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dr-congo-appoints-noel-litanga-to-lead-500m-digital-transformation-project
Highlights: • Noël Litanga officially appointed coordinator of the PATN on July 11 in Kinshasa• $500M funding from the World Bank and French Development...
ifc-is-currently-working-with-drc-to-develop-the-capital-market-malick-fall
Access to financing, housing shortage, electrification, agriculture… Regional representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the...
drc-us-cooperation-president-tshisekedi-appoints-new-ambassador-in-washington-amid-shifting-tides
The Democratic Republic of Congo has a new face in Washington. On June 10, President Félix Tshisekedi appointed Yvette Ngandu Kapinga as the country’s...
critical-minerals-pascal-agboyibor-appointed-as-negotiator-in-us-drc-talks
Pascal Agboyibor, a Franco-Togolese business lawyer, has been appointed as one of the 22 members of the strategic coordination unit overseeing the mining...
embezzlement-matata-ponyo-sentenced-to-10-years-of-hard-labor
Former Congolese Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo was sentenced on May 20, 2025, to 10 years of hard labor and five years of deprivation of access to...
africell-appoints-new-ceo-in-dr-congo
Kory Webster is the new CEO of Africell DRC, the Congolese subsidiary of US-based Africell Group. In a press release dated May 19, 2025, the group...
kinshasa-bans-seven-ride-hailing-companies-yango-stays-alive
The city of Kinshasa has taken a bold regulatory step in the urban transport sector. On July 14, 2025, the provincial Minister of Transport and Urban...
drc-turns-to-banks-to-finance-civil-servants-retirement-packages
The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering a partnership with commercial banks to help finance end-of-career benefits for civil servants eligible for...
loncor-gold-receives-unsolicited-offer-amid-adumbi-gold-project-developments-in-dr-congo
Highlights: • Loncor Gold has received a non-binding, unsolicited proposal from a third-party investor.• A special committee has been appointed to...
kinshasa-cement-prices-drop-over-50-after-truckers-strike-ends
Highlights: • Price of a 50kg cement bag drops from 60,000 FC to 31,000–33,000 FC• Supply disruptions caused by May–June truckers' strike now resolved•...
mining-governance-in-the-drc-dan-gertler-s-testimony-exposes-systemic-flaws
• Dan Gertler’s testimony details secretive payments and complex asset structures that enabled private — and often foreign — interests to control the...
virunga-energies-boosts-capacity-to-42-mw-tightens-grip-on-north-kivu-power-market
• Virunga Energies increases power capacity to 42 MW with new turbine.• The company serves over 35,000 customers across North Kivu.• Rwanguba project...
drc-launches-230-million-road-to-ease-trade-with-zambia
Congolese authorities have begun construction on the 160-kilometer Likasi-Solwezi road, a project expected to significantly boost trade between the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo will introduce a 2% tax on imported goods to fund its universal healthcare program. Food and agricultural products will...
• CMOC increased DRC cobalt production to 61,073 tonnes in the first half of 2025, up 13% year-on-year.• Cobalt exports remain frozen under a government...
CrossBoundary Energy (CBE), a developer of distributed renewable energy solutions, announced on July 14, 2025, it secured a $60 million loan from...
Kamoa Copper, owner of the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, signed a sales contract with Swiss trader Trafigura to sell 20% of the copper anode output from...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
tshisekedi-moves-to-limit-foreign-labor-in-infrastructure-projects
Underlining his concern over the increasing reliance on foreign labor in major investment projects, President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi ordered the...
drc-hydrocarbon-subcontractors-must-now-get-ministerial-approval
On July 1, 2025, DRC’s Minister of Hydrocarbons, Aimé Sakombi Molendo, issued an order that puts subcontracting and service provision in the hydrocarbons...
economic-regulation-drc-restructures-its-competition-commission
Council of Ministers approves decree to restructure DR Congo’s Competition Commission. The decree drastically redefines the status,...
drc-to-launch-two-state-backed-financial-institutions-to-spur-investment
The Congolese government plans to create two new financial institutions: a deposit and consignment fund (CDC) and a development bank. Finance Minister...
drc-makes-pre-shipment-source-inspections-mandatory-for-imports
Since June 29,  the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) enforces mandatory source inspections for all imported goods. Under new regulations, suppliers...

