The services sector accounts for more than half of COMESA’s GDP and over a third of employment, outpacing manufacturing and agriculture sectors in terms of growth generation, income and jobs. According to a report prepared by research experts at the COMESA Secretariat, the value added by services account on average to 52.5% of the Gross…
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The African Union (AU), through the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, in a joint project with the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have launched the “Democracy and Governance in Africa – Youth Innovation Challenge”. Youth innovators, innovation hubs and incubation centres across the continent, are invited to participate in the innovation challenge.…
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This article provides an anecdote of the role of services in reducing the effects and mitigation measures of the COVID-19 in the COMESA region Why COMESA Trade In Services Should Be Cushioned From The Impacts Of Covid-19 Pandemic v2
eCOMESA Newsletter Issue No. 628
Since the onset of Covid-19 in the region, COMESA and its institutions have been engaged in various initiatives to support Member States` governments responses to the pandemic at the regional level. Equally at the community level, the organization has been reaching out to vulnerable communities especially small-scale traders, with direct aid in the forms of…
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Measures in COMESA MS in Response to Covid -19 Vol 12
British High Commissioner to Zambia, H.E Nicholas Woolley paid a courtesy call on the COMESA Secretary General Her Excellency Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, Thursday 25 June 2020. Their discussions centred on cooperation between the UK and COMESA trade, agriculture and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. The High Commissioner said UK was keen to support COMESA programmes…
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As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold in the region, countries implementing the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) are back on the drawing board to figure out how this successful model will be sustained. The COMESA-STR was introduced to simplify the procedure for clearing goods through Customs and to enable the small-scale…
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Official Gazette Vol. No. 25
COMESA will continue using eminent personalities from the region in addressing conflicts and entrenching good governance. Speaking when she addressed members of the COMESA Committee of Elders, Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe said the economic potential in the region can only be harnessed in an environment of peace and stability, hence the important role of the…
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