On 26 March 2026, the COMESA Regional Investment Agency (RIA), in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Kenya, through the Ministry of Trade, Investment and Industry, and the Kenya Investment Authority (InvestKenya), hosted the 2nd COMESA Investment Forum (CIF) on 26 March 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. The forum was convened under the theme “COMESA: The Single Market...

02 April 2026, Lusaka, Zambia: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), in partnership with the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), convened a regional workshop with Seventeen Member States to validate the revised COMESA Common Investment Area (CCIA) Agreement, marking a significant milestone towards enhancing intra-regional investment and a...

Over 250 policymakers, business leaders, and investors met for the 2nd COMESA Regional Investment Forum in Nairobi Kenya which provided a strategic platform for exploring avenues to augment investments within the COMESA region. The one-day event held on 26 March 2026 facilitated substantive business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been admitted as a full member country of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG). Like several COMESA Member States, DRC has been a target for money laundering, terrorist and proliferation financing due to its abundant natural resources including rare earth minerals as identifi...

More than 100 staff from 15 COMESA Member Central Banks have been trained on developing and implementing effective risk-based Anti-Money Laundering and combating the financing of terrorism supervisory frameworks (AML/CFT) for the COMESA region.

With this training, the delegates have been equipped and familiarized with...