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According to Onyango, Comesas imports from outside the region increased by 26% to US$227 billion in 2021 from US$181 billion in 2020.

COMESA mulls regional electronic single window-

The Mo Ibrahim Index report shows that only five countries in Africa are trading within the continent.

The free trade pact stalled after it did not meet the required number of member states to ratify it before implementation.

The prices are rising at a time when the cost of living has gone up.

Kenya could soon start exporting its goods outside the East African Community (EAC) market.

Virtual Workshop with Students, Staff and other stakeholders of the COMESA Masters Programme in Regional Integration (Kenyatta University and University of Mauritius)Focusing on two ECA PublicationsThe 10th Edition of the Report on Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA X) on the theme: “Services Trade Liberations and integration within the AfCFTA”and The Report on

Small-scale trade along the Kenya-Ethiopia border has received a major boost after the two countries agreed on a common list of products to be traded under the Comesa Simplified Trade Regime.

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Owen Gagare An informal trader in Mbare, Masaya had not been able to go to work since 30 March 2020, when the government effected a lockdown to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Two months of not working hit Masaya’s pockets hard, and when disaster stuck, he was in a difficult place. “I live from hand to mouth, so two months without going to work was a disaster. If I couldn’t feed my family, it also means there was no way I could feed mourners or pay the funeral expenses,” Ma...