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ESREM Validates Tariff Guidelines for the EA-SA-IO region

The Enhanced Sustainable Regional Energy Market (ESREM) Project has validated several guidelines developed to assist stakeholders enhance investment in renewable energy, promote energy efficiency and improve access to electricity. The validation was conducted on 24th and 25th August 2021 during a virtual workshop were guidelines such as the Renewable Energy Incentive Mechanisms, the Renewable Energy…
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COMESA SG Attends Business Event for Visiting UK Minister for Africa

Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe met the visiting United Kingdom (UK) Minister for Africa Mr James Duddridge on Tuesday 24 August 2021 who was in Lusaka to attend the inauguration of Zambia’s 7th Republican President His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema. The business event hosted by the British High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley was attended by leading…
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ﺑﯾر إﺣﺻﺎء اﻗﺗﺻﺎدي

إن اﻟﻣﺳؤوﻟﯾﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ ﻟﮭذا اﻟﻣﻧﺻب ھﻲ ﺗوﻓﯾر اﻟدﻋم اﻟﻔﻧﻲ ﻓﻲ وﺿﻊ وﺗﻧﻔﯾذ اﻟﺑراﻣﺞ اﻹﺣﺻﺎﺋﯾﺔ اﻻﻗﺗﺻﺎدﯾﺔ اﻟﺗﻲ ﺗﺗﻌﻠﻖ ﺑﺈﺣﺻﺎﺋﯾﺎت ) اﻟﺣﺳﺎﺑﺎت اﻟوطﻧﯾﺔ، واﻟﺗﺟﺎرة ﻓﻲ اﻟﺧدﻣﺎت ، واﻹﺣﺻﺎﺋﯾﺎت اﻷﺧرى ﻟﻣﯾزان اﻟﻣدﻓوﻋﺎت وإﺣﺻﺎﺋﯾﺎت اﻷﺳﻌﺎر وﺑر ﻧﺎﻣﺞ اﻟﻣﻘﺎرﻧﺎت اﻟدوﻟﯾﺔ، واﻹﺣﺻﺎﺋﯾﺎت اﻟﺻﻧﺎﻋﯾﺔ واﻟﺗﺟﺎرﯾﺔ، واﻹﺣﺻﺎﺋﯾﺎت اﻟﻧﻘدﯾﺔ واﻟﻣﺎﻟﯾﺔ وإﺣﺻﺎﺋﯾﺎت ھﺟرة اﻟﻌﻣﺎﻟﺔ( اﻟﺗﻲ ﺗدﻋم اﻻﺣﺗﯾﺎﺟﺎت اﻟﺣﺎﻟﯾﺔ واﻟﻣﺳﺗﻘﺑﻠﯾﺔ ﻟﻣﻌﺎھدة اﻟﻛوﻣﯾﺳﺎ وأھداف اﻟﺧطﺔ اﻻﺳﺗراﺗﯾﺟﯾﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ…
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Statisticien économique

La responsabilité globale de ce poste est de fournir un soutien technique dans l’élaboration et la mise en œuvre de programmes de statistiques économiques (concernant les comptes nationaux, le commerce des services et la balance des paiements, les prix et les programmes de comparaison internationale, l‘industrie et le commerce, le secteur financier et la migration…
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CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference on MSMEs and COVID-19: Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities

The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on the livelihood of each and everyone. Particularly, the MSMEs have been affected by the various measures and policies implemented by governments worldwide. Lockdowns, confinement, travel restrictions, vaccination requirements have all changed the daily routine of entrepreneurs. Being a category that remains highly vulnerable to shocks, MSMEs have…
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COMESA AWARDS NINE SCHOLARSHIPS TO SECOND COHORT OF STUDENTS TO UNDERTAKE A MASTER’S DEGREE IN REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Lusaka, Wednesday 25 August 2021: COMESA has awarded nine (09) scholarships worth USD 24,300 to students admitted to Kenyatta University in Kenya to pursue a Master’s Degree Programme in Regional Integration. The Scholarship Award Selection Committee sat on 1st July 2021 and considered all the applications based on the scholarship award criteria before awarding the…
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COMESA Awards Nine Scholarships to Students to Undertake a Masters Degree in Regional Integration

Lusaka, Wednesday 25 August 2021: COMESA has awarded nine (09) scholarships worth USD 24,300 to students admitted to Kenyatta University in Kenya to pursue a Master’s Degree Programme in Regional Integration. The Scholarship Award Selection Committee sat on 1st July 2021 and considered all the applications based on the scholarship award criteria before awarding the…
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e-comesa Newsletter 671

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Zambia has Demonstrated its Democratic Credentials: COMESA hails the New Leader

COMESA has congratulated the newly elected 7th President of Zambia, H.E Hakainde Hichilema and the people of Zambia for yet again upholding democratic practices in the country’s political transition. In a statement issued by the Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe, COMESA described the conduct of the just concluded Presidential, Parliamentary and Civic elections as having underlined…
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Gender Disaggregated Small Scale Cross Border Trade Data for Zambia

COMESA, with financial support from the European Union has been implementing the Small-Scale Cross Border Trade Initiative (SSCBTI) which aims at increasing small scale cross-border trade flows in the COMESA Tripartite region. This is being done by facilitating small-scale cross border trade between targeted countries through effective policy and governance reforms, institutional capacity building, improved…
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