The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a Regional Economic Community comprising of 21 Africa States which agreed to promote regional integration through trade development and to develop their natural and human resources for the mutual benefit of all their peoples. The Secretariat has advertised some 4 Professional positions. The COMESA Secretariat…
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Secretary General of COMESA Chileshe Kapwepwe has congratulated the new President of Malawi H.E. Dr Lazarus Chakwera following his victory in the recent presidential elections. “I have no doubt that during your presidency, the collaboration between Malawi and COMESA will not only be maintained but will receive a fresh impetus for the mutual benefit of…
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KEY TASKS Under the direct supervision of the Director Industry and Agriculture, and overall supervision of the Assistant Secretary General (Programmes), you shall perform the following duties:(a) Assist in implementing the provision of the COMESA Treaty and Protocols relating to private sector development in the productive economic sectors;(b) Work with relevant representatives of the private…
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Under the direction of the Secretary General, you shall perform the following functions: (a) You will be responsible for providing Legal Advisory Services to the Secretariat, Member States, COMESA Policy Organs including the Inter-governmental Committee, the Council of Ministers, the COMESA Authority and COMESA Institutions and Specialized Agencies;(b) Be responsible for supervising officers in the…
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Under the direct supervision of the Director of Trade and Customs and overall supervision of the Assistant Secretary General (Programmes), you shall perform the following duties:-(a) Provide substantive support for planning, implementation, coordination, supervising and evaluation of the implementation of projects and programs in COMESA Customs Cooperation, Customs laws and Procedures, Non-Tariff Barriers, Customs Reforms…
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Since the onset of Covid-19 in the region, COMESA and its institutions have been engaged in various initiatives to support Member States` governments responses to the pandemic at the regional level. Equally at the community level, the organization has been reaching out to vulnerable communities especially small-scale traders, with direct aid in the forms of…
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The services sector accounts for more than half of COMESA’s GDP and over a third of employment, outpacing manufacturing and agriculture sectors in terms of growth generation, income and jobs. According to a report prepared by research experts at the COMESA Secretariat, the value added by services account on average to 52.5% of the Gross…
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The African Union (AU), through the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, in a joint project with the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have launched the “Democracy and Governance in Africa – Youth Innovation Challenge”. Youth innovators, innovation hubs and incubation centres across the continent, are invited to participate in the innovation challenge. The challenge calls…
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British High Commissioner to Zambia, H.E Nicholas Woolley paid a courtesy call on the COMESA Secretary General Her Excellency Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, Thursday 25 June 2020. Their discussions centred on cooperation between the UK and COMESA trade, agriculture and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. The High Commissioner said UK was keen to support COMESA programmes…
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As the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold in the region, countries implementing the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) are back on the drawing board to figure out how this successful model will be sustained. The COMESA-STR was introduced to simplify the procedure for clearing goods through Customs and to enable the small-scale…
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