Lusaka, May 22, 2020: COMESA region currently has the lowest electricity generation with approximately 630 million people living without reliable access to electricity and 790 million people forced to rely on solid biomass to cook their food and heat their homes. Studies show that about 1.3 billion people worldwide still lack access to modern energy.…
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Three countries in COMESA namely Eritrea, Mauritius and Seychelles have not recorded any new COVID-19 cases in more than a week. They have also recorded full recoveries of the initial cases and currently have no active cases. Two of them, Eritrea and Seychelles have not recorded any COVID-19 related deaths. COVID-19 Situational Update 14
Lusaka, May 18, 2020: COMESA Secretariat has embarked on the assessment of the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data collection. This follows a disruption of the surveys on CPI, which require interactive and wide coverage methods to collect data. The slowdown has been occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic…
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شرعت الأمانة العامة للكوميسا في تقييم أثر تفشى جائحة كوفيد-19، على جمع البيانات المتعلقة بمؤشرات أسعار المستهلكين. ويأتى ذلك في أعقاب اختلال المسوحات الخاصة بمؤشر أسعار المستهلكين الذي يتطلب مناهج متداخلة واسعة التغطية لجمع البيانات. ونتج التباطؤ بسبب تفشى جائحة فيروس الكورونا والتدابير اللاحقة التى اتخذتها الدول الأعضاء بهدف منع زيادة انتشار المرض. وقد أدت…
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In this edition, we cover the decision of the COMESA Council of Ministers, with the key highlight being the adoption of common regional guidelines to harmonize responses to COVID-19 to facilitate trade across the region. Read more: eCOMESA Newsletter Issue 623
Lusaka, May, 15, 2020:Ministers responsible for commerce, trade and industry in the COMESA region have agreed on a set of guidelines, which are expected to play a key role in facilitating coordination and uniform application of measures across the borders while ensuring public safety and safe trade. The decision was made during the 8th Extraordinary…
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وافق الوزراء المسؤولون عن التجارة والصناعة في اقليم الكوميسا على مجموعة من المبادئ التوجيهية التى من المتوقع أن تؤدى دورا رئيسيا في تيسير التنسيق وتنفيذ التدابير على نحو موحد عبر الحدود وفي نفس الوقت ضمان السلامة العامة وسلامة التجارة. تم اتخاذ القرار خلال الاجتماع الاستثنائي الثامن للمجلس الوزارى الذي انعقد افتراضيا في يوم الخميس الموافق…
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Lusaka, May, 15, 2020: COMESA will develop an online platform for exchanging information on availability of essential products within the COMESA Member States as part of the response measures to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was among key decisions made by the extra-ordinary meeting of the COMESA Council of Ministers, Thursday, May 14, 2020. The virtual meeting…
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Lusaka, May 12, 2020: COMESA Member States have asked the Secretariat to conduct a socioeconomic study on the effects of the Coronavirus to inform ongoing COVID-19 containment measures and recovery strategies. The request was made by Permanent/ Principal Secretaries (PSs) from ministries that coordinate COMESA regional integration programmes during the COMESA Intergovernmental Committee meeting conducted today…
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Get the consolidated list of preventive and trade facilitation measures that COMESA Member States have put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Measures in COMESA Member States in Response to COVID-19
