COMESA

19 Jul

Addis Ababa Hosts Discussion on COMESA Electronic Single Window Plan

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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) technical working group has begun its first meeting on the plans to implement an Electronic Single Window (ESW) service to improve intra-regional trade today. The meeting, which is taking place in Addis Ababa, comes almost five years after the COMESA council of ministers passed a decision for member states to promote the establishment of the ESW. The ministerial decision aims at harmonizing and standardizing data connectivity platforms among government agencies and private stakeholders key in the trade supply chain to improve intra-regional trade and investment. Accordingly, the technical working group is…

29 Jun

African Union Deploys Election Expert Mission to Kenya

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The African Union (AU) announced today that it deployed an international election expert mission to Kenya to observe the upcoming General Elections scheduled for 9 August 2022. In its press release, the AU stated that the African Union Commission is deploying an international election expert mission to Kenya comprising eight core teams experts, following an invitation from the Kenyan government. The deployment of an election expert mission is part of the Union’s comprehensive and long-term engagement in the 2022 general elections in Kenya. The core team experts will follow up on the electoral preparations, assess the political dynamics and genuine…