ALLPI Participates in the 3rd COMESA Institutions Awareness Forum in Tunisia

Tunisia, 29–30 June 2026 — The Africa Leather and Leather Products Institute (ALLPI) participated in the 3rd COMESA Institutions Awareness Forum, held at the Golden Carthage Hotel in Tunis under the theme “Expanding Intra-African Horizons: Digital Innovation as a Catalyst for Inclusive and Sustainable COMESA Market Access.” ALLPI was represented by Mr. Nicholas Mudungwe, Executive Director, Mrs. Tigist, Hailgiorgis and Mrs. Birkinesh Gonfa.

The Forum brought together COMESA institutions to showcase their mandates, key services, and 2026 priority activities aimed at strengthening regional integration, trade facilitation, investment promotion, digital transformation, and inclusive market access within the COMESA region.

COMESA Secretary General paid courtesy visit to ALLPI

The Secretary-General (SG) of COMESA, Her Excellency Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe visited ALLPI on Friday, 17th February 2023. This was a courtesy call visit to ALLPI, which is one of the COMESA institutions endorsed by the COMESA heads of states, and mandated to facilitate the development of the leather sector in Africa in general and the COMESA region in particular. She was accompanied by the Executive Support Officer in her office, Mrs. Maluba S. Sinyambo and the Chief Resource Mobilization and International Cooperation (Secretary General’s office- International Cooperation Unit).

The purpose of the visit was for her Excellency to get briefings on ALLPI activities towards the leather sector development in the 10 member countries of ALLPI and also identify areas where the COMESA secretariat can provide support.