Construction of the Inlanganisela Yabomake Trade Hub in Manzini, of the Kingdom of Eswatini has reached an advanced stage with over 70% of works being completed. The Trade Hub and Private Sector Support Project will cost 1.2 million euros. The Trade Hub is expected to provide market space for over 500 Small and Medium Entrepreneurs with…
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BACKROUND The COMESA Innovation Awards was launched in 2013 to celebrate the Africa Union 50th Anniversary. The Awards are aimed at recognizing and celebrating individuals and institutions that have used science, technology and innovation to advance the regional integration agenda. The inaugural Innovation Award was made at the 17th Summit of the COMESA Heads of…
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Construction of the Inlanganisela Yabomake Trade Hub in Manzini, of the Kingdom of Eswatini has reached an advanced stage with over 70% of works being completed. The Trade Hub and Private Sector Support Project will cost 1.2 million euros. The Trade Hub is expected to provide market space for over 500 Small and Medium Entrepreneurs…
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As a result of an increase in the use of cassava on the international market, the role of efficient markets and a better coordinated cassava chain have become important to producers and processors who depend on cassava. Market opportunities for farmers and processors include cassava flour as a replacement for wheat flour, cassava starch as…
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Nairobi, Tuesday, November 5, 2019: COMESA has developed a draft Regional Resilience Framework to build the capacity of its members to withstand disasters occasioned by adverse effects of climate change. The development of the framework has been informed by the increasing vulnerability of regional countries, to climate change and other disasters such as flooding, landslides,…
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[vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_col-lg-9″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”395×256″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The COMESA Treaty provides the policy context for the development of a statistics in the COMESA region. The treaty envisages a four-pronged strategy for the development of statistics namely: A Common Market Information System – This was to be established for purposes of reviewing the functioning and development of the Common…
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1. Investor Description Steelmakers is a Kenyan steel maker that has invested in a new Zimbabwean mini-mill. It has considered other products including building materials as well. Steelmakers is a medium-sized company employing 100 and is 20 years old. Its facilities are old but productive. 2. Opportunities The shortage that Steelmakers has always faced has…
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1. The Investor ABC Consumer Products of Europe is an international conglomerate that draws from its worldwide technology and resource base to invest in various markets around the world. In the COMESA region, ABC has long had six separate investments in oilseed and vegetable oil products, each operating as individual national investments serving national markets.…
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Energy policy and regulatory guidelines could be among these tools that materialize energy reliability at an affordable cost by providing a set of plans and frameworks that regulate energy supply and demand. 1) The COMESA Model Energy Policy Framework The COMESA Council of Ministers at its Meeting held in Lusaka in November, 2007 adopted the…
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