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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lusaka:20250516T100000
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DESCRIPTION:<a href="http://127.0.0.1:8077/event/official-launch-and-implem
 entation-mission-for-the-comesa-yellow-card-business-to-business-b2b-opera
 tion-in-windhoek-namibia-1/register">OFFICIAL LAUNCH AND IMPLEMENTATION MI
 SSION FOR THE COMESA YELLOW CARD BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2B) OPERATION IN W
 INDHOEK\, NAMIBIA</a>\nJoin us for this 24 hours Event In its quest to tra
 nsform the Yellow Card Scheme into a third party motor vehicle insurance s
 cheme of choice in the region and beyond\, the Yellow Card Scheme through 
 its highest decision making body\, the Council of Bureaux directed frontie
 r member countries to explore possibilities of engaging business entities 
 in non-COMESA member neighboring countries and enter into Business to Busi
 ness (B2B) arrangement on sales agency basis on pilot basis for issuance o
 f COMESA Yellow Cards to non-COMESA motorists visiting the COMESA region. 
 Pursuant to the directive of the Council of Bureaux\, the National Bureau 
 of Zambia initiated the B2B framework by partnering with Askari Insurance 
 Services of Namibia with the objective to issue COMESA Yellow Card to non-
 COMESA motorists (Namibians) traveling to COMESA member states. Following 
 this initiative\, the National Bureau of Zambia formalized the partnership
  by signing a Sales Agency Agreement\, Professional Indemnity\, and Financ
 ial Guarantee with the appointed agent\, Askari Insurance Services\, in pr
 eparation for the launch of the COMESA Yellow Card B2B operation in Namibi
 a. To facilitate the implementation\, the Council of Bureaux Secretariat c
 onducted a hands-on online training session and granted Askari access to t
 he Digital Yellow Card (DYC) System. Additionally\, the National Bureau of
  Zambia supplied Askari with an initial stock of Yellow Card pads to comme
 nce operations. To mark the official commencement of operations\, the Nati
 onal Bureau of Zambia\, in collaboration with the appointed agent\, invite
 d the Council of Bureaux Secretariat to attend the launch of the B2B opera
 tion in Namibia on 16th May 2025.
DTSTAMP:20260719T191437Z
LOCATION:Marigold Hotel\, Windhoek\, Namibia
SUMMARY:OFFICIAL LAUNCH AND IMPLEMENTATION MISSION FOR THE COMESA YELLOW CA
 RD BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2B) OPERATION IN WINDHOEK\, NAMIBIA
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="http://127.0.0.1:8077/event/official-
 launch-and-implementation-mission-for-the-comesa-yellow-card-business-to-b
 usiness-b2b-operation-in-windhoek-namibia-1/register">OFFICIAL LAUNCH AND 
 IMPLEMENTATION MISSION FOR THE COMESA YELLOW CARD BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2
 B) OPERATION IN WINDHOEK\, NAMIBIA</a>\nJoin us for this 24 hours Event In
  its quest to transform the Yellow Card Scheme into a third party motor ve
 hicle insurance scheme of choice in the region and beyond\, the Yellow Car
 d Scheme through its highest decision making body\, the Council of Bureaux
  directed frontier member countries to explore possibilities of engaging b
 usiness entities in non-COMESA member neighboring countries and enter into
  Business to Business (B2B) arrangement on sales agency basis on pilot bas
 is for issuance of COMESA Yellow Cards to non-COMESA motorists visiting th
 e COMESA region. Pursuant to the directive of the Council of Bureaux\, the
  National Bureau of Zambia initiated the B2B framework by partnering with 
 Askari Insurance Services of Namibia with the objective to issue COMESA Ye
 llow Card to non-COMESA motorists (Namibians) traveling to COMESA member s
 tates. Following this initiative\, the National Bureau of Zambia formalize
 d the partnership by signing a Sales Agency Agreement\, Professional Indem
 nity\, and Financial Guarantee with the appointed agent\, Askari Insurance
  Services\, in preparation for the launch of the COMESA Yellow Card B2B op
 eration in Namibia. To facilitate the implementation\, the Council of Bure
 aux Secretariat conducted a hands-on online training session and granted A
 skari access to the Digital Yellow Card (DYC) System. Additionally\, the N
 ational Bureau of Zambia supplied Askari with an initial stock of Yellow C
 ard pads to commence operations. To mark the official commencement of oper
 ations\, the National Bureau of Zambia\, in collaboration with the appoint
 ed agent\, invited the Council of Bureaux Secretariat to attend the launch
  of the B2B operation in Namibia on 16th May 2025.
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