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Signing Contract for construction of a factory assembly of tractors Maluku
Kinshasa, 28/08/2009 / Economy
The Minister of Industry Simon Mboso welcomed this initiative, he said, is part of the option exercise by his ministry, that of increasing local production.
The Minister of Industry Mboso Simon took the opportunity to preside over the ceremony of signing the contract settlement of a factory assembly of tractors in Maluku by the Indian group specializing in this field. The Indian group, it was said, has received financial support from the Fund for the Promotion of Industry (FPI) whose amount was not disclosed.
FPI: positive, 20 years after its existence

The results from a 20-year history of the Fund for the Promotion of Industry (FPI) is considered positive in terms of interventions and activities financed by this institution evaluated 688 projects for 170 million U.S. dollars, has revealed its Managing General Deputy Ilunga Ngoy.

To this end, the ADG Ilunga said that these interventions do not match the need expressed by traders across the country. The REIT intends to expand its operations to several operators for expanding the tax base.

The FPI, he said, was created to promote local production, make efficient and competitive market. Mr. Ilunga has invited all Congolese holding a production project to contact his company will explore opportunities for funding.

REIT feels better on the ground in terms of action. To this end, the Management Committee has taken a series of measures aimed at improving local production.

Malgré le renforcement de ses capacités par le gouvernement : le Renatelsat poursuit les pourparlers avec les Chinois et les Indiens
Kinshasa, 31/08/2009 / Economie


Dans le cadre de la réalisation du programme gouvernemental de Cinq chantiers, la RDC est engagée dans un vaste programme de modernisation de son réseau satellitaire visant, avec le concours des partenaires chinois et indiens, à déployer 16 stations terriennes - équipées avec la dernière technologie - dans tous les chefs-lieux de provinces et de districts.

Le contrat de fourniture et d’installation d’équipements, avec la firme chinoise CITCC, pour un montant global de 274.000.000 USD, était un premier pas pour le Réseau national de télécommunications par satellite. Dans le même élan, le gouvernement a remis, le week-end dernier, un nouveau lot d’équipements au Renatelsat pour lui permettre de remplir sa mission, a déclaré le ministre de la Communication et des Médias, Lambert Mende Omalanga.

Avec ces équipements audiovisuels fournis par Téléconsult, cette entreprise publique va pouvoir désenclaver les sites de Djalasiga dans le territoire de Mahagi (Ituri, province Orientale) et de Lodja dans le Sankuru (Kasaï Oriental), en exécution d’un vaste programme visant également Tshimbulu (Kasaï Occidental), Shabunda (Maniema), Beni (Nord-Kivu) et d’autres centres de la RDC.

Selon l’ADG Richard Achinda Wahilungula, le Renatelsat entend faire aboutir bientôt deux alléchants contrats avec deux sociétés : chinoise et indienne. Le premier, contracté avec l’entreprise chinoise, va permettre au Renatelsat de disposer d’un support de transmission satellitaire de haute capacité technologique pour une bonne et stratégique distribution des informations sur l’ensemble du territoire national.

Par sa version de technologie numérique, ce Backbone (réseau de base de transmission) devra rapprocher aisément les populations congolaises, partout où elles se trouvent, et offrir plusieurs avantages en temps approprié aux dépens de la technologie TNT (DVB-T). Il s’agit de la réduction des charges d’exploitation, la création de 8.000 emplois directs à l’échelle du pays, l’augmentation des fréquences radio et télévision (un seul canal générant 4 à 6 fréquences à libérer), ainsi que de l’accroissement substantiel des ressources financières.

Le gouvernement entend voir « la réduction du coût du segment satellitaire se faire par le déploiement de 150 bonds hertziens, soit 5.200 km. Le réseau ainsi déployé devant rendre aisée la décentralisation, en permettant la liaison de toutes les villes, tous les territoires et toutes les collectivités du pays avec une meilleure circulation de l’information ».

Le partenariat avec la société indienne vise également le désenclavement de la RDC par l’application de Nouvelles technologies de communication (NTC), a expliqué l’ADG du Renatelsat.

Cependant, la réussite de ce vaste programme de développement doit prendre en compte le personnel du Renatelsat, qui doit bénéficier des avantages liés à son travail. « Les travailleurs auront leurs primes et pourront accéder, dans quelques jours, à des terrains à Kinkole pour leur logement », a indiqué Richard Achinda. En prévision de la rentrée scolaire 2009-2010, le comité de gestion du Renatelsat a remis jeudi 27 août 2009 des colis à son personnel.

