Tag: COMESA

National news Namibia records N$3.5 billion deficit for July (New Era) In July 2020, Namibia recorded a trade deficit of N$3.5 billion, after the country’s exports stood at N$5...

The COMESA Regional Customs Transit Guarantee Scheme (RCTG Carnet) has launched a Mobile Application designed to provide access to real-time information to Clearing and Forwarding ...

Central Banks in the COMESA region has been implementing new policy instruments and made changes to their monetary policy frameworks in order to address low growth and increase in ...

A regional electronic Corridor Trip Monitoring System (CTMS) which will allow cross border road transport operators, drivers, regulators and law enforcement agencies to record and ...

Several Member States (MS) in the COMESA region are at a disadvantage with their trading partners because of the lack of reliable, accurate and comparable measurement equipment and...

Two recurring themes in discussions of the courts of justice of African regional economic communities (RECs) are that African states do not litigate against each other (except when...

Ministers responsible for agriculture, environment and natural resources have adopted the COMESA COVID-19 Food Security Response Plan to help the region deal with the impacts of Co...

The COMESA Secretariat has developed a draft COVID-19 Regional Food and Nutrition Security Response Plan to improve agricultural productivity, enhance access to competitive markets...

In 2019, 37% of Kenya’s world exports, and 13% of world imports were to and from the rest of Africa. Between 2018 and 2019, Kenya’s intra-Africa exports and imports increased b...

COMESA has developed an online portal to be used by Member States to exchange information on availability of essential products within the region. This is in response to a directiv...

For 2019, 23% of Zambia’s world exports were intra-Africa exports; mainly to DRC and South Africa. On the contrary, almost half of Zambia’s world imports were sourced from othe...

For 2019, 80% of Seychelles’ total intra-Africa trade was with South Africa and Mauritius. 53% of intra-Africa exports were to Mauritius, mainly frozen fish and pleasure boats. E...

For 2019, Malawi’s intra-Africa exports and imports amounted to US$331 million and US$801 million respectively, while intra-Africa exports increased by 4% between 2018 and 2019 i...

For 2019, 24% of Mauritius’ world exports are to other African countries while 13% of world imports are sourced intra-Africa. However, the main African trading partner is South A...

27% of Burundi’s total trade for 2019 was intra-Africa trade, mainly with fellow EAC and COMESA members Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. All most all the main products Burundi exports...

The Seychelles cabinet this week approved the AfCFTA draft initial offer for Seychelles under the Protocol for Trade in Services African Medicines Agency update: Burkina Faso beca...

Diarise: EAC experts meeting on outstanding issues under Phase 1 of the AFCFTA negotiations (22-24 July) The selection process for the next WTO Director General began today, and w...

At least 82% of the reported Non-Tariff Barriers in the COMESA region are those imposed on imports and exports of goods and services and are largely operational by design. Accordin...

Joint Statement on the Commemoration of African Integration Day (African Union) Joint Statement of the Chairperson of the Assembly of the African Union, The African Continent...

It’s close to two months since COMESA developed and issued Guidelines for Movement of Goods and Services across the Region during the COVID-19 Pandemic. During this period, there...