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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...
Congolese politician and entrepreneur Jean Bamanisa Saïdi has once again raised the alarm about deteriorating infrastructure in Kinshasa, capital of the...
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, one of Africa’s great minds and philosophers, recently passed. Born in 1941 in Likasi, in what is now the Democratic Republic of...
On June 3, 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2026-2027...
The Congolese government announced on June 2, 2025, plans to release $12 million under the second phase of funding for the revival of Société Textile de...
Profits of Finca RDC SA, a leading microfinance institution in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dropped 32% in 2024. According to the entity’s Pillar 3...
First Bank aims to have 100,000 banking agents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by 2029. Disclosed in the lender’s 2024 Pillar 3 report,...
International Resources Holding (IRH), a subsidiary of the Emirati conglomerate International Holding Company (IHC), just sealed a deal to acquire almost...
As of December 31, 2024, projects underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) financed by entities within the Agence Française de Développement...
In Kinshasa, a sprawling metropolis home to an estimated 15 to 20 million people, traffic congestion has become a daily ordeal for commuters. Endless...
The National Assembly of the DR Congo is examining the rectifying finance bill for the fiscal year 2025. Adopted on May 23 by the Council of Ministers,...
In a significant development for the artisanal gold sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC Gold Trading SA, a state-owned enterprise specializing...
Rawbank, the leading bank in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), recorded a 42% growth in healthy loans, net of provisions, granted to small and...
The Kakobola hydropower dam, a key project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has entered its final phase, during which transmission lines and...
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During its May 23 Council of Ministers, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) approved the ratification of two pivotal World Trade Organization (WTO)...
New regulations governing non-professional leases have come into force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A ministerial decree was signed on April...
The Central Bank of Congo (BCC) tightened its regulations against mining and oil operators. According to a memo from AKILI Consulting, whose client...
The Congolese government has reorganized its national system for combating mining fraud and smuggling. A new committee of the Commission nationale de...
Last February, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) introduced a four-month ban on cobalt exports. The ban is currently being reviewed, according to the...
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On June 3, 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2026-2027...
The Congolese government announced on June 2, 2025, plans to release $12 million under the second phase of funding for the revival of Société Textile de...
Profits of Finca RDC SA, a leading microfinance institution in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dropped 32% in 2024. According to the entity’s Pillar 3...
First Bank aims to have 100,000 banking agents in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by 2029. Disclosed in the lender’s 2024 Pillar 3 report,...
International Resources Holding (IRH), a subsidiary of the Emirati conglomerate International Holding Company (IHC), just sealed a deal to acquire almost...
As of December 31, 2024, projects underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) financed by entities within the Agence Française de Développement...
In Kinshasa, a sprawling metropolis home to an estimated 15 to 20 million people, traffic congestion has become a daily ordeal for commuters. Endless...
The National Assembly of the DR Congo is examining the rectifying finance bill for the fiscal year 2025. Adopted on May 23 by the Council of Ministers,...
In a significant development for the artisanal gold sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC Gold Trading SA, a state-owned enterprise specializing...
Rawbank, the leading bank in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), recorded a 42% growth in healthy loans, net of provisions, granted to small and...
The Kakobola hydropower dam, a key project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has entered its final phase, during which transmission lines and...
HEADLINERS
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...
Congolese politician and entrepreneur Jean Bamanisa Saïdi has once again raised the alarm about deteriorating infrastructure in Kinshasa, capital of the...
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, one of Africa’s great minds and philosophers, recently passed. Born in 1941 in Likasi, in what is now the Democratic Republic of...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
During its May 23 Council of Ministers, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) approved the ratification of two pivotal World Trade Organization (WTO)...
New regulations governing non-professional leases have come into force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A ministerial decree was signed on April...
The Central Bank of Congo (BCC) tightened its regulations against mining and oil operators. According to a memo from AKILI Consulting, whose client...
The Congolese government has reorganized its national system for combating mining fraud and smuggling. A new committee of the Commission nationale de...
Last February, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) introduced a four-month ban on cobalt exports. The ban is currently being reviewed, according to the...