Category: COMESA News

COMESA Institutions, Secretariat in Fresh Move to Deepen Collaboration

Lusaka, Sunday, November 24, 2019: COMESA Institutions and the Secretariat have developed a draft framework of cooperation. The tool is intended to deepen collaboration and synergy in the delivery of their different mandate towards their common goal of promoting regional integration. In a one-day retreat conducted in Lusaka, Zambia on Sunday, November 24, 2019, the…
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COMESA @25 Golf Tournament Tee-Off

Lusaka, Friday 22 November 2019: Over 100 golfers are participating in the COMESA 25th Anniversary Golf tournament at the Bonanza Golf course in Lusaka, Zambia. The tournament attracted players from the international and business community, diplomatic corps, government academia and ordinary citizens. The main sponsor of the event is the Trade and Development Bank (TDB).…
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CMI Scales-Up Capacity Building Initiatives

Nairobi, Thursday, November 21, 2029: In recent weeks, the COMESA Monetary Institute has scaled up capacity building initiatives targeted mainly at staff of Central banks in Member States. The main objective of these initiatives is to improve macroeconomic management and financial stability in the region with the aim of enhancing the COMESA Monetary Integration Programme.…
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Egypt Domesticates COMESA Seed Regulations

Lusaka, November 20, 2019: Egypt is the eighth COMESA Member State to domesticate the COMESA Seed Trade Harmonisation Regulations. This follows the signing of a Gazette notice by Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Prof. Ezaldin Abusteit. Egypt now joins Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, which have completely aligned their national seed…
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APPEL À PROPOSITIONS: pour le Renforcement des capacités des institutions techniques engagées dans la prestation de services d’éducation, de formation et de recherche scientifique en matière de changement climatique dans la région COMESA

Le Marché commun de l’Afrique orientale et australe (COMESA) est l’une des organisations africaines qui ont reçu un financement de l’Union européenne (UE) pour la mise en œuvre de l’une des composantes régionales du programme GCCA+ intra-ACP financé au titre du 11e Fonds européen de développement (FED). La subvention vient soutenir le projet successeur au…
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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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Numéro 602 de La Dépêche e-COMESA

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e-COMESA Newsletter Issue No. 602

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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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