Category: COMESA News

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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The 20th Meeting of the COMESA Peace and Security Committee was held virtually from September 29-30, 2025, to review regional peace and security issues and guide collective responses among the 21-member trade bloc. The past year saw the region facing numerous challenges, including armed conflicts, transnational organized crime, terrorism and climate-induced insecurity, all requiring coordinated…
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Over 400 high-level stakeholders from the energy sector, including representatives from the public and private sectors, regional organizations, and the international community, gathered in Lusaka for the inaugural Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT Week) from 22-26 September 2025. The event aimed to reshape the energy landscape across Eastern and Southern Africa, focusing…
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About 40 ICT experts from five Regional Economic Communities – COMESA, EAC, IGAD, IOC and SADC have reviewed and validated the new draft Policy and Regulatory Frameworks meant to increase access to affordable, reliable and meaningful ICT services for millions of Africans. The documents will now be presented to the individual RECs before they can…
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