By BUUMBA CHIMBULUDIGITISATION of industry remains a core pre-requisite for promoting trade and regional integration especially during the current Covid-19 period among the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) countries.This is especially where there is a greater call for improving regional supply chains in order to advance industrialization and increase trade among member countries, says COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe.Ms Kapwepwe highlighted the emerging barriers on the free movement of people as it related to Covid-19 pandemic. She cited constraints affecting the industry competitiveness that needed to be addressed.“These include inadequate infrastructure development; limited technical capacity of manufacturers and agro-industry players; limited access to finance by growth enterprises; and limited access to regional and global value chains by Small and Medium Enterprises SMEs,” she said.This was during the 16th virtual meeting of the COMESA Business Council (CBC) Board of Directors.Ms Kapwepwe said that CBC, working in collaboration with COMESA, had been at the […]
INDUSTRY DIGITIZATION KEY IN TRADE – COMESA
