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e-COMESA Newsletter 660

10/04/2021

e-COMESA Newsletter 660

Nine COMESA Countries Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

05/04/2021

COVID-19 vaccines have started being rolled out in more COMESA countries. As at end of March 2021, nine COMESA countries have received the vaccines and are administering it on their citizens. The COMESA Early Warning System (COMWARN) reports that vaccination efforts are gaining momentum in the region as more countries receive their first batches. Analyzed…
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Gender Ministers Approve Key Documents for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

05/04/2021

Ministers responsible for Gender and Women’s Affairs from the COMESA Region recently met and approved several toolkits and documents which are expected to help the region promote gender equality, women empowerment and social development. The one-day Ministerial meeting held virtually via zoom on 29 March noted that women have continued to be negatively affected by…
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CMI Develops User’s Guide on Fiscal Stress Testing for Central Banks

05/04/2021

The COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) has developed a user’s guide on Fiscal Stress Testing for Central Banks and Ministries of Finance whose main objective will be to assist Member States better understand how to deal with fiscal risks. CMI Director Mr Ibrahim Zeidy states that addressing fiscal risks is a key element of the COMESA…
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COMESA and Partners Agree to Enhance Trade in Animal/Products under AfCFTA

30/03/2021

COMESA Secretariat held a one-day consultative meeting with Member States and other Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on optimizing returns from intra-Africa trade in Animals and Animal products under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The virtual meeting discussed many issues including reinforcing multi-lateral cooperation for disease prevention and control, integration of informal trade in…
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COMESA women celebrate their heroines on 50 Million African Women Speak platform

25/03/2021

Businesswomen from countries in the COMESA region have spoken out on who their female role models are as part of a campaign named ‘30 days of women in business’. The campaign which is running on the 50 Million Women African Speak platform (50MAWSP) in celebration of the international women’s month of March invites platform users…
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Gender Experts Meet to Review Programmes’ Implementation

23/03/2021

COMESA Gender and Women’s Affairs experts began their 13th Meeting on Monday 22 March 2021 to discuss progress on the advancement of gender equality and empowerment of women through implementation of policy and legal frameworks, council decisions, programmes and projects. The objective of the three-day virtual meeting was to consider the progress made by both…
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Rwanda Prioritizes Horticulture, Livestock and Cereals for Investment in Health Standards

22/03/2021

Rwanda has prioritized three value chains namely horticulture, livestock and livestock products covering diary and honey and cereals under the Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary (SPS) Investments for Market Access (P-IMA) project. This was revealed during the meeting to validate Rwanda’s outcome report on Prioritizing of SPS Investments for market access. The meeting held on 18…
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Category: COMESA News

Nine COMESA Countries Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

Gender Ministers Approve Key Documents for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

CMI Develops User’s Guide on Fiscal Stress Testing for Central Banks

COMESA and Partners Agree to Enhance Trade in Animal/Products under AfCFTA

COMESA women celebrate their heroines on 50 Million African Women Speak platform

Gender Experts Meet to Review Programmes’ Implementation

Rwanda Prioritizes Horticulture, Livestock and Cereals for Investment in Health Standards

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