President Evariste Ndaishimiye of Burundi has reaffirmed his government’s commitment and support to COMESA’s regional integration agenda and called for deeper trade within the 21 Member States. He has urged the region to focus on implementing programmes that benefit the people by encouraging the growth of businesses and interaction. He said this during a meeting…
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Lusaka, Thursday, May 12, 2022: Five Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are set to benefit from a new eight million euros project: Enhancement of Governance and Enabling Environment in the ICT sector (EGEE-ICT), funded by the European Union. It was launched on Thursday 12 May 2022 at the opening of the 2nd Programme Steering Committee Meeting.…
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An opportunity for COMESA Member States’ policy makers, Secretariat staff, researchers, university lecturers and students to enhance their capacity in trade policy analysis using a friendly software! COURSE TITLE: Analysing International Trade Data using TradeSift COURSE DATE (TBC): Mon 28 February 2022 – Thurs 3 March 2022 COURSE DURATION: 4 days comprised of live webinars…
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Lusaka, Wednesday, December 8, 2021: The World Trade Institute and COMESA have conducted a training course for COMESA Member States aimed at strengthening human and policy-making capacities on Trade in Services. The course took place virtually from 6 – 8 December 2021. It was attended by trade and trade law experts from Member States that…
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Lusaka, Wednesday, December 8, 2021: COMESA Secretariat has convened a regional meeting to validate the climate change Regional Resilience Framework (RRF) implementation plan and Resource Mobilization Strategy The meeting takes place on 8 – 9 December 2021 and provides a platform for Member States and key stakeholders to review the current draft RRF implementation plan…
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THE TWENTY FIRST SUMMIT OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA was hosted in Hybrid Format at Almasa International Conference Centre, New Administrative Capital Cairo, and the Arab Republic of Egypt on 23 November 2021, under the theme: “Building Resilience Through Strategic Digital Economic…
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CHAIRPERSON OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS; HONOURABLE MINISTERS; THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF COMESA; YOUR EXCELLENCIES AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS ACCREDITED TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES TO COMESA; REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS; OUR CO-OPERATING PARTNERS HERE PRESENT; HEADS OF COMESA INSTITUTIONS; MEMBERS OF STAFF OF THE COMESA SECRETARIAT; DISTINGUISHED DELEGATES; MEMBERS…
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Our Guest of Honour, Her Honour the Vice President of the Republic of Zambia Mrs. Mutale Nalumango; Chairperson of the COMESA Council of Ministers; Honourable Ministers Present Here; Permanent/Principal Secretaries; Assistant Secretaries General in charge of Programmes and Administration and Finance; Excellencies Permanent Representatives to COMESA; Excellencies Ambassadors and High Commissioners; Our Cooperating Partners; Representatives…
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Tuesday, November 02, 2021: The 21st COMESA Heads of State and Government Summit will take place on 23 November 2021. Consequently, a new Summit theme has been developed to rally Member States on the focus area in the implementation of regional integration programmes. The Summit will be hosted by the Government of Egypt and comes…
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