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Animal Resource Information System (ARIS-3) to Support Priority Regional Livestock Value Chains

14/02/2020

As a part of implementation and coordination of ARIS II for the sustainable development of animal resources, African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) through the Pan African Support for the sustainable development of livestock for livelihoods in Africa Live2Africa will be transforming priority regional livestock value chains through strengthening systematic capacity building across…
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COMESA/ACTESA to Revive Regional Policy on Biotechnology and Biosafety

09/01/2020

The COMESA Secretariat will in 2020 support the revitalization of the Regional Policy on Biotechnology and Biosafety under the Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA). Assistant Secretary General for Administration and Finance Dr Dev Haman revealed that the Secretariat will also support ACTESA in having its first meeting for the new…
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COMESA/ACTESA to Revive Regional Policy on Biotechnology and Biosafety

20/12/2019

The COMESA Secretariat will in 2020 support the revitalization of the Regional Policy on Biotechnology and Biosafety under the Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA). Assistant Secretary General for Administration and Finance Dr Dev Haman revealed that the Secretariat will also support ACTESA in having its first meeting for the new…
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COMESA and Partners Hold Successful Side Events at COP25

20/12/2019

COMESA in partnership with the African Union Commission and other Regional Economic Communities (RECs) successfully held side events to push Africa’s case at the just ended UN Climate Change Meetings also known as the 25th Conference of Parties (COP) to the Climate Change Convention. The first meeting to be held was a technical side event…
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COMESA Central Bank Governors Discuss Monetary Integration

14/12/2019

Lusaka, Friday 13 December 2019: The 24th Meeting of the COMESA Committee of Central Bank Governors and their representatives met in Lusaka on Friday and discussed ways of enhancing implementation of the COMESA Monetary Integration Agenda. They have agreed that the success of several regional programmes including the Free Trade Area (FTA), the Tripartite Free…
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ZEP-RE Opens US$36m Business Park in Lusaka

05/12/2019

Lusaka, Thursday, 5 December 2019: The PTA Reinsurance Company (ZEP-RE) has launched a US$36 million Business Park in Zambia’s capital Lusaka. This is the largest single investment in real estate for the COMESA institution in the Eastern and Southern African region. The nine floor star-shaped-environmentally-friendly building was officially launched by Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu who…
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COMESA Provides IT Equipment for Cross Border Trade Data Collection

28/11/2019

Lusaka, Thursday, November 28, 2019: COMESA has provided $13,000 worth of assorted state of the art Information Technology (IT) equipment to the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) to support data collection for small scale cross border traders. The equipment comprises of four Desktop Computers with flat screens, four Laserjet Printers, four Un-Interruptible Power Supplies (UPSs), four…
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40th Intergovernmental Committee Meeting Opens in Lusaka

25/11/2019

Lusaka, Monday, November 25, 2019: Close to three hundred delegates have converged in Lusaka to attend the 40th COMESA Intergovernmental Committee Meeting which opened on Monday 25th November. This is an annual forum for delegates from Member States to review the implementation of COMESA’s regional integration programmes and the state of development in the region.…
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COMESA, TMEA Signs MoU to promote Trade in the Region

30/10/2019

Lusaka, Wednesday, October 30, 2019: COMESA and the Trade Mark East Africa TMEA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote trade in the region by removing obstacles that impede the smooth flow of trade among the Member States in the region. Working closely with international and regional organizations, such as Trade Mark East Africa,…
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Regional Central Banks Staff Trained on Managing International Reserves

13/10/2019

Lusaka, Sunday, October 13, 2019: Central Banks of 10 COMESA Member States namely: Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Eritrea, Libya, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe have benefited from a capacity building initiative on the management of international reserves. This is through training conducted in Cairo, Egypt from 15th to 19th September 2019, under the theme: ‘Active…
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