In This Edition: Opportunities Abound for Turning Around the Low Intra-Regional Trade Former Judge President of COMESA Court Passes on Congratulations to the New President of Seychelles 50 Million African Women Speak Platform Unveiled in D R Congo Addressing Bottlenecks Affecting Simplified Trade Regime in the Great Lakes Trade Information Desk Helps Seal Illegal Trade…
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Intra-regional trade among the 21 Member countries of COMESA is estimated at 7%. This low performance is attributed to inadequate participation of all Member States in the COMESA Free Trade Area and the challenges they face in implementing regional commitments. The situation is further aggravated by poor physical connectivity leading to high transportation costs, prevalence…
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COMESA has congratulated H.E Wavel Ramkalawan following his election and taking the oath of office as the new President of Seychelles. President Ramkalawan was elected during the Presidential and Parliamentary elections conducted on 22 – 24 October 2020. In her message issued on behalf of the Chair of the COMESA Authority and the regional organization,…
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The immediate former Judge President of the COMESA Court of Justice Nzamba Kitonga who passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 has left an enduring legacy in the regional legal system. Justice Kitonga, served the COMESA Court for ten years, from 2005 to 2015 when the tenure of the Bench he led came to an…
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Chingola Leather Cluster in Zambia has been awarded a Standards certificate by the Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS). This means that the cluster’s products have attained the stipulated standards and can now compete at the national and international markets. The certificate was handed over to the Chingola Cluster by the Coordinator of the COMESA Adjustment…
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The establishment of a COMESA Trade Information Desk (TID) at the Nakonde border between Zambia and Tanzania has led to a massive reduction in the use of illegal routes by small scale cross border traders. The TID which is run by the Cross-Border Traders Association CBTA was established under the COMESA Regional Integration Support Mechanism…
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Issues affecting the operations of the Simplified Trade Regime (STR) along the borderlands of DR Congo, Uganda and Rwanda formed the agenda of recent two-day tripartite meeting. The virtual meeting was organized by the COMESA Secretariat under the Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Project (GLTFP) to share experiences on the STR and other key issues impacting…
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The 50 Million African Women Speak (50MAWSP) platform was on Thursday 22 October unveiled in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Her Excellency Elysee Munembwe urging women to use it to do business with the rest of Africa. The launch, which was the sixth in a COMESA Member State, was…
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In this edition: Continental and Regional Trade Regimes Need Proper Management to Succeed 50 Million African Women Speak Platform Launched in Eswatini COMESA Supports Zambia to Launch Gold and Gemstone Development Strategy New Rwanda and British Ambassadors Accredited to COMESA Promoting an Integrated Digital Common Payment Scheme for MSMEs Download eCOMESA Issue No. 643
PRESS RELEASE Monday, October 19, 2020: There is need for proper management of the interface between the continental and the regional free trade regimes to generate a range of win-win outcomes for various stakeholders in Africa’s integration agenda. According to Dr. Stephen Karingi, the Director, Capacity Building Development at the United Nations Economic Commission for…
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