Amesure qu’augmentent les cas de blanchiment de capitaux et de crimes connexes qui menacent la paix et la sécurité mondiales, les pays de la région prennent actuellement des mesures pour renforcer leur capacité de lutte contre ce fléau. L’Union des Comores est l’un des États qui ont pris cette menace au sérieux et collabore vec…
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Les petits commerçants transfrontières figurent parmi les principaux bénéficiaires des nouveaux projets en cours d’exécution depuis une année dans la région tripartite COMESA-EAC-SADC. Ces projets sont l’Initiative régionale en faveur du petit commerce transfrontière (IPCTF) d’un montant de 15 millions d’euros et le Projet de facilitation du commerce d’un montant de 53 millions d’euros. Ils…
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Lusaka, Monday, September 30, 2019: Small cross border are the key beneficiaries of new projects aimed at increasing formal small-scale cross border trade flows in the COMESA, EAC and SADC Tripartite region. The first is a 15 million euros Regional Small-Scale Cross Border Trade Initiative (SSCBTI) project, while the second is a 53m euros Trade…
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Lusaka, Tuesday, September 23, 2019: The Vatican has appointed His Excellency Ambassador Archbishop Gianfranco Gallone as Special Representative to COMESA. The new Ambassador, who presented his Letter of Credence to Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe at the Secretariat on Monday 23rd September 2019, will work as the link between the Secretariat in Lusaka and…
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Numéro 595 de La Dépêche e-COMESA
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The COMESA region has recorded a 1.3% increase in the year-on-year inflation rate due to the escalation in prices of goods and services. This has been measured by the Harmonized Consumer Price Index (HCPI-COMESA) indicating an upsurge from 20.5% recorded in June 2018 to 21.8% in July 2019. However, this figure is a drop from…
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Secretary General (SG) Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe on Thursday 12 September visited the Embassy of Zimbabwe in Lusaka and signed the book of condolences opened for the former President H.E Robert Gabriel Mugabe. She was accompanied by the Assistant Secretary General, Administration and Finance Dr Dev Haman. The two were met by Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Zambia…
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Representatives from twelve Central Banks from Member States have been trained in “Modelling Expected Credit Losses Under International Financial Reporting Standard – (IFRS9)”. The training was organised by the COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) in Nairobi, Kenya from 26th to 30th August, 2019. CMI Director Mr Ibrahim Zeidy underscored the importance for Central Banks in the…
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eCOM Issue 595
