Lusaka, Friday, February 21, 2020: Two new trade information desks have been established at the Rwanda/ DR Congo border to promote small scale cross border trade. The two: Bugarama (Rwanda) and Kamanyola (DRC) bring to 12 the total number of Trade Information Desks (TIDs) established in the eastern DR Congo under the COMESA led Great Lakes…
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Lusaka, Thursday, Feburary 20, 2020: COMESA and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have signed a cooperation agreement for collaboration in capacity building programmes on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) for COMESA Secretariat staff and Intellectual Property Officers in Member States. The Agreement will support awareness creation on the importance of IPRs and assist to develop programmes…
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Lusaka, Thursday, February 20, 2020: COMESA has developed a draft Action Plan to be used by Djibouti in the implementation of the Simplified Trade Regine (STR) with its neighbouring Member States. The Draft National Road Map and Action Matrix is set for consideration by senior management officials in their respective ministries, institutions and administration before it…
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Tunis, Tuesday, February 19, 2020: In less than two years since Tunisia joined COMESA, the country has actively embarked on activities to integrate its economy into the regional market and benefit from wide market access of 560 million people. But unlike the common trend where countries liberalize their market in measured steps, some running into decades,…
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The Federation of National Associations of Women in Business in Eastern and Southern Africa (FEMCOM) has launched the Kanakantapa Cassava Cluster factory situated in Chongwe area about 50 kilometers east of Lusaka, Zambia FEMCOM has also handed over textile equipment worth over Euro 100,000 to the textile and garment cluster based in Lusaka’s Villa Elizabeth…
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As a part of implementation and coordination of ARIS II for the sustainable development of animal resources, African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) through the Pan African Support for the sustainable development of livestock for livelihoods in Africa Live2Africa will be transforming priority regional livestock value chains through strengthening systematic capacity building across…
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It is with deep sorrow that the COMESA Court of Justice have learnt of the untimely demise of His Lordship Honourable Mr Justice Abdalla El Bashir who passed away on Thursday 6 February 2020 in Khartoum, Sudan. His Lordship Justice Abdalla El Bashir was a remarkable and accomplished judge that is worthy of recognition. He…
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COMESA this week joined mourners who gathered in Kenya’s Nakuru town to pay their last respects to the departed former Kenyan head of state President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. President Moi died Tuesday 4 February 2020, at Nairobi Hospital after ailing for several months. He was 95. President Moi played a critical role in the…
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COMESA/ACTESA and the Regional Network on Agriculture Policy Research Institutes have agreed to strengthen the relationship in the areas of agriculture policy research and outreach in the region through an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU seeks to establish a framework within which the parties will jointly explore and coordinate policy research and development…
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In line with the 2017 request (request or directive?) by COMESA ministers responsible for infrastructure to come up with regulations on drone technology, the COMESA Secretariat attended a forum to appreciate the technology and emerging policy and regulatory issues which will help it to establish model regulation for the region. The African Drone Forum (ADF),…
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