HEADLINERS
A strategic minerals partnership signed on December 4, 2025, moves into its operational phase.
Alain Lubamba says the deal could help the DRC convert...
Inflation dropped from 11.7% to 2.5% and the franc appreciated 29% against the dollar.
International reserves reached $7.4 billion, equal to three...
Mohamed Chérif is the new African Development Bank (AfDB) country manager for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although the Bank has not yet formally...
Guy-Robert Lukama, who has chaired the board of Gécamines since February 2023, is advancing an ambitious strategy for the state-owned mining company. He...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has outlined the European Union's priorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with clean energy...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Justice Minister Guillaume Ngefa has ordered prosecutors to take legal action against those involved in illegal mining...
UBA appointed Congolese banker Michael Kayembe as chief executive of its DR Congo subsidiary.
The move followed UBA’s strategy to localize management...
DR Congo awarded a $7.46 million contract to Belgian firm Castillo Valere to supply 100,000 pairs of license plates.
The government set vehicle...
DR Congo signed a ministerial declaration on Dec. 19, 2025, to extend the Nacala rail corridor toward its borders.
The project targets an integrated...
NIU Invest granted Critical Metals a £2.1 million ($2.84 million) convertible loan.
The funding will support operations at the Molulu copper-cobalt...
The mines minister partially and temporarily lifted the suspension on artisanal copper-cobalt processing entities in Lualaba.
A compliance review found...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s regulator has extended the deadline for using cobalt export quotas to March 31, 2026, from the last quarter of 2025,...
Equity BCDC, the Congolese subsidiary of Kenyan banking group Equity Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Special Fund for the Promotion...
Vietnam’s Vingroup has provided further details on a planned green mobility project in Kinshasa, following a preliminary agreement signed with the city in...
Copper prices neared $13,000 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange on Monday, climbing as much as 6.6% to $12,960, Bloomberg reported. Prices later...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has retired 2,000 eligible civil servants as part of a plan to streamline its public administration, the ministry in...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Electricity Sector Regulatory Authority (ARE) has issued a competitive tender for a hydroelectric power project at the...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
The DR Congo government considered renewing VAT and customs duty exemptions for OK Plast under a 2023 decree.
A ministerial commission issued a...
President Felix Tshisekedi has instructed the government to design a system to register vehicles immediately after customs clearance. The directive was...
The Central Bank of Congo (BCC) has reminded money transfer operators in the Democratic Republic of Congo of their obligation to allow clients to carry...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun a review of its 2018 law governing public-private partnerships (PPPs), as the government seeks to bring the...
Democratic Republic of Congo Finance Minister Doudou Fwamba has rejected calls from the Federation of Businesses of the Congo (FEC) to delay the mandatory...
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UBA appointed Congolese banker Michael Kayembe as chief executive of its DR Congo subsidiary.
The move followed UBA’s strategy to localize management...
DR Congo awarded a $7.46 million contract to Belgian firm Castillo Valere to supply 100,000 pairs of license plates.
The government set vehicle...
DR Congo signed a ministerial declaration on Dec. 19, 2025, to extend the Nacala rail corridor toward its borders.
The project targets an integrated...
NIU Invest granted Critical Metals a £2.1 million ($2.84 million) convertible loan.
The funding will support operations at the Molulu copper-cobalt...
The mines minister partially and temporarily lifted the suspension on artisanal copper-cobalt processing entities in Lualaba.
A compliance review found...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s regulator has extended the deadline for using cobalt export quotas to March 31, 2026, from the last quarter of 2025,...
Equity BCDC, the Congolese subsidiary of Kenyan banking group Equity Group, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Special Fund for the Promotion...
Vietnam’s Vingroup has provided further details on a planned green mobility project in Kinshasa, following a preliminary agreement signed with the city in...
Copper prices neared $13,000 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange on Monday, climbing as much as 6.6% to $12,960, Bloomberg reported. Prices later...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has retired 2,000 eligible civil servants as part of a plan to streamline its public administration, the ministry in...
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Electricity Sector Regulatory Authority (ARE) has issued a competitive tender for a hydroelectric power project at the...
HEADLINERS
A strategic minerals partnership signed on December 4, 2025, moves into its operational phase.
Alain Lubamba says the deal could help the DRC convert...
Inflation dropped from 11.7% to 2.5% and the franc appreciated 29% against the dollar.
International reserves reached $7.4 billion, equal to three...
Mohamed Chérif is the new African Development Bank (AfDB) country manager for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although the Bank has not yet formally...
Guy-Robert Lukama, who has chaired the board of Gécamines since February 2023, is advancing an ambitious strategy for the state-owned mining company. He...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has outlined the European Union's priorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with clean energy...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Justice Minister Guillaume Ngefa has ordered prosecutors to take legal action against those involved in illegal mining...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
The DR Congo government considered renewing VAT and customs duty exemptions for OK Plast under a 2023 decree.
A ministerial commission issued a...
President Felix Tshisekedi has instructed the government to design a system to register vehicles immediately after customs clearance. The directive was...
The Central Bank of Congo (BCC) has reminded money transfer operators in the Democratic Republic of Congo of their obligation to allow clients to carry...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun a review of its 2018 law governing public-private partnerships (PPPs), as the government seeks to bring the...
Democratic Republic of Congo Finance Minister Doudou Fwamba has rejected calls from the Federation of Businesses of the Congo (FEC) to delay the mandatory...