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kinshasa-bans-seven-ride-hailing-companies-yango-stays-alive
The city of Kinshasa has taken a bold regulatory step in the urban transport sector. On July 14, 2025, the provincial Minister of Transport and Urban...
drc-turns-to-banks-to-finance-civil-servants-retirement-packages
The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering a partnership with commercial banks to help finance end-of-career benefits for civil servants eligible for...
loncor-gold-receives-unsolicited-offer-amid-adumbi-gold-project-developments-in-dr-congo
Highlights: • Loncor Gold has received a non-binding, unsolicited proposal from a third-party investor.• A special committee has been appointed to...
kinshasa-cement-prices-drop-over-50-after-truckers-strike-ends
Highlights: • Price of a 50kg cement bag drops from 60,000 FC to 31,000–33,000 FC• Supply disruptions caused by May–June truckers' strike now resolved•...
mining-governance-in-the-drc-dan-gertler-s-testimony-exposes-systemic-flaws
• Dan Gertler’s testimony details secretive payments and complex asset structures that enabled private — and often foreign — interests to control the...
virunga-energies-boosts-capacity-to-42-mw-tightens-grip-on-north-kivu-power-market
• Virunga Energies increases power capacity to 42 MW with new turbine.• The company serves over 35,000 customers across North Kivu.• Rwanguba project...
drc-launches-230-million-road-to-ease-trade-with-zambia
Congolese authorities have begun construction on the 160-kilometer Likasi-Solwezi road, a project expected to significantly boost trade between the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo will introduce a 2% tax on imported goods to fund its universal healthcare program. Food and agricultural products will...
• CMOC increased DRC cobalt production to 61,073 tonnes in the first half of 2025, up 13% year-on-year.• Cobalt exports remain frozen under a government...
CrossBoundary Energy (CBE), a developer of distributed renewable energy solutions, announced on July 14, 2025, it secured a $60 million loan from...
Kamoa Copper, owner of the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, signed a sales contract with Swiss trader Trafigura to sell 20% of the copper anode output from...
HEADLINERS
dr-congo-appoints-noel-litanga-to-lead-500m-digital-transformation-project
Highlights: • Noël Litanga officially appointed coordinator of the PATN on July 11 in Kinshasa• $500M funding from the World Bank and French Development...
ifc-is-currently-working-with-drc-to-develop-the-capital-market-malick-fall
Access to financing, housing shortage, electrification, agriculture… Regional representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the...
drc-us-cooperation-president-tshisekedi-appoints-new-ambassador-in-washington-amid-shifting-tides
The Democratic Republic of Congo has a new face in Washington. On June 10, President Félix Tshisekedi appointed Yvette Ngandu Kapinga as the country’s...
critical-minerals-pascal-agboyibor-appointed-as-negotiator-in-us-drc-talks
Pascal Agboyibor, a Franco-Togolese business lawyer, has been appointed as one of the 22 members of the strategic coordination unit overseeing the mining...
embezzlement-matata-ponyo-sentenced-to-10-years-of-hard-labor
Former Congolese Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo was sentenced on May 20, 2025, to 10 years of hard labor and five years of deprivation of access to...
africell-appoints-new-ceo-in-dr-congo
Kory Webster is the new CEO of Africell DRC, the Congolese subsidiary of US-based Africell Group. In a press release dated May 19, 2025, the group...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
tshisekedi-moves-to-limit-foreign-labor-in-infrastructure-projects
Underlining his concern over the increasing reliance on foreign labor in major investment projects, President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi ordered the...
drc-hydrocarbon-subcontractors-must-now-get-ministerial-approval
On July 1, 2025, DRC’s Minister of Hydrocarbons, Aimé Sakombi Molendo, issued an order that puts subcontracting and service provision in the hydrocarbons...
economic-regulation-drc-restructures-its-competition-commission
Council of Ministers approves decree to restructure DR Congo’s Competition Commission. The decree drastically redefines the status,...
drc-to-launch-two-state-backed-financial-institutions-to-spur-investment
The Congolese government plans to create two new financial institutions: a deposit and consignment fund (CDC) and a development bank. Finance Minister...
drc-makes-pre-shipment-source-inspections-mandatory-for-imports
Since June 29,  the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) enforces mandatory source inspections for all imported goods. Under new regulations, suppliers...

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