Delivering remarks at the official opening of the COMESA Green Industries Connect forum at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) , the COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe said, “Africa is home to a large share of the world’s livestock, yet our global leather trade is limited and most of our hides leave unprocessed,” She also revealed that circular economy models could create around six million net jobs worldwide while global trade in secondary goods, materials, waste and scrap is already worth close to $300 billion a year. Speaking at the just opened Business Forum , 2nd Green Industries Connect, the Minister of Industry and Commerce Hon. Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndhlovu, called on member states to accelerate green industrialisation,strengthen regional value chains and mobilise investment to drive sustainable economic growth and create employment while also urging industries across the region to adopt cleaner production methods, improve energy efficiency and transform waste into productive goods and services. 📸Monika Chanda #19COMESABusinessForum #OneMarketOneFuture #Zimbabwe #COMESAGreenIndustries #InclusiveIndustrialisation #CircularEconomy #RegionalTrade #Investment #Africa #ValueChains @ZBCNewsonline @Min_of_IC @COMESA_HQ @AfCFTA @_AfricanUnion @MoFA_ZW @ZimTradeAlerts @ZNCCNational @zidainvest

Watching on @AJEnglish scenes of unrest and violence, vandalism in France 📸@AJENews #France #Paris

COMESA is coming HOME! Are you ready? Zimbabwe is set to host the 25th COMESA Summit in Mt Hampden Harare on October 22, 2026, and H.E President Dr @edmnangagwa , takes over the regional bloc’s chairmanship from Kenya for the 2026–2027 term. One of the primary objectives Zimbabwe will pursue once it assumes the chairmanship of the COMESA is the removal of trade barriers and enhancement of trade between and among countries. The regional economic bloc comprising 21 member states with a combined population of over 640 million people and a total GDP of approx. US$1,2 trillion. The summit will be preceded by the 19th COMESA Business Forum, which will be co-convened by the COMESA Business Council, ZimTrade and the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with COMESA and the Government of Zimbabwe, and run between October 19 and 21. What Does Zimbabwe Business /Industry Get? -Bigger Market The products are no longer for 16 million plus Zimbabweans, but for a whole bigger market population of over 600M people. The duty free access for qualifying goods if business meets Rules of Origin - Simplified Trade for Small Traders For Zimbabwe business it means you export goods worth up to US$2,000 per consignment, you can use simplified papers at the border. No big customs headaches. Built for women and youth cross-border traders. -Our Exports That COMESA Wants Tobacco, horticulture, cotton, sugar, maize, ferro-alloys, clothing, metal products, chemicals, plastics. Why the Chairmanship Matters Now - Zimbabwe will host all COMESA investment forums, ministerial meetings, trade shows this year. That’s investors coming to Harare. - We push our own agenda: and Value addition and COMESA industrial strategy aligns with Vision 2030. - Zimbabwe also won the right to host AfCFTA’s main implementation agency - the Inter-Africa Trade Company. In essence , bottom line COMESA has strengthened value chains, accelerated industrialisation,businesses now access a wider market while thousands of small traders benefit from simplified trade. See you at Comesa 📸Monika Chanda #COMESA #zimbabwe #trade #industrialisation #vision2030 #intraafricatrade #continentalintegration @ZBCNewsonline @InfoMinZW @MoFA_ZW @ZimTradeAlerts @ZNCCNational @ZIBCO_UAE @COMESA_HQ @AfCFTA @czionline @AEDS_ZW @Min_of_IC

We should have a #VisitZimbabwe campaign 🇿🇼 imagine a Manchester United and the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency or Zimbabwe Tourism Authority seal a deal for a sponsorship partnership #VisitZimbabwe Would be massive @zidainvest @ZtaUpdates @BarbaraRwodzi

..You know that we have excellent relations between Libreville and Harare. We were very honoured that the President could really find a solution, which is mutually acceptable for the two parties,” - The Vice President of Gabon, Hon. Alexandre Barro Chambrier Zimbabwe and Gabon are engaging over their competing bids to host the 2027 African Union Mid-Year Summit. 📸Monika Chanda #engagement #Zimbabwe #Gabon @ZBCNewsonline @MoFA_ZW @COMESA_HQ @AfCFTA