The deadline set by the Tripartite Council of Ministers for member States of the three regional economic blocs to sign and ratify the tripartite free trade area lapses this month. So far only four countries Kenya, Egypt, South Africa and Uganda have signed and ratified the TFT agreement. A total of 22 out of 26…
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Lusaka, Monday, April 1, 2019:COMESA will convene an extra ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers Friday this week in Lusaka, Zambia, to deal with pressing administrative and finance matters. This will be the seventh extra ordinary meeting of the Council. It will be preceded by the Intergovernmental Committee meeting, on 3 – 4 April…
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There is need for Courts of Justice of the various Regional Economic Communities to have regular interactions with national courts and tribunals to come up with ways in which they can harmonise interpretation of treaties from within their regions. This is informed not only by the overlapping membership of states to the Regional Economic Communities…
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Lusaka, Thursday, March 28, 2019: The COMESA Secretariat has offered to host the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC/A) offices in Zambia. This was disclosed during a courtesy call on COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, by the Director General of the SDGs regional office for Southern Africa, Dr. Belay Begashaw. The SDGC for…
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Lusaka, Monday, March 25, 2019: The 50 Million African Women Speak (50MAWS) digital platform moved closer to becoming a reality after the kickoff of a two-week training workshop in Lusaka, Zambia Monday, 25th March 2019. The training will equip users with the required skills to manage the platform setting the stage for its official launch…
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Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, March 23, 2019: Assistant Secretary General, Dr Kipyego Cheluget is leading a COMESA delegation to the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development taking place in Marrakech, Morocco. The team is participating in the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) meeting. The RCM-Africa derives its mandate from UN resolution 32/197, which directed…
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A delegation of Egyptian investors visited the COMESA Secretariat to explore investment opportunities in various sectors of the economies in the region. The delegation comprising 35 members led by Chairman of the African Cooperation Committee of the Federation of Egyptian Industries Sherif El Gabaly met Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe on 20th march 2019 to…
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COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe appeared on the Breakfast Show on the Eswatini National Television station on 15th March 2019. The SG was in the Kingdom of Eswatini to Sign the project document for 1.2 million Euros from the European Union. Part of the funds will be used for the construction of the modern…
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Nairobi, Tuesday, March 19, 2019: With a number of countries in the COMESA region gradually moving to inflation targeting monetary policy framework, the need to upgrade the skills of monetary authorities to forecast inflation with a high degree of accuracy becoming critical. Contemporary monetary policy formulation requires information and forecasts on the interaction between sectors…
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Moroni, Tuesday, March 18, 2019: COMESA has deployed a team of election observers to Comoros ahead of the Presidential elections set for March 24, 2019. Led by Madam Hope Kivengere, a member of the COMESA Committee of elders from Uganda, the election observers arrived in Moroni on Monday, March 19, 2019. This deployment is in…
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