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October 9, 2025

Women entrepreneurs taking their place in the COMESA Region

๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ! : ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐…๐–๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’๐€ ๐’๐† ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ

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๐ƒ๐ฒ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ,๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  some ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’๐€ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ,๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 18th ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’๐€ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ and Exhibition ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ ๐Š๐š๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ž,๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’๐€ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ข,๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š.
๐€๐ง ๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ฉ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐กis regional and economic event, ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“,๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž (๐Š๐ˆ๐‚๐‚)๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข,๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š.

This distinguished visit served as a powerful reminder of COMFWB's essential mission : to actively promote the economic status of women entrepreneurs and improve the overall conditions for women within the Region.The COMESA Business Forum offered an invaluable platform to showcase their innovative products and services to a regional and international audience. ย 

The high-level visit ย of the COMESA Secretary General and the Deputy President of Kenya underscored the importance of integrating women into Regional trade frameworks, particularly in line with the objectives of the COMESA Multi-Sectoral Trade Exhibition (October 6thโ€“8th), which encouraged participants to strengthen brand visibility across the COMESA Region

Over 300 stakeholders from the private sector, business associations, service providers, partners and the public sector were meeting in Nairobi, Kenya during the 18th COMESA Business Forum and Exhibition. Our Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe called for concrete proposals on digital infrastructure investment, regulatory harmonization frameworks, innovative financing mechanisms for SMEs, and strategic partnerships that will accelerate the digital transformation agenda.

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๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ! : ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐…๐–๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’๐€ ๐’๐† ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ

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๐ƒ๐ฒ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ,๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  some ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’๐€ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ,๐ž๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž 18th ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’๐€ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ and Exhibition ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‡๐„ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ ๐Š๐š๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ž,๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐’๐€ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Š๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ข,๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š.
๐€๐ง ๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ฉ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐กis regional and economic event, ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐ก,๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“,๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž (๐Š๐ˆ๐‚๐‚)๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข,๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ฒ๐š.

This distinguished visit served as a powerful reminder of COMFWB's essential mission : to actively promote the economic status of women entrepreneurs and improve the overall conditions for women within the Region.The COMESA Business Forum offered an invaluable platform to showcase their innovative products and services to a regional and international audience. ย 

The high-level visit ย of the COMESA Secretary General and the Deputy President of Kenya underscored the importance of integrating women into Regional trade frameworks, particularly in line with the objectives of the COMESA Multi-Sectoral Trade Exhibition (October 6thโ€“8th), which encouraged participants to strengthen brand visibility across the COMESA Region

Over 300 stakeholders from the private sector, business associations, service providers, partners and the public sector were meeting in Nairobi, Kenya during the 18th COMESA Business Forum and Exhibition. Our Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe called for concrete proposals on digital infrastructure investment, regulatory harmonization frameworks, innovative financing mechanisms for SMEs, and strategic partnerships that will accelerate the digital transformation agenda.

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