Efforts made to facilitate mobility of businessmen from COMESA member countries

Efforts are currently being made to facilitate the mobility of businessmen from member countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) including Tunisia, said Wednesday, Director General of the COMESA Business Council, Teddy Soobramanien. These efforts will make it possible to create direct air lines between member countries and speed up visa procedures, he added during a working session held at the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), in Tunis co-chaired with its Deputy President Mohamed Kooli. The African official, who led a market delegation in Tunisia, said that participants in the next edition of the economic forum scheduled for March 3 to 5 in Egypt, will examine ways to set up a digital platform, which would help determine market needs. He underlined that investments are meant to meet the needs of each market, calling for focusing on key sectors, namely green economy and renewable energy. During the session, participants discussed the possibili ty of creating an economic digital portal in order to facilitate administrative procedures and financial operations between member countries. They also called for increasing training sessions in the areas of business administration and meetings with companies so as to learn about investment opportunities. UTICA Deputy President, Mohamed Kooli, stressed that the common market of Eastern and Southern Africa makes it possible for Tunisian companies to forge strategic partnerships and achieve economic growth. Public-private partners will help strengthen the economic partnership between Tunisia and COMESA member countries, he pointed out. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse