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Digital financial inclusion is key to growing trade within Comesa
Cargo trucks on the queue between Portreitz and Dongo Kundu overpass heading to the Port of Mombasa to pick cargo in this picture taken on May 14, 2020.
As the largest trade bloc on the continent, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) holds immense potential for driving economic growth, fostering regional integration, and lifting millions out of poverty.
Comesa's trade statistics paint a picture of immense opportunity coupled with significant challenges. While the region exported goods worth $205 billion and imported goods valued at $ 272 billion in 2022, it also faced a trade deficit of $67.5 billion.
