Lusaka, Monday, November 25, 2024: The 45th COMESA Policy Organs Meetings have opened in Lusaka, Zambia today Monday 25 November 2024 with the Intergovernmental Committee (IC), comprising of Permanent and Principal Secretaries from the coordinating Ministries of the 21 Member States attending. The IC will meet for the next two-days during which the delegates will…
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Your Excellencies, Permanent Secretaries. the Secretary General of COMESA. Your Excellencies Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to the Republic of Zambia and Permanent Representatives to COMESA. Representatives of International and Regional Organizations. our Co-operating Partners here present. Heads of COMESA Institutions; members of staff of the secretariat; distinguished delegates; Ladies and gentlemen Good morning! Let…
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Honourable Rodney Sikumba, Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Zambia and Acting Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, You Lordship, Judge Lombe Chibesakunda, President of the COMESA Court of Justice; Distinguished Delegates from COMESA Member States Your Excellencies Ambassadors and High Commissioners Representatives of COMESA Institutions Representatives of International Organizations Ladies and Gentlemen It…
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A delegation from the Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA) and the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) recently met with the Assistant Secretary General for Programmes Dr Mohamed Kadah and discussed different areas of cooperation to support their work. EIPA was led by Board Chairperson Theo Hlophe while ZDA was led by Mr Innocent Melu the Director,…
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Eswatini has become the first COMESA Member State to launch a Pilot Implementation of the COMESA Electronic Certificate of Origin (E-CO). This transformative development is poised to be a game-changer in trade facilitation that will offer the customs authorities, a more robust system of certification verification, allowing for better control over goods entering and leaving…
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Central Banks in COMESA Member States have been called upon to utilize Regional Payments and Settlement System (REPSS) for intra-COMESA transactions, owing to its potential to enhance regional trade. The REPSS was designed to enable importers and exporters in COMESA Member States to settle and receive payment for goods and services through an efficient and…
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Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed and launched the implementation of the Simplified Trade Regime (STR) at their joint border of Gatumba-Kavimvira, on 30 October 2024. Burundi Minister of Trade, Transport, Industry and Tourism Hon. Marie Chantal Nijimbere and DR Congo Minister of Foreign Trade H.E. Julien Paluku Kahongya presided over the ceremony…
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The COMESA Secretariat is inviting bids to provide the following goods and related services: TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT FOR SEYCHELLES INCUBATION CENTRE
Click on the links below to read/download the Final Communique 23rd COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Government ARABIC ENGLISH FRENCH
The 23rd Summit of COMESA Heads of State and Government took place in Bujumbura, Burundi, on October 31, 2024. During this event, President Evariste Ndayishimiye assumed the role of Chair of the regional bloc, succeeding Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema, who formally handed over COMESA’s instruments of power. President Ndayishimiye will lead the 21-member trade bloc…
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