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A New Tool for Monetary Policy Analysis and Forecasting: CMI trains Member States on Bayesian Vector Auto Regressions

COMESA Monetary Institute has trained staff of Central Banks from the COMESA region on “Practical application of Bayesian Vector Auto Regressions (BAVR) Approach to the analysis of Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism”.   The training took place from 2nd to 6th August 2021 with 29 delegates from seven Central Banks of COMESA Member States participating, namely…
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Sub-Committee on Kenya Sugar Safeguard Measures Reviews Progress

The Sub-committee on Kenya Sugar Safeguard Measures recently held its 2nd extra-ordinary meeting to review implementation of the Safeguard Measures which are intended to enable the country restructure its domestic sugar sector to attain competitiveness and be a profitable sector that can compete regionally and beyond. The meeting held 17-18 August is a follow up…
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COMESA’S PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ON ZAMBIA ELECTIONS – 2021

Lusaka, Saturday, August 14, 2021: COMESA Election Observer Mission to Zambia has issued its preliminary statement on the conduct of the General Elections in Zambia. The statement was issued in Lusaka today by the Mission Leader Amb. Ashraf Rashed, during a joint Press Conference with the African Union Observer Mission. COMESA PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ON ZAMBIA…
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COMESA deploys election observers in Zambia: Country goes to the polls this week for presidential, parliamentary, and civic elections

COMESA has deployed a 40-member election observer mission in Zambia for the August 12 General Elections. The observers drawn from 10 Member States were flagged off on Sunday, August 8, 2021, by the Secretary General, Chileshe Kapwepwe at the COMESA Secretariat in Lusaka. The Mission includes observers from Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Kenya,…
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COMESA- Africa CDC joint initiative to enhance vaccination uptake

The involvement of opinion leaders in enhancing the understanding of Covid-19 vaccines holds the greatest promise in removing barriers to vaccine uptake in the African region, according to regional health experts that attended a two-day webinar on strategies to improve Covid-19 vaccines roll-out and uptake in COMESA Member States. Health sector stakeholders in the webinar…
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New Policies to Promote Digital Financial Services

COMESA Business Council (CBC) in partnership with Africa Nenda convened a High-Level Public-Private Dialogue, on 27 July 2021, under the theme, Towards the COMESA Digital Integrated Common Payment Policy for Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs). The Dialogue brought together over 200 participants from the nine pilot-study countries of the CBC Digital Financial Inclusion Program,…
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COMESA, Corporate Council of Africa forge Partnership: MoU will strengthen US-Africa engagements and knowledge sharing

The COMESA Business Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Corporate Council of Africa (CCA) towards forging new pathways for stronger US-Africa engagements which will include developing a joint implementation plan to facilitate joint programmes for knowledge sharing. The signing ceremony took place on 27 July 2021 on the margins of the…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MS. CHILESHE MPUNDU KAPWEPWE SECRETARY GENERAL DURING THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE COMESA- AFRICA CDC MEETING ON EXPERIENCE SHARING ON VACCINES UPTAKE IN MEMBER STATES

Our Chief Guest, Honourable Dr Daniel Ngamije, Minister of Health in the Republic of Rwanda, Director of Africa CDC, Dr John Nkengasong  Permanent Secretaries and Senior Government Officials  The representatives of the Africa CDC Regional Collaborating Centres, Representatives of cooperating partners  Ambassador Dr Kipyego Cheluget, COMESA Assistant Secretary General in charge of Programmes,   Dr…
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COMESA- Africa CDC joint initiative to promote vaccination in Member States

August 4, 2021: In a joint initiative to strengthen the uptake of the Covid-19 vaccines in the region, COMESA in partnership with the African Union – Centre for Disease Control is conducting a two-day experience-sharing webinar for Member States from 4 to 5 August 2021 The event is driven by the need to address the…
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