Author: Mwangi Gakunga

A New Statistics Strategy for COMESA is in the Works

COMESA is developing a regional Statistics Strategy covering the period 2021-2025. Its main focus will be to strengthen the collection and dissemination of statistical information in the region with the overall objective of supporting regional integration. The current Statistics Strategy covered the period 2017-2020. COMESA stakeholders from Member States, Partner organizations and the Secretariat held…
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eCOMESA Newsletter Issue No. 641

In this edition: Member States Hold the Key to the Operation of the COMESA Information Sharing Portal Tripartite Transport Corridor Trip Monitoring System Set for Piloting National Monitoring and Evaluation Missions Mounted as RISM Project Winds-Up A New Statistics Strategy for COMESA is in the Works Border Efficiency Tops Agenda for DR Congo and Zambia…
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Measures in COMESA MS in Response to Covid Vol 24

This publication comprises a listing of measures that COMESA Member States have put in place to contain the spread of the Corona virus. They cover trade facilitation and support to businesses, protection of the vulnerable from the impact of the spread of the virus and other relevant measures. It also includes the support received from…
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eComesa Newsletter Issue No. 640

eCOMESA Newsletter Issue 640

Making the Case to Integrate Human Mobility into Cross-border Trade and Trade Facilitation

This paper, Making the Case to Integrate Human Mobility into Cross-border Trade and Trade Facilitation:- Cross-border Trade and Border Management in Select Countries and Borders in the COMESA Region: A Case Study is a joint initiative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and COMESA Making the case to integrate human mobility_v06_11Aug2020b

Regional-Wide Post-Covid-19 Recovery Plan is a Top Priority

COMESA and Mauritius have agreed on the need to prioritize a regional-wide post-Covid-19 recovery plan to assist Member States get their economies back on their feet. In a meeting conducted virtually between COMESA Secretary General, Chileshe Kapwepwe and the Mauritius Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Hon Nandcoomar BODHA, the two agreed…
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COMESA Hails the new Continental One-Stop-Shop for Medicines

COMESA has welcomed the launch of the African Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) as an invaluable One Stop Shop that will ensure access to safe and affordable quality medicines in Africa. Launched in June this year, the digital platform is intended to serve as a consolidated online marketplace to facilitate the provision of COVID-19-related medical products…
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Measures in Member States in Response to COVID-19

Measures in COMESA MS in Response to Covid Vol 23

New Information Kit to Enhance Gender Mainstreaming

The COMESA Secretariat has developed modules for an online course on trade and gender which will help the advancement of gender equality and empowerment of women in the region. This is part of an information kit presented to Member States in a virtual meeting of COMESA Gender Experts held on 21- 22 September. The revision…
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RISM Programme Sensitizes over 600 Congolese Stakeholders on the COMESA Rules of Origin

Over 600 stakeholders comprising of border officials and local economic operators from the Democratic Republic of Congo have completed trade related skills training designed to enhance better understanding of the potential opportunities that the COMESA market offers. The training was provided under the COMESA Regional Integration Support Mechanism (RISM) with funding from the European Union.…
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