CEC on Board COMESA Business Forum as Silver Sponsor
6th June 2023 Lusaka, Zambia – Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) has announced its support as silver sponsor of the COMESA business Forum to be held on 7th June 2023.
Announcing CEC’s support to the forum, Managing Director Owen Silavwe said, “Our partnering with the COMESA Business Forum, is on the basis of our appreciation of the importance of integrating policies and frameworks that will foster trade across the region.”
The business forum which will be held on the sidelines of the 22nd COMESA Heads of State Summit, is being held under the theme ‘Economic Integration for a Thriving COMESA, Anchored on Green Investment, Value Addition and Tourism’.
Commenting on the Partnership with CEC, COMESA Business Council Chief Executive Officer, Teddy Soobramanien expressed his gratitude to CEC for the sponsorship. He noted that CEC is a strategic partner in promoting the growth of multi-sectoral industries in the COMESA region.
“We are elated to have this great partnership with CEC towards the successful hosting of the event. CEC’s gesture is a demonstration of its commitment towards advancing private sector competitiveness and contributing to spurring sustainable development in the COMESA region.”
“As a company that engages in the trading of power within Southern Africa, we recognize the need to increase energy supply within the COMESA region to spur economic growth and we are committed to being the energy partner that will support the growth of our country and our continent,” said Mr. Silavwe.
The Business Forum promises to be a platform to foster high-level dialogue between public and private stakeholders for solutions that will propel trade within the COMESA region.
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For more information, contact:
Verona Mwila Nkolola
Head Corporate Communications
Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC)
Email: [email protected]
Christabel Iliamupu
Communications and Business Specialist
COMESA Business Council
Email:[email protected]
About Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC)
Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) is a Zambian power generation, transmission, distribution, and supply company, founded in the early 1950s as the Rhodesia-Congo Border Power Corporation. Since its rebirth as CEC in 1997, the company has cemented its position in the Zambian and Southern African electricity supply industry. CEC is a major supplier of power to the mining industry, and operates in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia and the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The privately-owned power utility is a member of the Southern African Power Pool, a pioneering international power trader in Southern Africa, and publicly traded on the Lusaka Securities Exchange with more than 5,000 investors.
About COMESA Business Council
The CBC is the formally recognized apex business member organization, a private sector institution of COMESA. We represent private sector interest to the highest level of policy makers and actively promote business participation in regional integration, investment, and global trade. This is done through strategic advocacy, business facilitation and advisory services, towards ensuring business synergies and alliances within the region.
