Digital card scheme to facilitate smooth trade in COMESA region launched

A digital yellow card mobile application designed to facilitate the smooth movement of motor vehicles, persons and goods in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has been launched.

This would be done through the establishment of a common system for the settlement of claims arising from interstate motorists.

According to the COMESA Regional Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance, the digital yellow card provide access to real time information to yellow card motorists, law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders.

This is according to a statement issued in Lusaka on Wednesday by COMESA Head, Corporate Communications Mwangi Gakunga.

Gakunga said the application would allow law enforcement agencies to verify validity of digital yellow cards and motorists to report accidents when traveling in foriegn countries, get notifications on the status of their cards and call for support during traffic emergencies.

He said this was in line with the Yellow Card Scheme Strategic Plan 2020 -2024 goal to transform service delivery and enhance customer satisfaction.

The Scheme is currently operational in 13 countries; namely: Burundi, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

In addition, Yellow Card was also issued in Mozambique, South Africa and would soon be issued in Botswana and South Sudan under the Business to Business (B2B) arrangement to facilitate the smooth movement of vehicles from other regions to the COMESA region.

Yellow Card operations have been digitalised, since November 2018, a move which had led to an unprecedented annual average growth rate of 15 percent.

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