COMESA has launched the World Bank-funded Inclusive Digitalization for East and Southern Africa (IDEA) Programme which aims to empower 180 million people with internet access and provide digitally enabled services to 100 million people over the next eight years. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Technology and Science of Zambia, Dr. Brilliant Habeenzu, launched the programme alongside, World…
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Your Excellency Emily Burns, High Commissioner of Canada to the Republic of Zambia and now, being accredited Special Representative to COMESA. My colleague, the Assistant Secretary General Administration and Finance, Colleagues from the High Commission of Canada, Directors, Heads of Units and Staff from COMESA Secretariat, Members of the media present, Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow…
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ADDENDUM NO. 1 PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO TAKE NOTE THAT: The Closing date for submission of Expressions of Interests has been extended from Thursday 24 APRIL 2025 at 12:00 hours to 9th May 2025 at 10:00 Zambian time. [download id=”101768″] The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) received a grant from the World Bank…
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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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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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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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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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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has applied for financing from the African Development Bank (the Bank) toward the cost of the Capacity Building Program for Infrastructure Statistics in Transition States and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for the recruitment and…
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has applied for financing from the African Development Bank (the Bank) toward the cost of the Capacity Building Program for Infrastructure Statistics in Transition States and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for the recruitment and…
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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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