Wednesday, March 29, 2023: The Council of Ministers of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have adopted legal instruments to implement the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (TFTA) once it enters into force. In its 5th meeting conducted virtually today, the Ministers…
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Tuesday, 28 March 2023: Ministers in charge of trade, customs, finance, economic matters and home/internal affairs from the three regional economic communities (RECs) met virtually today to review progress on the implementation of various activities under the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (TFTA). This was the 9th meeting of the ministers who constitute the Tripartite…
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The First Technical Working Group (TWG) and Programme Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting for the Support to the Air Transport Sector Development Programme (SATSD) will be held in Lusaka, Zambia from Tuesday 28 – 29 March and 30 – 31 March 2023. Th SATSD was established in 2020 to operationalize the Single African Air Transport Market,…
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Lusaka, Friday, 24 March 2023: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat, and the Government of Zimbabwe, have today signed a Euro 920,544.28 sub-delegation agreement to construct a cross-border market at Chirundu border post between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Secretary General of COMESA, Ms. Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry…
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Given the increasing impact of climate change-related disasters in the COMESA region and particularly the effect of the recent Cyclone Freddy, which caused unprecedented levels of devastation, we have renewed our resolve to develop and implement programmes that address the effects of climate change, and which enhance the region’s preparedness, says COMESA Secretary General Chileshe…
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A high-level regional dialogue between stakeholders in the transport sector and governments has taken place in Lusaka, Zambia, focusing on the movement of goods and people as part of encouraging intra-Africa trade. This is the 2nd Edition of the dialogue dubbed ‘Land-linked Zambia Conference and Exhibition’ themed ‘Leveraging on the Impacts of the African Continental…
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Senior Government officials from the Ministries of Agriculture in Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia and representatives of key regional private sector associations that make up the Committee of the Regional Food Balance Sheet (RFBS) Initiative have convened in Lusaka, Zambia for a meeting to advance stakeholders ownership and governance of the RFBS. The…
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Lusaka, Tuesday, 14 March 2023: A decision of the Government of Mauritius to grant a subsidy to the Mauritius State Trading Corporation (STC) has been suspended by the Appellate Division of the COMESA Court of Justice (CCJ). The action has been taken pending the hearing and determination of an appeal that has been filed by…
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COMESA, the East African Community (EAC) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the three regional economic communities which are jointly implementing the 50 Million African Women Speak digital platform (50MAWSP), held a high-level partners engagement on Wednesday 8 March to mobilise support for the next phase of the initiative. The meeting took…
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Senior officials working at strategic border posts in the region are undergoing a four-day training programme on border management during health emergencies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The training kicked off on Tuesday, 7 March 2023 in Lusaka Zambia, targeting immigration, customs, border police, port health and trade officials from Malawi, Zambia and…
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