Lusaka, Monday, September 18, 2023: The US Ambassador to Zambia Mr. Michael Gonzales has been accredited as Special Representative to COMESA. Ambassador Gonzales presented his Letter of Credence to the Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe at the COMESA Headquarters in Lusaka, Receiving the accreditation, the Secretary General acknowledged the long standing partnership the US and…
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The project steering committee (PSC) of the COMESA, Small Scale Cross-Border Trade Initiative conducted its 4th meeting in Lusaka, Zambia 18 – 20 September 2023 to review progress of the project’s implementation, five years since its inception. The project is funded by the European Union with a total investment of 15 million Euros. It focuses…
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Kigali, Rwanda, September 14, 2023: Ministers of infrastructure from the COMESA region conducted their 13th meeting in Kigali, Rwanda with a call for mobilization of funds from national resources, public private partnerships, foreign direct investment and development partners to close the rising infrastructure gap. The meeting which was attended by ministers and ministerial representatives responsible…
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The joint African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) training seeks to leverage Civil Society Organization (CSO) networks to support conflict prevention, including the African Union Country Structural Vulnerability and Resilience Assessments (AU CSVRA) and the COMESA Conflict Early Warning System Structural Vulnerability Assessments (COMWARN…
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The COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) has embarked on a programme to build the capacity of the central banks in the region on the utilization of Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The program aimed to equipping the regional banks’ staff with comprehensive knowledge regarding Big Data, including its origins, characteristics, value, acquisition methods, and…
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Kigali, Tuesday, 12 September 2023:Regional infrastructure experts led by Permanent Secretaries from the 21 COMESA Member States have begun meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, today to review progress on the implementation of the ongoing priority projects. The two-day meeting is the 13th of the Joint Technical Committees on Transport and Communications, Information Technology and Energy. Among…
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Lusaka, Monday, 11 September 2023: The 10th edition of the COMESA Annual Research Forum began today, bringing together policy makers, academia, think tanks and the private sector to discuss emerging topical issues in regional integration. The event is part of capacity building initiatives in economic and trade policy research and analysis to strengthen integration and…
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The first COMESA Climate Change Programme Steering Committee (PSC) meeting for the Global Environment Facility – funded Capacity Building Initiative for enhanced Transparency (COMESA-CBIT) Project took place, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 on the margins of the Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week in Nairobi, Kenya. The project is supporting four COMESA Member States; Eritrea,…
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Trade flow along the Zambia – Tanzania corridor is set for better times once a Euros 2.638 million project to upgrade the Tunduma border post is completed. The project which is being implemented through a sub delegation agreement between COMESA and the government of Tanzania kicked off on 15 August 2023 when the site was…
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COMESA and the European Union have today handed over ICT equipment and metal detectors valued at Euro 120,000 to the Zambia government to be used by the country’s Road Transport and Safety Agency and the Police Service. The equipment which includes metal detectors and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) devices is part of the implementation…
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