This publication comprises a listing of the measures that COMESA Member States have put in place to contain the spread of the Corona virus. They cover trade facilitation and support to businesses, protection of the vulnerable from the impact of the spread of the virus other relevant measures. COVID-19 Response Measures in Member States
عقب النجاح الذي تحقق في إنشاء منصة مشروع صوت 50 مليون إمرأة أفريقية وإطلاقها على المستوى العالمي في نوفمبر 2019، توجهت الأنظار إلى هذا التدخل الأول من نوعه الذي يهدف إلى تمكين المرأة في إقليم الكوميسا والقارة الأفريقية، وكان من المفترض أن يتبع ذلك عمليات الإطلاق على المستويات الوطنية. وتم القيام بحملات الترويج على مستوى…
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Lusaka, April 18, 2020: Following the successful development and global launch of the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform (50MAWSP) in November 2019, everything was looking up for this first-of its-kind intervention to empower women in the COMESA region and the wider African continent. National launches were supposed to follow. Statewide marketing campaigns had been…
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COVID-19 in COMESA Update No. 8
من المزمع استفادة ملاوي من تعزيز فرص وصول منتجاتها إلى الأسواق من خلال البرنامج الجديد الذي تقوم الكوميسا بريادته والذي يعرف بإيلاء الأولوية للاستثمارات في مجال الصحة والصحة النباتية بهدف الوصول إلى الأسواق. ويقوم مرفق المعايير وتنمية التجارة التابع لمنظمة التجارة العالمية بتمويل البرنامج إضافة إلى تسلم البرنامج للدعم المالي من برنامج تيسير التجارة التابع…
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Lusaka, Friday, April 17, 2020: Malawi is set to benefit from the enhanced market access for its products through a new COMESA led programme known as the Prioritizing Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary Investments for Market Access (P-IMA). The programme is funded by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) of the World Trade Organization and…
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Lusaka, Thursday, April 16, 2020: Road and air transport have borne the brunt of the Coronavirus impact as countries put stringent measures to stop the spread of the pandemic. Border congestion, which have been a persistent headache in better times have worsened, with ripple effects on sanitation services. In aviation, the grounding of aircraft poses…
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SITUATIONAL UPDATE_COVID_19#7
Lusaka, Wednesday, April, 15, 2020: With the outbreak and the global spread of the Coronavirus, the looming socio-economic and political ramifications will be severe. This is largely because of the costly but necessary measures that have been established to contain the spread. According to an analytical report prepared by the Governance, Peace and Security (GPS)…
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eCOMESA Newsletter Issue 618
