In accordance with the provisions of Article 17, paragraph 8 of the COMESA Treaty, I have the honour and privilege to submit to Your Excellency the COMESA Annual Report for 2014.The Report highlights achievements of COMESA in 2014 and reviews the impact of world trade on Africa in general, and the COMESA region in particular, as well as its influence on our regiona...

In accordance with the provisions of Article 17, Paragraph 8 of the COMESA Treaty, I have the honour and privilege to submit to Your Excellency the COMESA Annual Report for 2015 themed “Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialisation”.The Report highlights achievements of COMESA in 2015, reviews the impact of world trade on Africa in general, and in the COMESA region i...

Despite possessing all natural and human resources that could propel the region toward self-reliance, the IGAD region remains one of the world’s poorest regions. Aggregating the World Bank data of 2013, IGAD’s regional per capita income is much lower than the Sub-Saharan African average of US$1,624. Covering an area of 5.2m square km, and with about 80 percent of t...

The 2016 Annual Report was prepared from the contributions of the different Departments of the Commission and other Community Institutions regarding the progress made in the implementation of their work programmes in the period under review. It is divided into four major chapters. Chapter l reviews recent economic developments in the region, against the backdrop of...

The Report highlights achievements of COMESA in 2016-2017, reviews the impact of world trade on Africa in general, and in the COMESA region, including its influence on our regional integration agenda. The Report also covers the activities of the COMESA Organs and those of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite arrangement whose ultimate objective is the crea...

The 8th Extra-Ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers held on 14th May 2020 directed Secretariat to undertake a comprehensive study to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the COMESA region and propose appropriate recommendations to Member States.The Coronavirus Pandemic has taken toll of human life in unpr...

In March 2001, SADC Heads of State and Government metat an Extra-ordinary Summit in Windhoek, Namibia and approved the restructuring of SADC institutions. Key features of this restructuring include the grouping of the 21sectors into clusters under four directorates at the Secretariat, and the establishment of SADC national committees to ...