COMESA summit calls for deeper regional trade, increased financing for small businesses
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has called for deeper intra-regional trade among its 21 member states and increased access to finance for small-scale traders, as Heads of State and Government convened for the bloc’s 25th Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe. Held under the theme “One Market, One Future: Advancing Inclusive Industrialisation, Investment and Regional Integration in COMESA”, the summit saw Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa take over the chairmanship of the COMESA Authority from his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto. President Ruto handed over the…
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