Lilongwe, Tuesday, April 30, 2019: Various stakeholders from financial institutions, cross border traders, importers and exporters in Malawi have called for a national workshop to help them build capacity on the use of the COMESA Regional Payment and Settlement System (REPSS). The stakeholders have requested the COMESA Secretariat to urgently organize the sensitization session which…
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Brussels, Tuesday, April 30, 2019: The EU Commission in Brussels and the Chief Executives of the five Duly Mandated Regional Organisation (DMROs) of the Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (ES-SA-IO) have signed an addendum to the Regional Indicative Programme (RIP). The signing ceremony took place in Brussels on Tuesday 30 April 2019…
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Brussels, Monday, April 29, 2019: The 6th meeting of Chief Executives of the Duly Mandated Regional Organisations (DMROs) was held at the COMESA Brussels Liaison Office on the 29th April 2019. The meeting was chaired by Secretary General of COMESA Ms. Chileshe Kapwepwe. It was attended by the DMRO Chief Executives and technical experts representing…
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Kampala, Wednesday, April 17, 2019: A 1.07 million euros climate change project aimed at building resilience of agriculture landscapes in Eastern Uganda, is set to be launched in June following the completion of preparatory activities. The project titled: Enhancing resilience of agricultural landscapes and value chains in eastern Uganda – scaling up Climate Smart Agriculture…
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Livingstone, Zambia, Tuesday, April 9, 2019: The Commonwealth Law Conference opened in Livingstone Zambia, today with the COMESA Court of Justice showcasing its new digital court system. The Conference brings together over 500 lawyers from more than 40 Commonwealth countries out of which nine are COMESA Member States. The one-week conference was opened by His…
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Speech by Vice President at Extraordinary Council
Speech by Secretary General
Lusaka, Friday, April 5, 2019: COMESA Secretariat has received a combined development aid amounting USD 299 million from the development partners to support different COMESA programmes as it marks 25 years of its existence this year. According to the Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe, the trust was earned after the Secretariat passed the 4 and 7…
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Lusaka, Wednesday April 3, 2019: The deadline set by the Tripartite Council of Ministers for member States of three regional economic blocs to sign and ratify the tripartite free trade area lapses this month. So far only four countries in COMESA, East Africa Community and Southern Africa Development Community tripartite bloc have signed and ratified the agreement. These…
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Lusaka, Monday, April 1, 2019:COMESA will convene an extra ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers Friday this week in Lusaka, Zambia, to deal with pressing administrative and finance matters. This will be the seventh extra ordinary meeting of the Council. It will be preceded by the Intergovernmental Committee meeting, on 3 – 4 April…
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