Category: Press Releases

COMESA – EU Sign €8.8m to Support Private Sector Competitiveness

Lusaka, Friday, November 29, 2019: The European Union and COMESA have today signed an 8.8m Euros Contribution Agreement to increase private sector participation in sustainable regional and global value chains through improved investment/business climate and enhanced competitiveness in the COMESA region. This was one of the activities conducted during the opening of the 40th Meeting…
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COMESA, EU Sign 8.8m Euros to Support Private Sector

PRESS RELEASE – COMESA – EU Sign €8.8m for RECAMP

COMESA and EAC Hold Regional Consultative Workshop Ahead of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) and the Conference of Parties (COP25) meetings

Kigali, Thursday, 7 November 2019: The COMESA and East African Community (EAC) Secretariats in partnership with the Government of Rwanda will conduct a regional technical consultative workshop in Kigali on 8 – 9 November 2019 as part of preparations for COP25. The Secretariats, both beneficiaries of the European Union’s ACP’s Global Climate Change Alliance Plus…
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Project Steering Team for Regional Cross Border Programme Inaugurated

Lusaka, Monday, September 30, 2019: Small cross border are the key beneficiaries of new projects aimed at increasing formal small-scale cross border trade flows in the COMESA, EAC and SADC Tripartite region. The first is a 15 million euros Regional Small-Scale Cross Border Trade Initiative (SSCBTI) project, while the second is a 53m euros Trade…
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Press Release: COMESA Holds Regional Climate Resilience Meeting in Zambia

Press Release COMESA Climate Change Resilience Mtg

COMESA Deploys Observers to the Tripartite Elections in Malawi

Press Release COMESA Deploys Observers to Malawi-4

Le COMESA déploie une mission d’observation préélectorale dans l’Union des Comores

Lusaka, dimanche 10 février 2019 : Le COMESA a déployé une mission d’observation préélectorale auprès de l’Union des Comores avant la tenue des élections présidentielles prévues le 24 mars 2019. Les observateurs préélectoraux du COMESA sont arrivés à Moroni ce 10 février, et la délégation est dirigée par Madame Hope Kivengere, une ougandaise membre du Comité…
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COMESA Deploys a Pre-Election Observation Mission to Comoros

Lusaka, Sunday, February 10, 2019: COMESA has deployed a Pre-Election Observation Mission to the Union of Comoros ahead of the Presidential elections set for 24th March 2019. The COMESA pre-election observers arrived in Moroni on 10th February led by Madam Hope Kivengere a member of the COMESA Committee of elders from Uganda. The deployment of…
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Press Release: European energy regulators sign MOU with Eastern and Southern Africa energy regulators

The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER)1 and the Regional Association of Energy Regulators for Eastern and Southern Africa (RAERESA)2 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that establishes a 3-year collaboration between European and Eastern/Southern African energy regulators, which will be facilitated by COMESA3. The newly-elected President of CEER, Dr Annegret Groebel, and RAERESA…
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COMESA Sends Solidarity Message to Kenya After Terror Attack

Lusaka, Friday, January 18, 2019: The Chairperson of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has sent a message of condolences and solidarity to the President of the Republic of Kenya His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, Government, families and people of Kenya on the recent terror attacks in Nairobi in which more than 20…
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