Author: Willis Osemo

COMESA/ACTESA and the Regional Network on Agriculture Policy Research Institutes have agreed to strengthen the relationship in the areas of agriculture policy research and outreach in the region through an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU seeks to establish a framework within which the parties will jointly explore and coordinate policy research and development…
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In line with the 2017 request (request or directive?) by COMESA ministers responsible for infrastructure to come up with regulations on drone technology, the COMESA Secretariat attended a forum to appreciate the technology and emerging policy and regulatory issues which will help it to establish model regulation for the region. The African Drone Forum (ADF),…
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COMESA under the 53 Million Euro, 11 European Development Fund (EDF) funded project is conducting a consultative meeting to identify the gaps that Zambia has in the implementation of activities under the COMESA trade facilitation programme. The objective of meeting is to discuss and agree with coordinating ministries and relevant key stakeholders of the targeted…
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The COMESA Business Council has implored MSMES to embrace digital finance in their day to day running of business transactions as this will ease trade facilitation. For this reason CBC has been conducting a business case study under the CBC Digital Financial Inclusion Project for Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs). The study has been…
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