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...
Access to financing, housing shortage, electrification, agriculture… Regional representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the...
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...
Access Bank RDC, the Congolese subsidiary of Nigeria’s Access Bank Group, is stepping up its support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) with a...
• Wheat flour cost jumps from 120,000 to 180,000 Congolese francs since late June.• Kinshasa supply disruptions trigger cascading shortages in Maï-Ndombe...
IXM, the metals trading unit of China Molybdenum (CMOC), declared force majeure on its cobalt supply contracts on June 30. This decision followed the...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to meet today, July 2, 2025, to discuss the first review of the Democratic Republic of...
The Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, Jean-Pierre Tshimanga Buana, has announced the imminent arrival of eight new fishing ships constructed by...
Operations at the Port of Matadi are slowly improving, according to a June 2025 report by Top Congo FM radio. This revival follows rehabilitation efforts...
BUSINESS CLIMATE
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...
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...
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Access to financing, housing shortage, electrification, agriculture… Regional representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the...
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...
Access Bank RDC, the Congolese subsidiary of Nigeria’s Access Bank Group, is stepping up its support for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) with a...
• Wheat flour cost jumps from 120,000 to 180,000 Congolese francs since late June.• Kinshasa supply disruptions trigger cascading shortages in Maï-Ndombe...
IXM, the metals trading unit of China Molybdenum (CMOC), declared force majeure on its cobalt supply contracts on June 30. This decision followed the...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to meet today, July 2, 2025, to discuss the first review of the Democratic Republic of...
The Minister of Fisheries and Livestock, Jean-Pierre Tshimanga Buana, has announced the imminent arrival of eight new fishing ships constructed by...
Operations at the Port of Matadi are slowly improving, according to a June 2025 report by Top Congo FM radio. This revival follows rehabilitation efforts...
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
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...
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...