Federation of National Associations of Women in Business from Eastern and Southern Africa (FEMCOM)

The Federation of National Associations of Women in Business in Eastern and Southern Africa (FEMCOM) is a COMESA institution which was established in July 1993 in Zimbabwe with the endorsement of the Authority (made up of Heads of States and Governments of the COMESA member states). FEMCOM acts as a forum for the exchange of ideas and experience among women entrepreneurs; an instrument through which the appropriate portion of COMESA Women in Development Programmes are implemented; a forum for network among women entrepreneurs and an instrument for encouraging women to set up or expand existing enterprises.”