CAIRO – 7 March 2018: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) held its third COMESA-Egypt Business Dialogue conference on Tuesday, during which they introduced to the Federation of Egyptian Industries and Egyptian businesses their local sourcing for a partnership project. 

The project is carried out through their online platform Biznet. Chairman of the COMESA, Amany Asfour, as well as important diplomats from African countries attended the event. The event aimed at connecting the Federation of Egyptian Industries with the COMESA Business Council. 

During the opening, Sandra Uwera, chief executive officer of the COMESA Business Council (CBC) introduced the CBC to attendees. Uwera reiterated the importance of the COMESA block and the CBC due to the fact that it is “the only formally recognized business organization in the region.”