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REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PROPOSALS – CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO FACILITATE RECRUITMENT OF FOUR PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

03/04/2025

The COMESA Competition’s Commission’s core mandate is to promote and encourage competition by preventing restrictive business practices and other restrictions that deter the efficient operation of markets, thereby enhancing the welfare of the consumers in the Common Market, and to protect consumers against offensive conduct by market actors. The Regulations apply to all economic activities…
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMESA MODEL POLICY ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN ENERGY ACCESS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. REFERENCE NO. ZM-COMESA -474552-CS-QBS

27/03/2025

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) received a grant from the World Bank towards the implementation of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include development of a regional COMESA Policy for Gender…
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COMESA Kicks Off Preparations for 2026–2030 Medium-Term Strategic Plan

25/03/2025

Preparations for the development of COMESA’s 2026–2030 Medium-Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) have commenced with a two-day retreat for management and technical staff in Lusaka, held on March 24–25, 2025. The retreat’s agenda focused on reviewing the performance of the current 2021–2025 MTSP, identifying successes, challenges, and key lessons to inform the next five-year plan. Leading…
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Regional Apex Bank’s Staff Trained to Address Data Delays in Forecasting GDP

25/03/2025

Most Member States do not compile high-frequency measures of gross domestic product (GDP). If they do, the estimates come with a considerable lag, yet policy decisions need to be made often, particularly when major shocks such as COVID-19 pandemic or climate related shocks have occurred. This has inspired the COMESA Monetary Institute to come up…
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REI: MARKET ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTIVE USES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY (PURE)

24/03/2025

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) received a grant from the World Bank towards the implementation of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include Market Assessment of Productive Uses of Renewable Energy…
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COMESA Mourns Elder Monique Esoavelomandraso from Madagascar

24/03/2025

The COMESA Secretariat has learnt with deep sorrow about the passing on of Madam Monique Andreas Esoavelomandraso, a member of the COMESA Committee of Elders from Madagascar. She died on Monday 17th March 2025 in Madagascar. Head of the Governance, Peace and Security Unit Dr Oita Etyang revealed that upon being appointed to the Committee…
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First Compendium of Environment Statistics for Kenya Launched

20/03/2025

COMESA and the Government of Kenya launched the first-ever Compendium of Environment Statistics for Kenya, on 20 March 2025, a vital resource that consolidates key data on environmental conditions, natural resource use, waste management, disasters, human settlements, and environmental policies. Developed by COMESA through its EU-funded Eleventh European Development Fund (EDF-11) Institutional Capacity Building Program…
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Request for Consultancy services to develop Sustainability Strategy for the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform (50MAWSP)

20/03/2025

COMESA is inviting eligible firms to submit technical and financial proposals for the following services: Consultancy to develop Sustainability Strategy for the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform (50MAWSP) to be procured under the Contract reference number CS/GEN/50MAWSP/18032025/SM-sm of the Contract. The Terms of Reference defining the minimum technical requirements for these services are attached…
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Consultancy to Conduct a Study and Development of Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Other Emerging Technologies

14/03/2025

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has received a grant from the World Bank for the cost of Inclusive Digitalization for Eastern and Southern Africa (IDEA) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The Overall objective of the consulting services (“the Services”) include carrying out of a Study on…
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Consultancy for Development of a Regional Digital Inclusion Action Plan and Associated Draft Regulations and Policies