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Up Scaling Cassava Clusters: A FEMCOM/COMESA Initiative

As a result of an increase in the use of cassava on the international market, the role of efficient markets and a better coordinated cassava chain have become important to producers and processors who depend on cassava. Market opportunities for farmers and processors include cassava flour as a replacement for wheat flour, cassava starch as…
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COMESA Kicks-off 25th Anniversary Celebrations

Lusaka, Monday, 18 November 2019: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has today launched activities to celebrate its 25 anniversary since its transformation from the Preferential Trade Area (PTA) in 1994. In a press conference conducted at the Secretariat in Lusaka, Zambia, the Secretary General Ms. Chileshe Kapwepwe unveiled the Silver Jubilee programme,…
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COMESA Court Launches Revised Rules of Arbitration

Lusaka, Friday 15 November 2019: The COMESA Court of Justice has launched revised Arbitration Rules aimed at guiding the business of the Court more efficiently in the current dispensation. The launch was conducted in Lusaka during the opening of the 22nd Meeting of COMESA Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General. Delegates attending the meeting commended…
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Committee Meeting on Administrative and Budgetary Matters Underway

Lusaka, November 13, 2019: The 40th COMESA Meeting of the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Matters began in Lusaka today. The focus of the meeting is on strengthening the organization’s structures responsible for implementation of regional programmes at the national level. Over 100 senior officials from Ministries that coordinate COMESA programmes in the 21 Member…
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COMESA Region Annual Inflation Report, September 2019

The year on year, inflation rate (annual percentage change) in the COMESA region as measured by the Harmonized Consumer Price Index (HCPI-COMESA) stood at 23.4% for the month of September 2019. Read on: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LaF7yqEYk0a1Rw78iZvkY3GTqr-bpHwX/view    

COMSHIP Launched in 18 COMESA Member States

Kigali, Wednesday, November 6, 2019: Eighteen COMESA Member countries have successfully launched the regional Seed Harmonisation Implementation Plan (COMSHIP) while five of these are implementing the programme with support from USAID. The remaining Member States namely Somalia, Tunisia and Libya are yet to launch. This was revealed during the opening of the 3rd COMESA Seed…
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Regional Climate Change Resilience Framework Developed

Nairobi, Tuesday, November 5, 2019: COMESA has developed a draft Regional Resilience Framework to build the capacity of its members to withstand disasters occasioned by adverse effects of climate change. The development of the framework has been informed by the increasing vulnerability of regional countries, to climate change and other disasters such as flooding, landslides,…
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Speed up Implementation of Regional Infrastructure Programmes – Ministers

Lusaka, Thursday, October, 31, 2019: Ministers responsible for infrastructure from the tripartite group comprising COMESA, the East Africa Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have called for the speedy implementation of regional infrastructure programmes in energy, transport and Information Communication Technology (ICTs) sectors to accelerating economic integration. This was after reviewing the…
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COMESA, TMEA Signs MoU  to promote Trade in the Region

Lusaka, Wednesday, October 30, 2019: COMESA and the Trade Mark East Africa TMEA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote trade in the region by removing obstacles that impede the smooth flow of trade among the Member States in the region. Working closely with international and regional organizations, such as Trade Mark East Africa,…
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Six COMESA States Take Steps to Access Climate Change Funds  

Lusaka, Monday, October 21, 2019: Many African countries are lagging in accessing climate finance to operationalize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) which are commitments made by each country to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases and adapt to the impacts of climate change in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement. According to the International Finance…
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