COMESA business visa scheme on cards

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is planning to introduce a Business Visa Scheme to ease the movement of entrepreneurs and business professionals across member states and facilitate cross-border trade and investment.

COMESA council board president, Mucai Kunyiha, said the proposed scheme was part of efforts to strengthen business mobility and enable entrepreneurs to pursue commercial opportunities across the region with fewer mobility constraints.

“We are also strengthening our focus on business mobility.

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