Bujumbura, Burundi, 20 July 2023: The first round of an awareness campaign to enlist regional States that have not yet signed the commitment to establish the single African air transport market to do so, have concluded in Burundi. The one-month campaign was conducted by COMESA under the Support to the Air Transport Sector Development (SATSD)…
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Lilongwe, Thursday, June 22, 2023: A national workshop to sensitize stakeholders in Malawi on the need to subscribe to the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) began today in Lilongwe. The two-day workshop seeks to enlist Malawi to sign up to establish the SAATM leading to the liberalization of its air transport sector. So far…
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THE TWENTY SECOND SUMMIT OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA was hosted in physical format at Mulungushi International Conference Centre, Lusaka, Zambia on 8 June 2023, under the theme: “Economic Integration for a Thriving COMESA Anchored on Green Investment, Value Addition and Tourism”.…
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The 22nd COMESA Summit was conducted in Lusaka, Zambia, Thursday, June 8, 2023, with leaders attending closing ranks on the priority issues for the region. Key among them are promoting intra-regional trade, addressing climate change, industrialization, value addition and peace and security. Presidents Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia who took over the chair of the regional…
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Lusaka, Wednesday, June 7, 2023: The 16th edition of the COMESA Business Forum kicked off today in Lusaka, Zambia with over 500 regional and international businesses participating the in the one-day event preceding the COMESA Summit. The forum is a multisectoral platform for the promotion of quality products and services that are currently breaking ground…
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Lusaka, June 5, 2023: The COMESA Secretariat and the Government of Kenya have signed two agreements: One sub-delegating the implementation of coordinated border management activities at Moyale, the Kenya- Ethiopia border post. The other is on the implementation of the project on increasing competitiveness and market access of the Micro and Small Enterprises/ Fish traders…
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COMESA Business Council launched a game-changing e-learning portal in Livingstone, Zambia, on Friday 26th May 2023, where over 50 women-run Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) were awarded certificates for their completion of the three-day training workshop on Digitalization Toolkits for Greater Financial Inclusion that preceded the launch. The e-Academy, which is an initiative by…
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The representatives of the Governments of the Republic of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Republic of Kenya, the Federal Republic of Somalia, the Republic of South Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Uganda, national youth councils, youth led organisations, and youth delegates, met…
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Lilongwe, Malawi, 04 May 2023: The 10 Years Anniversary celebrations of the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) kicked off in Lilongwe, Malawi, today, attended by hundreds of stakeholders representing governments, national competition regulatory authorities, development and cooperating partners among others. The two-day celebrations include keynote statements from leaders and experts’ panel discussions on key issues in…
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When: 9th – 12th May 2023. Where: Bujumbura, Burundi. Who: The African Union Commission (AUC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), the Horn of Africa Youth Network, the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Save the Children International, with…
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