The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) participated to the 2nd Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security and the 22nd Plenary Session of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia which were held in Mauritius from 18 to 20 June 2019. Organised by the…
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Nairobi, Friday, June 21, 2019: The implementation of the COMESA Industrial Strategy has officially begun following the approval of an Action Plan and Regional Guidelines on Local Content Policy Ministers responsible for industry from the 21 Member States and their representatives adopted the two instruments today during the closure of the 3rd COMESA Ministerial Committee…
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Le 21 juin, les Ministres ayant en charge l’Industrie dans les 21 États membres ou leurs représentants ont approuvé le Plan d’action et les Lignes directrices régionales de la Politique de contenu local, lors de leur 3e réunion tenue à Nairobi (Kenya). Cette étape a ouvert la voie à la mise en œuvre de la…
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Nairobi, Thursday, June 20, 2019: Preparations for hosting the Source 21 COMESA High Level Business Summit and International Trade Fair to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 17 to 21 July 2019 are at advanced stage. The event will be jointly hosted at the Kenyatta International Conference Center, by the COMESA Business Council (CBC) in collaboration with…
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COMESA Gazette Volume 22
Quinze des 21 pays du Marché commun de l’Afrique orientale et australe (COMESA) ont mis en place un fonds routier et une agence de développement routier dédiés à la maintenance et au développement des routes pour les réseaux routiers régionaux et nationaux. Il s’agit des pays suivants: Burundi, Djibouti, Égypte, Érythrée, Eswatini, Éthiopie, Kenya, Libye,…
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Nairobi, Tuesday, June 18, 2019: Fifteen out of 21 countries in the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa, (COMESA) have established dedicated Road Funds and Road Development Agencies to undertake maintenance, and development of roads for both the regional and national road networks. These are: Burundi, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi,…
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Nairobi, Monday, June 17, 2019: The COMESA region has experienced a robust annual real GDP growth of close to 6.5%, but this has not led to economic transformation of the region. According to Principal Secretary in charge of Industry in Kenya, Ms. Betty Maina, this disparity has resulted from preoccupation with low value-added products and…
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Nairobi, Monday, June 17, 2019: Six COMESA countries have so far signed the Commitment towards establishment of a single African Air Transport Market. The signing of the instrument, also known as the Solemn Yammassoukro Commitment (YC), by Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, puts the regional Air Transport liberalisation programme on course. This was…
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Le COMESA participe au Forum d’Évaluation globale de l’Aide pour le Commerce 2019 de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) qui s’est ouvert à Genève (Suisse) le mercredi 3 juillet sous le thème «Soutenir la transformation et l’autonomisation économiques». L’objectif de la réunion est d’examiner les politiques de diversification et d’autonomisation économiques qui sont essentielles pour…
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