Latest COMESA region news

• Intra-COMESA Exports Hit $9.6b

  15 Jul 2018

  The Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry of Zambia Matthew Nkhuwa has noted that since the establishment of the COMESA Free Trade Area in 2000, Intra-COMESA total exports have increased from US $ 1.5 billion in the year 2000 to reach US$ 9.6 billion in 2015.

  
  

• Building a Digital Continent: Towards a New Model for Collaboration Between Africa and Its More Developed Peers

  03 Jul 2018

  According to the World Bank’s most recent report on Global Economic Prospects, despite the broad global recovery currently underway, Africa still faces substantial downside risks, especially relating to challenges with subdued productivity and potential growth.