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COMESA Celebrates 25 Years

Lusaka, Thursday, November 28, 2019: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa – COMESA,  celebrated 25 years since it was established in 1994 to succeed the Preferential Trade Area (PTA). More than 300 delegates, led by Ministers and their representatives from the 21 Member States attended the celebrations hosted alongside the annual COMESA Policy…
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COMESA Provides IT Equipment for Cross Border Trade Data Collection

Lusaka, Thursday, November 28, 2019: COMESA has provided $13,000 worth of assorted state of the art Information Technology (IT) equipment to the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSTATS) to support data collection for small scale cross border traders. The equipment comprises of four Desktop Computers with flat screens, four Laserjet Printers, four Un-Interruptible Power Supplies (UPSs), four…
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Numéro 603 de La Dépêche e-COMESA

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e-COMESA Newsletter Issue No. 603

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40th Intergovernmental Committee Meeting Opens in Lusaka

Lusaka, Monday, November 25, 2019: Close to three hundred delegates have converged in Lusaka to attend the 40th COMESA Intergovernmental Committee Meeting which opened on Monday 25th November. This is an annual forum for delegates from Member States to review the implementation of COMESA’s regional integration programmes and the state of development in the region.…
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Sports-fest in the Countdown to COMESA @25 Anniversary

Lusaka, Monday, November 25, 2019: Last weekend in Lusaka, Zambia was a sports festival as 120 golfers and 16 football teams participated in the COMESA @25 sports activities in the countdown to the regional bloc’s silver jubilee anniversary scheduled on Thursday, November 28, 2019. On Friday, 120 golfers participated in the COMESA 25th Anniversary Golf tournament…
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COMESA Institutions, Secretariat in Fresh Move to Deepen Collaboration

Lusaka, Sunday, November 24, 2019: COMESA Institutions and the Secretariat have developed a draft framework of cooperation. The tool is intended to deepen collaboration and synergy in the delivery of their different mandate towards their common goal of promoting regional integration. In a one-day retreat conducted in Lusaka, Zambia on Sunday, November 24, 2019, the…
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COMESA @25 Golf Tournament Tee-Off

Lusaka, Friday 22 November 2019: Over 100 golfers are participating in the COMESA 25th Anniversary Golf tournament at the Bonanza Golf course in Lusaka, Zambia. The tournament attracted players from the international and business community, diplomatic corps, government academia and ordinary citizens. The main sponsor of the event is the Trade and Development Bank (TDB).…
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CMI Scales-Up Capacity Building Initiatives

Nairobi, Thursday, November 21, 2029: In recent weeks, the COMESA Monetary Institute has scaled up capacity building initiatives targeted mainly at staff of Central banks in Member States. The main objective of these initiatives is to improve macroeconomic management and financial stability in the region with the aim of enhancing the COMESA Monetary Integration Programme.…
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Egypt Domesticates COMESA Seed Regulations

Lusaka, November 20, 2019: Egypt is the eighth COMESA Member State to domesticate the COMESA Seed Trade Harmonisation Regulations. This follows the signing of a Gazette notice by Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Prof. Ezaldin Abusteit. Egypt now joins Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, which have completely aligned their national seed…
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