Author: Willis Osemo

Construction of one Stop Building at PK51 Djibouti

CORRIGENDUM No. 1 Reason for change Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority. Government of the Republic of Djibouti, through COMESA  intends to award a works contract for the Construction of One stop shop Building at PK 51 in Djibouti funded under the COMESA Trade Facilitation Programme under the 11th European Development Fund…
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PROCUREMENT OF A PLANNING & BUDGETING SYSTEM

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) received a grant from the World Bank towards the implementation of the Regional Infrastructure Finance Facility project and intends to apply a portion of the proceeds of this grant to eligible payments under the contract  for the procurement of  a planning  and budgeting system. The Common…
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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 11TH COMESA ANNUAL RESEARCH FORUM 2024

Research Theme COMESA has been holding Annual Research Forums since 2014. The Forum brings together various stakeholders, including policy makers, academia, think tanks and private sector to deliberate on topical issues in regional integration. The Forum is also a capacity building avenue in economic and trade policy research for young researchers. Successful research papers are…
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Joint AU-COMESA Statement on the Presidential Elections in Madagascar

At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Madagascar, the President of the African Union Commission (AUC), His Excellency Moussa Faki MAHAMAT deployed a Joint Short Term Mission of AU-COMESA Observers, to assess the presidential election of 16 November 2023. This deployment was done thanks to the excellent cooperation existing between the Continental…
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Second Intergenerational Dialogue Forum -Key Take Aways and Recommendations

COMESA Secretariat in collaboration with the Zambian Government and international Civil Society Organisations successfully held the second Intergenerational Dialogue Forum in Lusaka from 16 – 18 October 2023 were young people engaged with the older generation including policy makers, diplomats, COMESA elders and politicians and discussed issues of peace and security as a catalyst to…
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Regional Optic Fiber study validated

Regional ICT experts have validated an Optic Fiber Study which identifies the status of optical fiber connectivity and challenges impeding country-wide fiber deployments. The study is intended to address the challenge that most African countries are currently facing on connectivity to the in-land It was funded under the eight million Euros European Union supported Enhancement…
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COMESA disclosure of the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan

COMESA would like to disclose the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan; and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan in preparation for the appraisal of the regional component of the project- Accelerating Sustainable & Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) in AFE Region Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach (MPA) (P180547).

CALL FOR PAPERS: Emerging Countries International Conference on Business, Finance and Economics

The Faculty of Law and Management at the University of Mauritius and the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, at Stellenbosch University are pleased to bring to academics, researchers, policy makers and students the first joint Emerging Countries international conference on Business, Finance and Economics to be held in Mauritius on 5-7 December 2023. This…
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Data on Women and Girls Takes Centre Stage as Representatives from 40 African Countries Convene in Nairobi for the Joint Africa Gender Statistics Conference

Nairobi, 26 September 2022—Today, more than 150 public and civil society actors from 40 African countries convened in Nairobi, Kenya for the Joint Africa Gender Statistics Conference taking place from 26 -30 September 2022. Held under the theme ‘Gender Statistics Imperatives for Africa’, the Conference will interrogate gender statistics through the lens of Agenda 2063—the…
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Regional ICT Programme Holds Validation Workshop for Stakeholder Mapping and Baseline Survey Study and E-Commerce Study

Lilongwe, Sunday, September 04, 2022: Experts in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) from Twenty-Nine Member States belonging to COMESA, East African Community (EAC), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will meet for two back-to-back workshops in Lilongwe, Malawi from 5 – 10 September 2022. COMESA and…
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