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The Support to Air Transport Sector Development Programme (SATSD) has been commended for advancing efforts that will contribute to the region having a hamonised air transport sector. This was revealed during the just ended Programme Steering Committee Meeting held in Mombasa Kenya from 19 – 20 February 2026. It was chaired by the Assistant Secretary…
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COMESA and Sweden held discussions focusing on advancing regional integration, facilitating trade, strengthening economic resilience and promoting sustainable and inclusive development within Eastern and Southern Africa. Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe and the Ambassador of Sweden to Zambia and COMESA, H.E. Johan Hallenborg met on 19 February 2026 at the Secretariat in Lusaka, Zambia. The…
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The COMESA Secretariat and COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) held a joint planning meeting from 9 – 11 February 2026 in Salima, Malawi to align the Gender and Social Affairs Division’s strategic goals as outlined in COMESA’s Medium Term Strategic Plan (2026-2030 MTSP) with the COMFWB Medium Term Strategic Plan (2026–2030). The three-day…
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COMESA Secretariat and Ecobank Zambia have reaffirmed their shared commitment to regional integration, sustainable development and strengthened cooperation within the 21-member trade and development bloc. During a meeting held on Thursday, 19 February 2026 at the COMESA Secretariat in Lusaka, Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe and Ecobank Zambia Managing Director Aina Wright Moore focused their…
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Staff from the COMESA Inclusive Digitalization for Eastern and Southern Africa (IDEA) Project Coordination Unit (PCU) have enhanced their procurement and fiduciary management skills after participating in a two day Zambia Basic Procurement Training Workshop held from 4–5 February 2026 in Lusaka. The workshop, convened by the World Bank Zambia Country Office, and supervised by…
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Djibouti continues to register encouraging progress in the implementation of key infrastructure activities under the Sub-Delegation Agreement, with technical support from the COMESA Secretariat and funding from the European Union/ This is under the 11th EDF Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP). This progress follows the approval of a no-cost extension (special derogation) granted by the European…
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The COMESA Secretariat hosted technical meetings with teams from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) to discuss coordination arrangements, value chain selection processes, and the next phase of the Africa Trade Competitiveness and Market Access (ATCMA) Programme. The engagements brought together technical experts and COMESA staff to build…
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The momentum behind Africa’s energy transformation continues to build, with the World Bank revealing that the ASCENT Programme has already connected over 39 million people to electricity from the targeted 300 million people in Sub Saharan Africa since its launch in June 2024. The update drawn from the programme’s publicly available tracker, updated every six…
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