In this Issue Study on the Socio-Economic Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic in COMESA Region Completed eCommerce has Sustained Economies During COVID-19, Zambia VP COVID-19 Food and Nutrition Security Response Plan Endorsed Kenya Gets Sugar Safeguard for Two More Years COMESA Sub-delegates to Zambia, the Upgrading of Selected Border Posts Download eCOMESA Newsletter Issue 647
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Lusaka, November 28, 2020: COMESA Council of Ministers has granted Kenya a two year extension of the sugar safeguard beginning March 2021 to February 2023. In its 41st meeting conducted virtually on Thursday, 26 November 2020, the Council urged Kenya to share the modalities used in calculating the projected sugar deficit with other Member States…
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Friday, November 27, 2020: COMESA and the government of Zambia have signed an agreement that sub-delegates the implementation of coordinated border management activities and trade and transport facilitation programme in three border posts in the country. The sub-delegated activities are worth Euro 6,688,560 and will support upgrading of priority cross-border infrastructure and equipment at Mwami,…
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There is need for more development of electronic education (e-Education) and e-Health infrastructure especially in rural areas to ensure marginalized people are not cut off from development enjoyed in cities and urban areas at this time of COVID-19. According the Vice President of Zambia Mrs. Inonge Wina, improvements in telecommunications have come to the rescue…
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Lusaka, November 23, 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic constituted a key discussion point in the just concluded COMESA policy organs meetings, owing to its predominant negative impacts on regional integration and more so on the movement of goods and services. As he opened the 41st Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee, Monday 23rd November, Zambia’s Minister of…
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Download: Speech by Christopher Yaluma Minister of Trade Zambia during the Intergovernmental Committee meeting 2020
The COMESA Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General have adopted the COMESA Board of External Auditors (COBEA) instruments which will now govern its operations as external auditors for COMESA. The COBEA legal instruments include the Rules of Procedure, the Standard Operating Procedures, the Quality Assurance Manual and the Financial Auditing manual. COBEA is made up…
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COMESA Secretariat has prepared a scaled-down budget for 2021 to leverage on information technology in carrying out its activities. The decision was informed by the performance of this year’s budget, which recorded significant savings under meetings, workshops and conferences, which constitutes a significant percentage of the expenditure. The adoption of virtual meetings was occasioned by…
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