Digitization, cross-border trade top agenda for COMESA Summit in Nairobi
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 19 – Digitization and cross-border trade will dominate discussions when leaders from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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The upcoming 24th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Summit in Nairobi will focus on digitization and cross-border trade.
- The summit, scheduled for November 7–9, aims to deepen regional integration, strengthen value chains, and boost sustainable economic growth.
- Kenya's Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui emphasized the role of digital tools in enhancing competitiveness and facilitating cross-border trade, citing Kenya’s successful mobile money and fintech ecosystem as an example of innovation driving inclusion.
- The summit will address persistent non-tariff barriers hindering intra-regional trade, despite the existence of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area.
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