The world is on the cusp of a monumental transition to clean energies that will fundamentally change our lives for the better. However, barriers are paralyzing the developing world’s access to renewables because they cannot afford high up-front costs nor obtain enough low-cost financing. World Bank’s Senior Managing Director, Axel van Trotsenburg, holds that Low- and…
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The EU supply Chain Law obliges all companies to operate in a fair and sustainable manner. The business community in the COMESA Region just like other countries in the third world will be affected in that companies must ensure compliance with the legal requirements not only for themselves and their subsidiaries, but also for their…
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Could New Space be a part of the solution to emerging continental social and economic challenges? COMESA Business Council Chief Executive Officer, Teddy Soobramanien, this morning delivered an impulse statement on how the African continent can explore and leverage satellite technologies to avert contemporary social-economic challenges at a New Space Breakfast exchange in Berlin,…
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COMESA Business Council CEO, Teddy Soobramanien, spoke in a lively and impactful exchange of discourse with German and European leaders on the competitiveness of the European Recipe for global partnerships at the 2023 Day of Industry in Berlin, Germany. Along with Koen Doens, Director-General, International Partnerships for the European Commission, and Franziska Brantner, State Secretary at…
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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 of the execution of the Proof of Concept (PoC) for the COMESA Digital Retail Payments Scheme between Malawi and Zambia. The PoC’s objective is to…
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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 States (ECOWAS) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regions. As part of the West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) implemented by ITC, a joint…
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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 Centre, Lusaka, Zambia. The Forum, held under the theme, “Economic Integration for A Thriving COMESA Anchored on Green Investment, Value Addition and Tourism”, focused on…
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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 handover ceremony this afternoon, CBC Chief Executive Officer, Teddy Soobramanien noted that SC Bank’s gesture is a demonstration of the Bank’s commitment towards ensuring digital financial inclusion…
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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 Traders Association of Zambia were awarded certificates for their completion of the three-day training workshop on Digitalization Toolkits for Greater Financial Inclusion that preceded the…
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