Lusaka, Thursday, August 15, 2019: The COMESA Federation of National Associations of Women in Business (FEMCOM) will provide a USD 12,000 support towards the refurbishment of the Kanakantapa Cassava cluster initiative in Zambia. The funds will go towards the purchase of new Cassava processing equipment, re-installation of new water reticulation facilities and general maintenance of…
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Lusaka, Thursday, August 15, 2019: The 50 Million Africa Women Speak project (50MAWS) and the Business and Professional Women Club of Zambia (BPW) will soon engage in a partnership to support local women in business. 50MAWS Consultant Emma Phiri and BPW Club President, Rose Sibisi recently met in Lusaka and discussed possible areas of partnering…
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Lusaka, Wednesday, July 31,2019: As the COMESA, EAC, SADC region awaits the attainment of the required threshold on 14 member/partners states to ratify the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement, technical teams charged with the responsibility of preparing the ground for its implementation are in full gear. Last week in Nairobi Kenya, the Tripartite Task Force…
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Harare, Wednesday, 31 July, 2019: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s Regional Service Centre for Africa will hold a training workshop for Member States on Green/Climate Financing on 1st and 2nd August 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe.…
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Lusaka, Wednesday, July 31, 2019: Regional trade in live animals, meat and meat products are set to rise following a raft of new measures being put in place by COMESA and livestock exporting and importing countries. These measures include: regional live animal grading standard, linking enterprises in exporting and importing countries and sharing experiences on…
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Lusaka, July 26, 2019: Following the launch of the COMESA Regional Seed Certifications and Labels early this year, COMESA will conduct training on the electronic issuance and ordering of these documents in the next six months. National Seed Authorities (NSA) will offer the certificates at the national level while seed companies will obtain them from…
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Lusaka, Thursday, July 25, 2019: “The future of EU’s allocation of programmes’ financing will be determined by the rate of implementation of the current Eleventh European Development Fund programmes,” the outgoing Head of European Delegation to Zambia and COMESA Ambassador Allesandro Mariani, has said. In his parting shot when he paid a farewell visit to…
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Nairobi, Wednesday, July 17, 2019: COMESA Source21 High Level dialogue and international trade fair is underway in Nairobi, Kenya. President Uhuru Kenyatta opened the forum this morning in the company of three other Heads of State: President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda, President Edgar Lungu, Zambia, and Acting President of Mauritius Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory. Among the key…
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Nairobi, Sunday, July 14, 2019:It is all systems go as Kenya readies to host Africa’s leading premier small and Medium enterprises gathering, the Kenya Trade Week and COMESA High Level Business Summit dubbed Source 21, from Monday 15th to Sunday 21st July 2017. Preparations for the event are complete with delegates expected to start streaming…
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Kigali, Friday, July 12, 2019: Rwanda has become the fifth country to ratify the tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement (TFTA). Members of the Lower House of the Rwanda Parliament approved the draft law for the ratification of the agreement on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The TFTA was launched on 15 June 2015 in Egypt by…
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