Author: Muzinge Chibomba

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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Good Practices Recorded in Zambia’s General Election

The COMESA Election Observer Mission to the recently held 12 August 2021 Zambia General Elections noted several good practices that were implemented during the electoral process. Among them, the establishment of conflict management infrastructure to deal with election related conflict.   The establishment of the Election Support Centres at both national and provincial levels to…
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Regional Annual Inflation Rate Falls to 129.8% in June 2021

The year-on-year inflation rate for the COMESA region dropped from 131.1% in May 2021 to 129.8% in June mainly due to prices changes in 12 key areas of expenditure namely clothing and footwear, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, household equipment, transport and communications and recreation and culture. According to the Harmonised Consumer Price…
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COMFWB Lobbies First Ladies to Advocate for Empowerment of Women in Business

The COMESA Federation of Women in Business has made a pitch to regional First Ladies to advocate for legislation and policies that addresses practices that inhibit the full participation of women in the regional, continental and global business.   Speaking at the SADC First Ladies forum on 17th August 2021 conducted in Malawi, COMFWB Executive…
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A New Tool for Monetary Policy Analysis and Forecasting: CMI trains Member States on Bayesian Vector Auto Regressions

COMESA Monetary Institute has trained staff of Central Banks from the COMESA region on “Practical application of Bayesian Vector Auto Regressions (BAVR) Approach to the analysis of Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism”.   The training took place from 2nd to 6th August 2021 with 29 delegates from seven Central Banks of COMESA Member States participating, namely…
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Sub-Committee on Kenya Sugar Safeguard Measures Reviews Progress

The Sub-committee on Kenya Sugar Safeguard Measures recently held its 2nd extra-ordinary meeting to review implementation of the Safeguard Measures which are intended to enable the country restructure its domestic sugar sector to attain competitiveness and be a profitable sector that can compete regionally and beyond. The meeting held 17-18 August is a follow up…
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e-COMESA Newsletter 670

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COMESA deploys election observers in Zambia: Country goes to the polls this week for presidential, parliamentary, and civic elections

COMESA has deployed a 40-member election observer mission in Zambia for the August 12 General Elections. The observers drawn from 10 Member States were flagged off on Sunday, August 8, 2021, by the Secretary General, Chileshe Kapwepwe at the COMESA Secretariat in Lusaka. The Mission includes observers from Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya,…
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