Nairobi, August 5, 2022: Heads of the international election observation and expert missions in Kenya, have issued a joint statement on the 9 August 2022 General Elections and called on all stakeholders to maintain the prevailing calm and peaceful atmosphere. The Joint Statement Picture: Leader of the AU – COMESA Election Observer Mission, and former…
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ARABIC 6th TWG on Competition Policy 23.8.2022 COMESA-SADC-EAC_ARA Draft-Agenda-6th TWG-CP – ARA Draft-Organisation-of-Work-6th TWG -CP – ARA Final Draft Protocol Competition Policy – AR 5TH MEETING OF THE TWG ON CP AR ENGLISH Draft-Agenda-6th TWG-CP Draft-Organisation-of-Work-6th TWG -CP Final Draft Protocol Competition Policy 28.03.2022 clean 5TH MEETING OF TWG ON COMPETITION POLICY EN-Draft-Agenda-6th TWG-CP-PT FRENCH…
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Nairobi, August 4, 2022: The African Union (AU) and the Common Market for Southern and Eastern Africa (COMESA), today officially launched their joint election observation mission to the upcoming General Elections in Kenya. The Joint Mission is led by former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, supported by former Minister of Health and Social…
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Harare, Friday, July, 29, 2022: Youth delegates attending the 2nd High Level Ministerial Conference on youth, peace and security have presented a six-point shared vision for their agenda to Ministers in charge of youth affairs in the southern African region. The six points focus on strengthening the continental, regional and national frameworks for youth inclusion…
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Forty-Seven students are currently enrolled for the COMESA Masters in Regional Integration (MRI) Programme, currently offered by the Kenyatta University in Kenya and the University of Mauritius. Out of these, 39 students have received COMESA scholarships supported by the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). The scholarships were…
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Harare, Monday, July 25, 2022: The preliminary technical meetings leading to the first-ever High-Level Youth Ministerial Conference targeting Regional Economic Communities, Regional Mechanisms, relevant Ministries in the Southern Africa Region and National Youth Councils in the region begun today in Harare. It brought together youth leaders from the youth councils, the AU Youth Envoy, African…
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The Electronic Single Window System (eSW) is one of the key trade and transport facilitation instruments prioritized by most of the COMESA Member States to improve the ease of doing business environment and to enhance intra-regional trade in region. In 2017, the COMESA Council of Ministers decided that Member States should adopt a harmonized and…
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Lusaka, Monday, July 18, 2022: The Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement that brings together COMESA, East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tripartite Free Trade Area has been hailed as a good model for regional integration. This followed a presentation on the success of the Tripartite FTA at the just concluded…
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Thirty-two economists from 12 Central Banks in the COMESA region have been trained on the basic Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) Modelling and Time Series Analysis. These are used in monetary policy formulation in inflation and targeting monetary policy regime to which most COMESA Central Banks are transitioning. The training was conducted virtually on 11…
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