The COMESA Business Council (CBC) convened the Financial Services Regulators Sub-Regional Stakeholder Meeting, on Wednesday 13th October 2020, bringing together 73 stakeholders comprising of Central Banks, Ministries of Finance, and revenue authorities, ICT regulators, mobile network operators, MSMEs, Fintechs, and microfinance institutions.
The meeting, chaired by Mr. Marday Venkatasamy, was a public private engagement towards collaborative and coordinated approaches in establishing a regional digital common payments policy for MSMEs which will inform the proposed COMESA digital integrated retail payment scheme for SMEs.