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Over 40 Students Enroll for COMESA Masters in Regional Integration Program

Forty-Seven students are currently enrolled for the COMESA Masters in Regional Integration (MRI) Programme, currently offered by the Kenyatta University in Kenya and the University of Mauritius. Out of these, 39 students have received COMESA scholarships supported by the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). The scholarships were…
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Africa Youth Leaders to Meet Ministers at the Zimbabwe Conference

Harare, Monday, July 25, 2022: The preliminary technical meetings leading to the first-ever High-Level Youth Ministerial Conference targeting Regional Economic Communities, Regional Mechanisms, relevant Ministries in the Southern Africa Region and National Youth Councils in the region begun today in Harare. It brought together youth leaders from the youth councils, the AU Youth Envoy, African…
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Steps Towards Establishing an Electronic Single Window System

The Electronic Single Window System (eSW) is one of the key trade and transport facilitation instruments prioritized by most of the COMESA Member States to improve the ease of doing business environment and to enhance intra-regional trade in region. In 2017, the COMESA Council of Ministers decided that Member States should adopt a harmonized and…
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STATEMENT BY HER EXCELLENCY CHILESHE MPUNDU KAPWEPWE SECRETARY GENERAL AT THE OCCASION OF PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS

Your Excellency, Ambassador Abadi Nureldin Abdelrahman Nureldin, Sudanese Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia and Now formally Accredited Permanent Representative to COMESA Your Excellency, Ambassador Ashok Kumar, Indian High Commissioner to the Republic of Zambia and Now formally Accredited Special Representative to COMESA Your Excellency, Ambassador Du Xiaohui Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia…
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Tripartite Framework win Accolades at the AU Mid-Year Summit

Lusaka, Monday, July 18, 2022:  The Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement that brings together COMESA, East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tripartite Free Trade Area has been hailed as a good model for regional integration. This followed a presentation on the success of the Tripartite FTA at the just concluded…
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Procurement contracts awarded in 2022

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Publication of grants awarded 2021-2022

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Central Banks’ Staff Trained on Monetary Policy Formulation Methods

Thirty-two economists from 12 Central Banks in the COMESA region have been trained on the basic Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) Modelling and Time Series Analysis. These are used in monetary policy formulation in inflation and targeting monetary policy regime to which most COMESA Central Banks are transitioning. The training was conducted virtually on 11…
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Climate Change Experts Give Final Nod to Resilience Plan; Share Best Practices on Adaptation

The COMESA Regional Resilience Implementation Plan and Resource Mobilization Strategy is nearing completion following final review by experts in climate change, resilience, disaster risk reduction and management, drawn from 14 Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the African Union Commission. At the same time, country focal points for the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) from…
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COMESA Supports AGRAs bid to be AU Agency

Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, H.E Hailemariam Desalegn, who is now the Board Chair of the Alliance for Green Revolution for Africa met with COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe, Saturday, July 16 in Lusaka, Zambia. Their talks focused on AGRA’s bid to become an agency of the African Union. COMESA pledged to support and advocate…
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