Category: COMESA News

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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Thursday, March 18, 2021: Zambia and Zimbabwe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a joint industrialization project spearheaded by COMESA Secretariat. The Joint Industrialization Project will promote self-sustained, balanced and inclusive economic growth between the two countries. It will provide opportunities for the private sector to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade…
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Addis Ababa, Thursday, March 18, 2021: Ethiopian President Her Excellency Sahle-Worke Zewde on Thursday 18 March launched the 50 Million African Women Speak (50MAWSP) platform in Addis Ababa with a call on the country’s women to embrace it and use it to grow their businesses. Ethiopia became the thirteenth COMESA Member State to officially unveil…
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In an effort to safeguard the financial systems in the region against the build-up of systemic risk, the COMESA Monetary Institute, last week mounted a training to enhance Member States’ understanding and mitigation measures. The virtual training took place on 8 – 12 March, 2021, attended by participants drawn from 12 Central Banks of COMESA…
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The COMESA Federation of Women in Business was one of the institution that participated in the 1st Annual Africa Gender Equality Conference (#AGEC2021) High Level Round Table Discussions during the International Women’s Day under the theme: “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. This was the first ever such Conference took…
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The COMESA Federation of Women in Business was one of the institution that participated in the 1st Annual Africa Gender Equality Conference (#AGEC2021) High Level Round Table Discussions during the International Women’s Day under the theme: “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. This was the first ever such Conference took place in Lilongwe, Malawi…
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