The COMESA Regional Integration Support Mechanism (RISM), with support from the Africa Leather and Leather Product Institute (ALLPI), has supported the leather sector in Madagascar by bringing various players in the to form a leather cluster known as GasySkin. In addition, RISM has provided training to over 30 participants, including local artisans, in regional systems…
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The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst thing that has happened to many small scale enterprises across the globe, but the Zimbabwe leather and textile sector has defied the odds. Two clusters, one dealing with leather and the other in textiles have recorded over USD 36,600 in profits on goods produced during the COVID 19 era.…
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The COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) in partnership with GIZ-MEIRA recently organized a 10-day training in leadership and business management for the Women in Business in Malawi. The training attracted small scale entrepreneurs from two cooperatives in Malawi: the Luso lawo Cooperative with 12 members and Chiwila Cooperative with 15 members. It was…
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021: Libya has renewed its commitment to COMESA and resolved to actively participate in the implementation of regional integration programmes. To kickstart this process, COMESA Secretariat hosted a two-day virtual sensitization workshop on 25-26 January 2021 which was attended by stakeholders from diverse public and private sectors in Libya. Libya’s Minister of…
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Secretary General (SG) Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe has described the deaths of two Cabinet Ministers that occurred recently in Malawi as devastating to the nation and region as a whole. In a message of condolences addressed to the President of Malawi His Excellency Lazarus Chakwera, the SG regretted that the region has continued to lose lives…
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COMESA Secretariat and the Government of Malawi have signed a 3.54 million Euros agreement that sub-delegates the implementation of coordinated border management activities under the broader Trade Facilitation Programme at Mchinji border post between Zambia and Malawi on the Malawian side. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Malawi, Ms. Christina Zakeyo, and Secretary General,…
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Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe appeared before Zambia’s Parliamentary Committee in charge of Budgetary Affairs on Friday 22 January and gave an update on various regional integration activities and levels of implementation. With a specific focus on Zambia, Ms Kapwepwe briefed the law makers on different programmes and projects that COMESA is implementing and its…
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The COMESA Business Council (CBC) in partnership with the Trade and Development Bank (TDB) convened a high level Public-Private Dialogue, under the theme, “Towards the COMESA Digital Integrated Common Payment Policy for Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) on 20th January 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda. The public-private dialogue brought together nine pilot-study countries, Central Bank…
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Lusaka, Wednesday 20 January 2021: COMESA Secretariat has awarded 18 scholarships worth USD 50,100 to COMESA citizens who are students admitted to ursue a Master’s egree Programme in Regional Integration at Kenyatta University of Kenya and University of Mauritius. This sponsorship has been facilitated through support from the European Union and the Organization of the…
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The virus which began as a simple localised outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019 quickly propagated across the globe, threatening the existence of humanity, global economic integration, value chain supplies and human mobility in general. As of 12th January 2021, nearly 89 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections had been recorded around the globe…
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