{"id":1024,"date":"2024-09-18T17:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whedafrica.org\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2024-09-18T17:01:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:01:14","slug":"apply-comesa-virtual-universities-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whedafrica.org\/index.php\/2024\/09\/18\/apply-comesa-virtual-universities-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply COMESA Virtual Universities Programme!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is the largest regional economic organization in Africa, with 25 member states and a population of about 490 million. COMESA has a free trade area, with 25 member states, and launched a customs union in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/whedafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/COMESA-Masters-Degree-pic-955x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whedafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/COMESA-Masters-Degree-pic-955x1024.jpg 955w, https:\/\/whedafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/COMESA-Masters-Degree-pic-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/whedafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/COMESA-Masters-Degree-pic-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whedafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/COMESA-Masters-Degree-pic-1433x1536.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/whedafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/COMESA-Masters-Degree-pic.jpg 1623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The amount of tuition covered under the COMESA scholarship is based on the tuition charged by each university. However, the scholarship will cover the accommodation, transport, food and other living and administrative costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This sponsorship has been facilitated through support from the European Union and the Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) under the TradeCom II Capacity Building programme. In 2010, the 28th COMESA Council of Ministers meeting decided to establish a professional or graduate school on Regional Integration to foster cooperation in research and development in the COMESA region in line with Articles 127 and 128 of the Treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following this decision, COMESA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with participating Universities to offer training and undertake conventional researches as tools for analyzing impacts and supporting innovations to address development challenges in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,&nbsp; if you need to sign a MOU please keep writing to Us your needs via email at <a href=\"mailto:comesaproject@gmail.com\">comesaproject@gmail.com<\/a> just by sharing to Us your interest so we will reshare to you the MOU and the CVUP form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981. 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