Lusaka, Tuesday, October 8, 2019: The new Head of Delegation of the European Union Commission to Zambia Mr Jacek Jankowski, and the new Italian Ambassador to Zambia, Mr. Antonino Maggiore were today accredited as the Special Representatives of their Missions to COMESA. The two presented their letters of accreditation to the Secretary General of COMESA,…
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Lusaka, Monday, October 7, 2019: In the current fast-changing global economy, innovations, improved technologies and practices are key to agricultural transformation as they support smallholder farmers and other agricultural producers to become competitive. Not only do they increase agricultural productivity and sustainability, but they also reduce losses in the value chains thus enabling adaptation and…
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Nairobi, Saturday, October 5, 2019: The demand for cassava in the international market has been rising and the need for efficient markets and a better coordinated cassava value chain among cassava producers and processors has become even more important. It is estimated that the current potential market for starch is 66 million tonnes thus providing…
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Nairobi, Saturday, September 7, 2019: The first steps to establish the COMESA University of Regional Integration has begun with the launch of a virtual Masters Degree programme at the Kenyatta University of Kenya. The Master of Regional Integration (MRI) programme is designed for government officials working in divisions or units dealing with trade, integration and…
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Nairobi, Monday, September 2, 2019: The Sixth COMESA Annual Research Forum begun today in Nairobi, Kenya on a high note with 80 delegates officials from COMESA Member States, leading academic institutions, policy research think tanks and innovators in science and technology from the COMESA Member States are attending. The week-long forum is intended to share…
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Lusaka, Wednesday, July 31,2019: As the COMESA, EAC, SADC region awaits the attainment of the required threshold on 14 member/partners states to ratify the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement, technical teams charged with the responsibility of preparing the ground for its implementation are in full gear. Last week in Nairobi Kenya, the Tripartite Task Force…
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COMESA Secretariat will hold a two-day training workshop for Member States on tracking and implementation of the Transparency Clause of the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The workshop will take place in Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 30 – 31, 2019. At least 17 Member States namely: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, D.R Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Eswatini,…
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Lusaka, Friday, July 26, 2019: Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) of two COMESA Member States, Ethiopia and Uganda were among those recently admitted to the Egmont Group, a global financial network that formulates coordinated policies and responses to financial crimes such as money laundering and terrorist financing. Their admission alongside the Dominican Republic, Palestine, Papua New…
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COMESA and the International Organization for Migration, IOM conducted a Peer to Peer meeting at the secretariat to identify areas and activities the two organizations need to implement to enhance the implementation of regional integration programmes. Participants to the two-day meeting which took place 15 -17 July 2019 was drawn from the IOM regional offices…
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COMESA has signed a contribution agreement of Euro 2.9 million with the ACP – EU under the TradeCom II capacity building programme. This was done in Geneva, July 4, 2019 during a collective grant signing event at the just concluded World Trade Organisation Aid for Trade Global review forum. ACP Assistant Secretary General, Viwanou Gnassounou…
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