Paper originally prepared for the Zimbabwe Herald Newspaper feature series during the run up to the 13th COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Government in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 7 – 8 December 2008.

“The wheel has come full circle”. That was the palpable feeling I had on 22nd October 2008 during the First ever Summit of Heads of State and Government of the twenty six countries in Eastern and Southern Africa that have membership in three Regional Economic Communities, namely COMESA, EAC and SADC. Click on the link above to read the whole SG's message.