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Category: Latest News

The Digital Financial Inclusion Program for MSMEs Gears up for Digital Retail Payments Scheme PoC Launch

The CBC Digital Financial Inclusion Program for MSMEs team met with executives from LexTego and the Fraud Risk Management Systems Center of Excellence, towards exploring possible areas of collaboration ahead…
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Towards enhanced Trade Investment opportunities and partnerships between ECOWAS and COMESA regions

The International Trade Centre (ITC), in collaboration with the COMESA Business Council and the COMESA Regional Investment Authority, are promoting trade and investment between the Economic Community of West African…
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16th COMESA Business Forum Resolves to Promote Green Investment and COMESA Digital Retail Payments Scheme

COMESA, the Government of Zambia, and the European Union, in collaboration with the COMESA Business Council, convened the 16th COMESA Business Forum on 7th June 2023 at Mulungushi International Conference…
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Partnerships Towards Enhanced Financial Inclusion for the Business Community in the COMESA Region

We are privileged and honoured to have partnered with Standard Chartered (SC) Bank on the upcoming 16th  COMESA Business Forum through an incredible cheque donation of $30,000 towards successful hosting of the Business Forum. Speaking at the cheque…
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Launch of COMESA Business e-Academy to Play a Leading Role in the Region’s Digital and Financial Literacy Skills Development

COMESA Business Council launched a game-changing e-learning portal in Livingstone, Zambia, on Friday 26th May 2023, where over 50 women-run Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) from the Cross Border…
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African Trade Observatory to Spur Small Business Participation in the African Free Trade Area

More than 100 firms and public agencies in Eswatini and Zimbabwe trained on the first African trade portal to unlock the continent’s trade opportunities. The COMESA Business Council (CBC), in…
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Advancing Regional Integration

Growing regional trade by advocating for the removal of obstacles to trade is at the heart of what we do. Finding effective solutions to the challenges and business impediments facing…
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CBC Launches Digital and Financial Literacy Capacity Building Initiative for Women-run SMEs in COMESA

COMESA Business Council, in partnership with the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations, launched its digital and financial literacy capacity building initiative in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25th – 27th…
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Highlights of the AfCFTA Business Forum held in Cape Town, South Africa 16th -19th April 2023

At the AfCFTA Business Forum held recently in Cape Town, South Africa, delegates, members of African states and various stakeholders from the private and public sector representatives across the region…
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Online Platform for Trade in Services to be Launched Soon

As a follow up to the Second Round of the COMESA Trade in Services negotiations that was launched in 2016, an Online Platform for Trade in Services has been developed…
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