenya from 2nd to 3rd October 2025. The MERP meeting was preceded by a validation workshop for country specific studies conducted by staff from COMESA Member Central Bank, in 2025 on the “Impact of Fin-tech-led…
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Noting the need to facilitate and enhance small-scale cross-border trade, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed an Interministerial Decree on 10 March 2025 to enable the implementation of the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) on its borders with neighbouring COMESA countries. The DRC shares borders with four COMESA countries Burundi, Rwanda,…
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Members of the Programme Steering Committee for the European Union funded Institutional Capacity Building Programme (ICBP) at COMESA Secretariat and EU Delegation in Zambia met in Lusaka to review progress in implementation of the Programme. Funded under the 11th European Development Fund, the initiative continues to be a cornerstone in COMESA’s efforts to strengthen institutional…
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