The COMESA Competition Commission is the regional competition authority of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, established pursuant to Article 55(3) of the Treaty establishing COMESA and currently operating under the COMESA Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations of 2025. Its stated mission is advancing regional integration through competitive markets and empowered consumers, and its core responsibility is enforcing regional provisions against anti-competitive business practices, unfair trade practices and problematic mergers and acquisitions across the COMESA member states, alongside consumer welfare advocacy and policy research.
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1. COMESA Competition Commission: Who We Are
COMESA Competition CommissionWho We Are
Since the Regulations are now operational, it is the requirement that all cross-border transactions be notified for the necessary approval of the Commission.
Operational date of the Commission
The Commission became operational on 14th January, 2013 and is based in Lilongwe, Malawi.
View the Source 2. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): COMESA Members States
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)Members table: Kenya
Republic of Kenya Nairobi
Members table: Comoros
Union of the Comoros Moroni
Members table: Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Members table: Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt Cairo
Members table: Burundi
Republic of Burundi Bujumbura
Members table: Libya
Libya Tripoli
Members table: Eswatini
Kingdom of Eswatini Lobamba
Members table: Tunisia
Republic of Tunisia Tunis
Members table: Mauritius
Republic of Mauritius Port Louis
Members table: Djibouti
Republic of Djibouti Djibouti
Members table: Sudan
Republic of The Sudan Khartoum
Members table: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa
Members table: Seychelles
Republic of Seychelles Victoria
Members table: Uganda
Republic of Uganda Kampala
Members table: Malawi
Republic of Malawi Lilongwe
Members table: Eritrea
State of Eritrea Asmara
Members table: Zimbabwe
Republic of Zimbabwe Harare
Members table: Zambia
Republic of Zambia Lusaka
Members table: Somalia
Mogadishu
Members table: Madagascar
Republic of Madagascar Antananarivo
Members table: Rwanda
Republic of Rwanda Kigali
Members table row for Somalia
Federal Rrepublic of Somalia Mogadishu
View the Source 3. COMESA Competition and Consumer Commission home page
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Lilongwe Malawi +265 (0)111 772 466
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