The COMESA Media Awards is an annual event conducted by the COMESA Secretariat to promote regional integration activities being implemented by the organisation through multimedia publicity. The award aims to promote reporting on COMESA regional integration activities by recognizing journalists whose works contribute to the integration agenda. The Winners awarded during the 24th Summit are…
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COUNTRY: MULTI-NATIONAL PROJECT NAME: TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT FACILITY (TSF) – CAPACITY BUILDING GENDER SENSITIVE INFRASTRUCTURE STATISTICS IN TRANSITION STATES – PHASE 1 SECTOR: TRANSPORT ASSIGNMENT TITLE: INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT STATISTICS EXPERT GRANT NUMBER: 59001550 PROJECT ID: P-Z1-K00-174 The COMESA Secretariat has received a grant from the African Development Fund (ADF) towards the financing…
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COUNTRY: MULTI-NATIONAL PROJECT NAME: TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT FACILITY (TSF) – CAPACITY BUILDING GENDER SENSITIVE INFRASTRUCTURE STATISTICS IN TRANSITION STATES – PHASE 1 SECTOR: TRANSPORT AND POWER ASSIGNMENT TITLE: GENDER EXPERT GRANT NUMBER: 59001550 PROJECT ID: P-Z1-K00-174 The COMESA Secretariat has received a grant from the African Development Fund (ADF) towards the financing…
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COUNTRY: MULTI-NATIONAL PROJECT NAME: TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT FACILITY (TSF) – CAPACITY BUILDING FOR GENDER INFRASTRUCTURE STATISTICS IN TRANSITION STATES – PHASE 1 SECTOR: POWER ASSIGNMENT TITLE: INTERNATIONAL ENERGY STATISTICS EXPERT GRANT NUMBER: 59001550 PROJECT ID: P-Z1-K00-174 The COMESA Secretariat has received a grant from the African Development Fund (ADF) towards the financing…
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Representatives from the Governments of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are currently meeting in Bujumbura for a three-day session to review progress on the reopening of the Buganda/Nyamoma and Mparambo/Rubenga border posts. The officials will also use this opportunity to agree on a roadmap outlining the remaining actions needed to facilitate the…
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Lusaka, Zambia Thursday 23 October 2025: Under their Joint Industrialization Programme, Zambia and Zimbabwe are set to strengthen their economic cooperation by establishing a Common Agro-Industrial Park (CAIP). This initiative aims to promote industrial development, increase intra-regional trade, and enhance food security in the two countries. On 20-21 October 2025, the COMESA Secretariat, led by…
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Lusaka, Zambia — 21 October 2025 — The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), in collaboration with ZEP-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company), is proud to announce the inaugural COMESA and ZEP-Re Golf Tournament, scheduled to take place on Thursday, 23rd October 2025. ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company) is a COMESA institution and a cornerstone of…
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On Tuesday 21 October 2025, COMESA Secretariat hosted the Kazini Caravan, a youth-led continental initiative, which promotes inclusive regional integration by using art, culture and innovation as tools for trade awareness and empowerment, with the aim to simplify complex trade policies for youth innovators and women entrepreneurs across Africa’s 55 countries. This initiative supports COMESA’s…
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Members of the COMESA Secretariat Gender Technical Working Group (GTWG) participated in a workshop from 14 to 16 October 2025 to enhance their capacities for mainstreaming gender in their work. The three-day workshop held in Lusaka had 26 staff in attendance. The activity sought to reinforce the role of gender mainstreaming in advancing COMESA’s objectives.…
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The COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) held the 22nd meeting of the Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies (MERP) Sub-Committee in Nairobi, Kenya from 2nd to 3rd October 2025. The MERP meeting was preceded by a validation workshop for country specific studies conducted by staff from COMESA Member Central Bank, in 2025 on the “Impact of Fin-tech-led…
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The COMESA Clearing House (CCH) is in the process of implementing the COMESA cross border Digital Retail Payment Platform, under the Digital Financial Inclusion (DFI) Program funded by the Gates Foundation. This initiative will deliver an instant, affordable and interoperable system to foster Regional Financial Inclusion. The platform aims to: Enhance financial inclusion by providing…
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