HEADLINERS
Access to financing, housing shortage, electrification, agriculture… Regional representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the...
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,...
U.S firm Anzana Electric Group (AEG) has given its preliminary agreement to join the regional Ruzizi III hydropower project, following an invitation from...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on July 8 a 50% tariff on all copper imports, a move intended to repatriate copper production and reduce foreign...
On July 8 in Abu Dhabi, UAE-based investment group NG9 Holding signed two confidentiality agreements with Congolese companies Buenassa Resources SA and...
The Sucrière du Kivu (SUKI), a sugar company based in Kiliba in South Kivu’s Uvira territory, is asking for new financial support from the Congolese...
Dowstone Technology, a Chinese company specializing in battery materials, announced on July 3, 2025, its plan to build a new copper smelter in the...
The 115-kilometer Kisangani–Ubundu railway line in DR Congo’s Tshopo province is set to be rehabilitated under a project valued at $257 million. On July...
Maniema province has become the Democratic Republic of Congo’s leading center for legal artisanal gold exports. Since DRC Gold Trading SA opened its Kindu...
Cement prices in Kindu, capital of the Maniema province, have fallen sharply following the arrival of a new shipment from the Société nationale des...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is moving ahead with preparatory work for the construction of a bridge over the Oubangui River, aimed at linking Zongo...
• Project will add new terminal for 1 million passengers and expanded freight facilities.• Contract awarded via EPC+F model; financing terms not...
The Anhui-Congo Mining Investment Company (SACIM) stands among three mining firms facing suspension after the Court of Auditors found them delinquent on...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
The Congolese government plans to create two new financial institutions: a deposit and consignment fund (CDC) and a development bank. Finance Minister...
Since June 29, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) enforces mandatory source inspections for all imported goods. Under new regulations, suppliers...
Smuggling of cheap goods from Uganda has forced 15 of Ariwara’s 25 factories to shut down since 2022, the Association of Tenants and Manufacturers of the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo took a step closer to trade reform last Friday. The Council of Ministers adopted two draft ordinance-laws on June 27 to...
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...
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U.S firm Anzana Electric Group (AEG) has given its preliminary agreement to join the regional Ruzizi III hydropower project, following an invitation from...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on July 8 a 50% tariff on all copper imports, a move intended to repatriate copper production and reduce foreign...
On July 8 in Abu Dhabi, UAE-based investment group NG9 Holding signed two confidentiality agreements with Congolese companies Buenassa Resources SA and...
The Sucrière du Kivu (SUKI), a sugar company based in Kiliba in South Kivu’s Uvira territory, is asking for new financial support from the Congolese...
Dowstone Technology, a Chinese company specializing in battery materials, announced on July 3, 2025, its plan to build a new copper smelter in the...
The 115-kilometer Kisangani–Ubundu railway line in DR Congo’s Tshopo province is set to be rehabilitated under a project valued at $257 million. On July...
Maniema province has become the Democratic Republic of Congo’s leading center for legal artisanal gold exports. Since DRC Gold Trading SA opened its Kindu...
Cement prices in Kindu, capital of the Maniema province, have fallen sharply following the arrival of a new shipment from the Société nationale des...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is moving ahead with preparatory work for the construction of a bridge over the Oubangui River, aimed at linking Zongo...
• Project will add new terminal for 1 million passengers and expanded freight facilities.• Contract awarded via EPC+F model; financing terms not...
The Anhui-Congo Mining Investment Company (SACIM) stands among three mining firms facing suspension after the Court of Auditors found them delinquent on...
HEADLINERS
Access to financing, housing shortage, electrification, agriculture… Regional representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the...
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,...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
The Congolese government plans to create two new financial institutions: a deposit and consignment fund (CDC) and a development bank. Finance Minister...
Since June 29, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) enforces mandatory source inspections for all imported goods. Under new regulations, suppliers...
Smuggling of cheap goods from Uganda has forced 15 of Ariwara’s 25 factories to shut down since 2022, the Association of Tenants and Manufacturers of the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo took a step closer to trade reform last Friday. The Council of Ministers adopted two draft ordinance-laws on June 27 to...
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...