Thursday, May 27, 2021: Ministers of industry from the 21 COMESA Member States have approved the implementation strategy of the regional local content policy framework and the management of the Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks. The COMESA Local Content Policy Framework is aimed at helping to transform the region’s low productivity economies, from overreliance…
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COMESA Secretariat working with the Regional Association of Energy Regulators for Eastern and Southern Africa (RAERESA) conducted a one-day virtual sensitization workshop on Monday 24 May 2021 for Libyan stakeholders on the regional energy programme and projects. The objective was to appraise the stakeholders on the COMESA energy programme with specific focus on the RAERESA…
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Monday, May 24, 2021: The COMESA Technical Committee on Industry conducted its 4th meeting from 24 – 25 May 2021 with the key agenda being the adoption of the draft harmonized COMESA Framework of Managing Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks. The report was tabled before the committee of ministers on 27 May 2021 for…
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Lusaka, Monday, May 24, 2021: Brazil and Turkey have appointed their ambassadors to Zambia as Special Representatives to COMESA. H.E Arthur Henrique Villanova Nogueir (Brazil) and H.E Istem H.E Circiroglu from Turkey presented their letters of Credence to Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe during a ceremony held in Lusaka on Monday 24 May 2021. Both…
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Livingstone, Zambia, Friday, May 21, 2021: COMESA in partnership with the African Union, Economic Social and Cultural Council, (ECOSOCC) and the Save the Children International, have launched an online information sharing platform to facilitate civil society organisations in the region to play a bigger role in conflict prevention and peace building. The development of the…
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COMESA has developed a new Regional Strategy for Development of Statistics (RSDS) for the period 2021 – 2025, which is expected to run concurrently with the COMESA Medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) 2021 – 2025. The RSDS was consolidated by experts from National Statistics Offices (NSOs) who consulted widely with stakeholders to come up with…
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The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic reverberated across the region with almost every sector adversely impacted. Implementation of the COMESA projects which are mainly driven through direct stakeholders’ engagement, in multiple States were specifically affected. The project on Enhancement of a Sustainable Regional Energy Market in the Eastern Africa-Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Region (ESREM/EA-SA-IO)…
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Kenya is set to become the second country in COMESA, after Zambia to undergo structural vulnerability and resilience assessment as part of capacity building to prevent occurrence of conflicts. In preparation, a Kenyan delegation comprising members of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and the Parliamentary Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunities is…
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COMESA Fund Technical Committee met on 12th May 2021 to discuss the progress made in the implementation of various projects. The meeting was attended by delegates from, Comoros, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. They noted the achievements attained through COMESA Adjustment Facility over the years, including the ongoing construction…
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Staff of Central Banks from the COMESA region have been trained on macro and micro stress testing which are key tools for assessing the stability of the financial system. The virtual training was conducted by the COMESA Monetary Institute from 10 – 14 April 2021. Forty six delegates from 10 Central Banks from the Democratic…
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