Ambassade du Burundi à Kampala Diplomatie
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The Summit will take place on October 31, 2024, in Bujumbura, under the theme « Accelerating Regional Integration through the Development of Regional Value Chains in Climate Resilient Agriculture, Mining, and Tourism.“ During the forthcoming Summit, President Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi, will take over chairmanship of COMESA from President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia and henceforth Burundi will be chairing COMESA technical and policy meetings.
Hosting the COMESA Summit is expected to shift attention to Burundi thus positioning the country as an investment destination and attracting potential investors in agriculture, mining and tourism. Business entities will get the opportunity to engage with potential partners during the Summit meetings through side events and exhibitions leading to increased trade and investments for the country in the long run and improving cross border investment and enhanced regional trade and integration.
The Summit will be preceeded, 0n 28 – 30 October the COMESA Business Forum, a high-level dialogue focusing on engaging public and private stakeholders on solutions that will support transformation of the COMESA region into competitive and sustainable growing economies for the expansion of regional and global trade and investment.