The Federation of National Associations of Women in Business from Eastern and Southern Africa (FEMCOM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Sudan which will act as a framework for cooperation between the two parties in empowering women. FEMCOM Chief Executive Officer Ms Ruth Negash signed for the institution while the…
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Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday 19 Jan, 2020: Secretary General Chileshe MpunduKapwepwe is leading a high-level delegation comprising of Heads of COMESA institutions, Directors and Senior Officers in Khartoum, Sudan on a tour of duty to re-engage the leadership on that country’s participation in regional integration programmes as spearheaded by the bloc. The delegation has so far…
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The ambassadors from the Republic of Sudan and Zimbabwe to Zambia and Permanent Representatives to COMESA their Excellencies Hussein Awad Ali and Getrude Takawira have bade farewell to COMESA Secretariat as their tour of duty has come to an end. Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe held a brief ceremony at the Secretariat on Tuesday 14…
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The Governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe with support from the COMESA Secretariat are planning a joint industrialization programme which will build on the experiences and lessons learned from the existing joint ventures. The two countries are already cooperating in a number of sectors for structural and economic transformation since the federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.…
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Central Bank Governors, deputies and their representatives from the COMESA region held a one-day symposium in Lusaka on the ‘Role of Central Banks in Advancing the Continental and Tripartite Free Trade Area. The gathering agreed that Central Banks have a critical role to play in the full and successful implementation of the African Continental Free…
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Thirty policy makers and youth leaders from ten COMESA countries have participated in a five-day residential boot camp in policy formulation, democratic governance and socio-economic development. The main objective of the boot camp was to increase youth participation and engagement in policy formulation and implementation and also increase experience sharing among youth leaders from the…
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The COMESA Secretariat will in 2020 support the revitalization of the Regional Policy on Biotechnology and Biosafety under the Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA). Assistant Secretary General for Administration and Finance Dr Dev Haman revealed that the Secretariat will also support ACTESA in having its first meeting for the new…
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