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Author: Salome Phiri

COMESA’s Secretary General Highlights $14 Billion Intra-Regional Trade Stability Amid Global Fluctuations, Advocates for Boost in Value Chain at 17th Business Forum

Bujumbura, Burundi, October 28, 2024: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Secretary General, Her Excellency Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, has underscored COMESA’s intra-regional trade which has held steady…
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Celebrating Cohort 4 of the Women in Tech Programme: Empowering the Future of Innovation

Standard Chartered Bank recently announced the winners for Cohort Four of the SC Women in Technology Incubator Programme (SC WIT). The six women-owned businesses that emerged victorious in Cohort 4…
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CBC hosts a Sensitisation workshop to promote AfCFTA operational instruments and trade opportunities in the COMESA Francophone Countries.

The COMESA Business Council (CBC) held a workshop to educate the CBC National Focal Points and the private sector in COMESA’s Francophone countries about the African Continental Free Trade Area…
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CBC Participates in FITA 2024

The COMESA Business Council CEO Mr Teddy Soobramanien says CBC is working towards establishing a connecting between the  needs of the private sector and the content of the skills trainings…
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CBC Trains Malawi SMEs in Local Sourcing for Partnership Initiative

The COMESA Business Council (CBC) is conducting a training and capacity-building workshop for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Lilongwe, Malawi, focusing on enhancing local sourcing for Agro-processors.  The training,…
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CBC APPOINTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Members of the COMESA Business Council (CBC) have elected a new Board of Directors for the years 2024 to 2026 during the 11th Annual General Meeting, which was held in…
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Enriching Experience: BDI and CBC Visit BAT Zambia Facilities

Recently, the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the COMESA Business Council (CBC) team had the privilege of visiting the facilities of their esteemed CBC member, British American Tobacco (BAT)…
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CBC Stresses Trade Growth and EU Collaborations at the EU-Zambia Business Club Meeting

Representing the COMESA Secretary General, Her Excellency Ms. Chileshe Kapwepwe, at the European Union-Zambia Business Club (EUZBC) Annual General Meeting convened yesterday, 21st March 2024 in Lusaka, Zambia, COMESA Business…
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African Skies, Pioneering the Future of Space Technology

The DW Media report “Space industry: Africa is ready for liftoff” revealed that the African Space industry as of 2023 boasts of over 270 companies with its value expected to…
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