HEADLINERS
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...
Pascal Agboyibor, a Franco-Togolese business lawyer, has been appointed as one of the 22 members of the strategic coordination unit overseeing the mining...
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...
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...
Former Congolese Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo has been sentenced to 10 years' hard labor and five years' deprivation of access to public office,...
Benjamin Katabuka is KoBold Metals’ new key figure in the complex contest over the Manono deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At the end of...
On June 11, 2025, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and China signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in agriculture. The...
The Belgian development agency Enabel announced on June 17, 2025, that it has mobilized €2.7 million (around $3 million) to “sustainably improve” access...
Kinshasa’s long-awaited central market, known locally as Zando, is finally nearing completion. Governor Daniel Bumba announced during a site visit on June...
AVZ Minerals Limited has resumed its arbitration case against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the prized Manono lithium deposit, the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has extended its suspension of cobalt exports for another three months as part of efforts to stabilize the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has joined other African nations in a united effort to counter the growing market for synthetic diamonds. During...
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Sports and Leisure announced, in a communiqué published on June 19, 2025, the signing of a memorandum of...
• Heineken loses control of Goma and Bukavu sites due to armed occupation• Bralima evacuates staff from eastern DR Congo as security crisis worsens• The...
In a joint statement signed June 19, 2025, Democratic Republic of Congo Deputy Prime Minister for the Interior Jacquemain Shabani Bihango and Foreign...
Key Highlights
Marriott International to launch Protea and Four Points hotels in Kinshasa by end-2025.
The move is part of a broader plan to open over...
Highlights:
Budana plant in Ituri now produces 7 MW after restoring its second turbine
The site’s full installed capacity is 12 MW, still out of...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
Key Highlights:
DR Congo and Tanzania exchanged land titles to build dry ports as part of a cross-border infrastructure development deal to ease trade...
The project is part of a broader push by Congolese authorities to improve land governance, attract investment, and enhance legal security for landowners....
At the 46th meeting of the Council of Ministers on June 6, 2025, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government adopted two significant bills in the...
On June 3, 2025, the European Commission confirmed that all airlines certified by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain on its aviation safety...
During its May 23 Council of Ministers, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) approved the ratification of two pivotal World Trade Organization (WTO)...
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On June 11, 2025, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and China signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in agriculture. The...
The Belgian development agency Enabel announced on June 17, 2025, that it has mobilized €2.7 million (around $3 million) to “sustainably improve” access...
Kinshasa’s long-awaited central market, known locally as Zando, is finally nearing completion. Governor Daniel Bumba announced during a site visit on June...
AVZ Minerals Limited has resumed its arbitration case against the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the prized Manono lithium deposit, the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has extended its suspension of cobalt exports for another three months as part of efforts to stabilize the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has joined other African nations in a united effort to counter the growing market for synthetic diamonds. During...
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Sports and Leisure announced, in a communiqué published on June 19, 2025, the signing of a memorandum of...
• Heineken loses control of Goma and Bukavu sites due to armed occupation• Bralima evacuates staff from eastern DR Congo as security crisis worsens• The...
In a joint statement signed June 19, 2025, Democratic Republic of Congo Deputy Prime Minister for the Interior Jacquemain Shabani Bihango and Foreign...
Key Highlights
Marriott International to launch Protea and Four Points hotels in Kinshasa by end-2025.
The move is part of a broader plan to open over...
Highlights:
Budana plant in Ituri now produces 7 MW after restoring its second turbine
The site’s full installed capacity is 12 MW, still out of...
HEADLINERS
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...
Pascal Agboyibor, a Franco-Togolese business lawyer, has been appointed as one of the 22 members of the strategic coordination unit overseeing the mining...
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...
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...
Former Congolese Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo has been sentenced to 10 years' hard labor and five years' deprivation of access to public office,...
Benjamin Katabuka is KoBold Metals’ new key figure in the complex contest over the Manono deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At the end of...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
Key Highlights:
DR Congo and Tanzania exchanged land titles to build dry ports as part of a cross-border infrastructure development deal to ease trade...
The project is part of a broader push by Congolese authorities to improve land governance, attract investment, and enhance legal security for landowners....
At the 46th meeting of the Council of Ministers on June 6, 2025, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government adopted two significant bills in the...
On June 3, 2025, the European Commission confirmed that all airlines certified by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remain on its aviation safety...
During its May 23 Council of Ministers, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) approved the ratification of two pivotal World Trade Organization (WTO)...