Lusaka, Tuesday, 09 November 2021: The COMESA Council of Ministers Meeting conducted their 42nd meeting today, to take stock of the status of implementation of regional integration programmes in the last one year. Attended by Ministers responsible for trade, commerce, industry and foreign affairs, the meeting received reports of the sectoral meetings that have been…
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A joint meeting of ministers responsible for youth and foreign affairs have called for the engagement of young people in shaping the peace and security agenda on the continent starting at the national and regional level before being escalated on to the wider scale. They were speaking at the just ended high-level ministerial conference on…
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The Government of Zambia has launched the Country Structural Vulnerability Assessment and Resilience Process (CSVRA). The strategy is expected to enhance national resilience and responsiveness to various structural vulnerability factors that can impact on Zambia’s stability, security, and development Supported by the African Union Commission (AUC) and COMESA Secretariat, the CSVRA is designed to facilitate…
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A five-day high-level ministerial conference on the role of regional economic communities in promoting the youth, peace and security agenda in the East and the Horn of Africa will take place in Nairobi, Kenya 1- 5 November 2021. The objective of the conference is to promote the youth peace and security agenda through advocacy for…
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The Government of Zambia will launch the Country Structural Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Strategy (CSVRA) next week. The strategy is expected to enhance national resilience and responsiveness to various structural vulnerability factors to prevent possible conflict. Backed by the African Union Commission (AUC) and COMESA Secretariat, the CSVRA is designed to facilitate the identification of…
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COMESA is mourning the demise of Ms Hope Kivengere, a Member of the COMESA Committee of Elders, who passed away on 19 October 2021 in her home country Uganda. Ms Kivengere was appointed to the Committee of Elders in April 2015 where she also served as the Deputy Chairperson. In the course of service to…
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The COMESA Secretariat and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania have jointly signed an agreement that sub-delegates the implementation of coordinated border management activities and construction of a border market at the Tunduma Tanzania-Zambia Border Post. The European Union allocated a total of EUR 2.7 million to this initiative under the COMESA Small-Scale…
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The COMFWB, Ae Trade initiative aims at promoting online trade for women entrepreneurs The COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) in collaboration with the African e-Trade Group (Ae-Trade) have launched an online Platform Sokokuu to traders in the COMESA region. The platform will enable traders to conduct cross border trade using ICT as a…
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Eleven youths from the region have been elected to the COMESA Youth Advisory Panel (COMYAP). The roles and responsibilities of the panel is to, among others, provide the COMESA Council of Ministers with direct and well-informed advice on matters relating to young people through recommendations contained in the COMYAP bi-annual reports. Representatives of the COMESA…
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Over 200 local, regional and international businesswomen and investors participated in the 2nd COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) annual regional trade fair that took place on 22 – 24 September 2021 in Lusaka, Zambia. The forum provided a platform for businesses to showcase innovative products and services available and the existing potential in…
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