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Statement by Her Excellency Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe COMESA Secretary General to The Canadian High Commissioner to the Republic of Zambia and Now Being Accredited Special Representative Of Canada to COMESA

04/04/2025

Your Excellency Emily Burns, High Commissioner of Canada to the Republic of Zambia and now, being accredited Special Representative to COMESA. My colleague, the Assistant Secretary General Administration and Finance, Colleagues from the High Commission of Canada, Directors, Heads of Units and Staff from COMESA Secretariat, Members of the media present, Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow…
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REOI: Engagement of Project Preparation Facility Fund (PPF) Manager

03/04/2025

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) received a grant from the World Bank towards the implementation of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) program and intends to apply part of the proceeds towards consultancy services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include engagement of a Project Preparation Facility Fund (PPF)…
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REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PROPOSALS – CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO FACILITATE RECRUITMENT OF FOUR PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

03/04/2025

The COMESA Competition’s Commission’s core mandate is to promote and encourage competition by preventing restrictive business practices and other restrictions that deter the efficient operation of markets, thereby enhancing the welfare of the consumers in the Common Market, and to protect consumers against offensive conduct by market actors. The Regulations apply to all economic activities…
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMESA MODEL POLICY ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN ENERGY ACCESS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. REFERENCE NO. ZM-COMESA -474552-CS-QBS

27/03/2025

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) received a grant from the World Bank towards the implementation of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include development of a regional COMESA Policy for Gender…
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COMESA Kicks Off Preparations for 2026–2030 Medium-Term Strategic Plan

25/03/2025

Preparations for the development of COMESA’s 2026–2030 Medium-Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) have commenced with a two-day retreat for management and technical staff in Lusaka, held on March 24–25, 2025. The retreat’s agenda focused on reviewing the performance of the current 2021–2025 MTSP, identifying successes, challenges, and key lessons to inform the next five-year plan. Leading…
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Regional Apex Bank’s Staff Trained to Address Data Delays in Forecasting GDP

25/03/2025

Most Member States do not compile high-frequency measures of gross domestic product (GDP). If they do, the estimates come with a considerable lag, yet policy decisions need to be made often, particularly when major shocks such as COVID-19 pandemic or climate related shocks have occurred. This has inspired the COMESA Monetary Institute to come up…
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Programme Co-ordinator – TSF

25/03/2025

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has applied for financing from the African Development Bank (the Bank) toward the cost of the Capacity Building Program for Infrastructure Statistics in Transition States and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for the recruitment and…
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Procurement Expert – TSF

25/03/2025

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has applied for financing from the African Development Bank (the Bank) toward the cost of the Capacity Building Program for Infrastructure Statistics in Transition States and intends to apply part of the agreed amount for this grant to payments under the contract for the recruitment and…
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REI: MARKET ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTIVE USES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY (PURE)

24/03/2025

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) received a grant from the World Bank towards the implementation of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) program and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include Market Assessment of Productive Uses of Renewable Energy…
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COMESA Mourns Elder Monique Esoavelomandraso from Madagascar

24/03/2025

The COMESA Secretariat has learnt with deep sorrow about the passing on of Madam Monique Andreas Esoavelomandraso, a member of the COMESA Committee of Elders from Madagascar. She died on Monday 17th March 2025 in Madagascar. Head of the Governance, Peace and Security Unit Dr Oita Etyang revealed that upon being appointed to the Committee…
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Statement by Her Excellency Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe COMESA Secretary General to The Canadian High Commissioner to the Republic of Zambia and Now Being Accredited Special Representative Of Canada to COMESA

REOI: Engagement of Project Preparation Facility Fund (PPF) Manager

REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL PROPOSALS – CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO FACILITATE RECRUITMENT OF FOUR PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMESA MODEL POLICY ON GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN ENERGY ACCESS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. REFERENCE NO. ZM-COMESA -474552-CS-QBS

COMESA Kicks Off Preparations for 2026–2030 Medium-Term Strategic Plan

Regional Apex Bank’s Staff Trained to Address Data Delays in Forecasting GDP

Programme Co-ordinator – TSF

Procurement Expert – TSF

REI: MARKET ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTIVE USES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY (PURE)

COMESA Mourns Elder Monique Esoavelomandraso from Madagascar

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