{"id":2153,"date":"2017-05-28T14:52:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T10:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecgsa.com\/eba-forum-private-sectors-role-in-connecting-26-countries-within-the-tripartite-framework-comesa-eac-sadc\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T08:16:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:16:13","slug":"eba-forum-private-sectors-role-in-connecting-26-countries-within-the-tripartite-framework-comesa-eac-sadc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecgsa.com\/eba-forum-private-sectors-role-in-connecting-26-countries-within-the-tripartite-framework-comesa-eac-sadc\/","title":{"rendered":"EBA Forum: Private Sector\u2019s Role in Connecting 26 Countries within the Tripartite Framework (COMESA-EAC-SADC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organised by the Egyptian Businessmen&rsquo;s Association in collaboration with the Egyptian-East African Business Council, the forum was held on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of May at the Cairo Marriott Hotel. The aim was to highlight the role of Egypt&rsquo;s private sector and government in advancing future plans for the integration of business communities in the 26 countries of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite. The tripartite is an umbrella organisation consisting of three African regional economic communities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)<\/li>\n<li>East African Community (EAC)<\/li>\n<li>Southern African Development Community (SADC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A number of government officials concerned with the consolidation of business relations among African countries attended the event. Other effective, key figures in Africa&mdash;including Egyptian and foreign businessmen, consultants and contractors&mdash;were also in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amr Allouba, ECG Chairman was present at the forum, together with other members of ECG Board of Directors; namely, Mr. Hesham AbdelKawi, ECG VP &amp; Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Moheb Marcos, ECG VP &amp; Head of Business Development Division. Mr. Marcos gave a presentation on ECG&rsquo;s role in improving the infrastructure sector in a range of African countries.<\/p>\n<p>The event witnessed presentations by a variety of other speakers, including the ambassadors of Somalia and Zimbabwe in Cairo. 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The aim was to highlight the role of Egypt&rsquo;s private sector and government in advancing future plans for the integration of business communities in the 26 countries &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecgsa.com\/eba-forum-private-sectors-role-in-connecting-26-countries-within-the-tripartite-framework-comesa-eac-sadc\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[349,350,351],"country":[],"sector":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>EBA Forum: Private Sector\u2019s Role in Connecting 26 Countries within the Tripartite Framework (COMESA-EAC-SADC) - ECG website<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecgsa.com\/eba-forum-private-sectors-role-in-connecting-26-countries-within-the-tripartite-framework-comesa-eac-sadc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EBA Forum: Private Sector\u2019s Role in Connecting 26 Countries within the Tripartite Framework (COMESA-EAC-SADC) - ECG website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Organised by the Egyptian Businessmen&rsquo;s Association in collaboration with the Egyptian-East African Business Council, the forum was held on the 4th of May at the Cairo Marriott Hotel. 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