COMESA's goal has been to improving the economic and social links among member nations by boosting intra-trade. Using trade intensity, this study looked at the factors of intra-regional trade dynamism within COMESA members from 2000 to 2016. The result indicates that Egypt and Kenya had the largest share, while Libya, Sudan, and Seychelles had the lowest intra-trade performance in the region, with the majority of their bilateral bilateral TII¹ showing less than unity. In 2016 the export trade intensity of the region stood at 13.6 percent. This shows that more than 80 percent of the region`s export trade has been performed with the rest of the world. The poor performance of trade might be associated with some of trade barriers like poor infrastructure, low commitment to regional integration, overlapping memberships, lack of institutional democratic election, low inward flows of FDI, lack of complementarities of products (most of them have similar export profiles), small and fragmented economies with low incomes, lack of access to seaport, and others.  Egypt and Kenya have shown an increasing tendency to trade intensively with geographically distant trading partners in COMESA with different magnitude in which their Trade Intensity Index(TII) were greater than unity. Both countries have strong trade potential to expand and benefit more trade opportunities. Most of the COMESA members are trading more with their neighbor than distant members because of geographical proximity, as well as cultural and economic links. Other factors such as transport costs, logistical impediments, poor infrastructural development and lack of trade complementarities are impeding trade among them.  Therefore, to expand bilateral trade among member states, it is recommended that COMESA members invest in complementary products (export diversification) where they have a comparative advantage by identifying priority products in the region, improving economic size, developing regional transport infrastructure, and strengthening institutional democracy.