As the Corona Pandemic runs rampage across the globe, COMESA region has, in the past three weeks started to bear the brunt of the disease with cases crossing the 1,000 mark Friday, March 27. Out of the 21 Member States, only three were yet to report any case. The region is however bracing for the…
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has received a grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) towards the cost of the 50 Million African Women Speak (50AWSP) Project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this grant to eligible payments under the contract for recruitment of one (1) National…
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تسلمت السوق المشتركة للشرق والجنوب الأفريقي (الكوميسا) منحة من البنك الأفريقي للتنمية لتغطية تكلفة مشروع صوت 50 مليون امرأة أفريقية وتعتزم إنفاق جزء من عائدات المنحة على أوجه الصرف المُستحقة بموجب العقد وذلك بهدف تعيين مطور محتوى واحد (1) لدولة ليبيا. 0.1 معلومات أساسية عن الكوميسا ومشروع صوت 50 امرأة أفريقية الكوميسا…
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INTRODUCTION Le Marché commun de l’Afrique orientale et australe (COMESA) a reçu un financement de la Banque mondiale sous la forme d’une subvention pour la mise en œuvre du Projet de facilitation du commerce dans la région des Grands Lacs (PFCGL) et de la part de l’Union européenne dans le cadre du 11e Fonds européen…
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يتم الإشارة في معظم الأحيان إلى غياب البنية التحتية الإقليمية المناسبة في مجال الطاقة بإقليم الكوميسا كأحد الروابط المفقودة في عملية خفض تكلفة القيام بالأعمال التجارية وزيادة القدرة التنافسية للبلدان في الأسواق المحلية والإقليمية والعالمية. ومن ثم، فإن سد فجوة الطاقة يعتبر من أولويات إدارة البنية التحتية بالكوميسا. وتوضح الإحصائيات أن إجمالي القدرة المقامة على…
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Lack of adequate regional infrastructure in energy in the COMESA region has often been cited as one of the missing links to the reduction in the cost of doing business and scaling up the competitiveness of the countries in the local, regional and global markets. Bridging the energy gap, is therefore one of the main…
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Lusaka, March, 17, 2020: The Burundi National Bureau of Standards (BBN) has received equipment worth €150,000 to support its operations and improve regional market access for Burundi products. The equipment, which arrived in Bujumbura on 1st March 2020, includes laboratory equipment for building materials, metrology, electrical and plastic, chemistry, microbiology and field vehicles. Under the same…
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Antananarivo, Friday, March 6, 2020: COMESA Maritime Security (MASE) programme has trained 54 law enforcement personnel to strengthen the country’s and the regional capacity to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. They include magistrates, prosecutors, police/gendarmerie, officials from financial intelligence unit, anti-corruption commission, central intelligence services, among others. The latest capacity building event was a two-day…
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Lusaka, Wednesday, March 11, 2020: The United Nations Volunteer Programme (UNV) and COMESA Secretariat have revived the partnership to operationalize the Youth Internship and Volunteer Project. This follows a meeting between the UNV Regional Manager for East and Southern African Region Mr. Njoya Tikum and COMESA Secretary General Ms. Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe. The meeting took place…
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Lusaka, Wednesday, March 11, 2020: Tunisia can now export its products to 15 member States of the COMESA Free Trade Area (FTA) without paying import duties after completing the process of developing and issuing the legal instruments for trading. In a communication by the Tunisia Minister of Trade Hon. Mohamed Msilini to COMESA Secretary General Chileshe…
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