La politique du gouvernement en matière des télécommunications, rappelle-t-on, vise à offrir à l’ensemble de la population congolaise, vivant dans les milieux ruraux et urbains, l’accès aux services des télécommunications de base et de lui faire bénéficier les avantages qu’offrent les TIC à des coûts abordables.


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Despite the strengthening of its capacity by the government: Renatelsat continuing talks with the Chinese and Indians .
Kinshasa, 31/08/2009 / Economy
As part of the implementation of the government's five yards, the DRC is engaged in an extensive program of modernization of its satellite network designed with the help of Chinese and Indian partners to deploy 16 ground stations - equipped with the latest technology -- in all capitals of provinces and districts.

The contract for supply and installation of equipment, with the Chinese firm CITCC, for a total of 274,000,000 USD, was a first step for the National Network satellite. In the same spirit, the Government has given the weekend, a new batch of equipment to Renatelsat to enable it to fulfill its mission, "said Minister of Communication and Media, Lambert Mende Omalanga.

With these audio-visual equipment provided by teleconsultation, the public company will be opening up sites in the territory Djalasiga Mahagi (Ituri, Province Orientale) and Lodja in Sankuru (Kasai Oriental) implementing a comprehensive program also Tshimbulu (Kasai Occidental), Shabunda (Maniema), Beni (North Kivu) and other centers of the DRC.

According to the ADG Richard Achinda Wahilungula the Renatelsat intends to reach nearly two attractive contracts with two companies: China and India. The first contracted with the Chinese company, will enable the Renatelsat to have a satellite transmission medium to high technological capacity for good and strategic distribution of information throughout the national territory.

For its version of digital technology, the backbone (core network transmission) will easily bring the Congolese people, wherever they are, and offer several advantages in time at the expense of appropriate technology TNT (DVB-T). This reduction in operating expenses, the creation of 8,000 direct jobs across the country, higher frequency radio and television (one channel generating 4 to 6 release frequency), as well as the substantial increase in financial resources.

The government intends to see "Reducing the cost of the satellite segment is done through the deployment of 150 wireless hops, or 5200 kilometers. The network deployed and easy to make decentralization, allowing the connection of all cities, all territories and communities across the country with a better flow of information. "

The partnership with the Indian company is also reducing the isolation of the DRC through the application of new technologies of communication (NTC), said the ADG Renatelsat.

However, the success of this extensive development program must take into account staff Renatelsat, which must receive the benefits of his work. "Workers will have their premiums and may enter in a few days on land Kinkole to their homes," said Richard Achinda. In anticipation of the school year 2009-2010, the management committee Renatelsat delivered Thursday, August 27, 2009 packages to its staff.

Government policy on telecommunications, recalls it, is to bring the entire Congolese people living in rural and urban access to basic telecommunications and to benefit benefits of ICT at affordable prices.

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Le Gouverneur du Nord-Kivu à la rencontre de Shnell une des grandes entreprises Italiennes



Une petite présentation de l'Italie

Comme d'aucuns le savent, l'Italie est bordée au Nord par la Suisse, et l'Autriche, à l'Est par la Slovénie et la Mer Adriatique, au sud par la Mer ionienne et la Mer Méditerranée, à l'Ouest par la Mer Tyrrhénienne, et au Nord -Ouest par la France.

Deux petits Etats indépendants sont enclavés : la République de SAINT MARIN (SAN MARINO)et la Cité de Vatican. SAINT MARIN (61 km2) est la plus ancienne République libre du monde

Ainsi donc, arrivé le Vendredi 28 aout 2009 à Rome, par l'aéroport International de FIUMICINO , Julien PALUKU KAHONGYA, Gouverneur de la Province du Nord Kivu n'est pas resté dans la capitale Italienne. Lors de son bref séjour à Rome ce Vendredi, l'autorité provinciale a visité la Basilique St. Pierre, la place VENUS ainsi que les anciens bâtiments qui constituent ce qu'on appelait « ROME ANTIQUE »


PHOTO Julien avec Gianmario et place VENUS ROME

Les constructions du moyen âge, et même d'avant l'époque médiévale font aujourd'hui la fierté de Rome au point d'attirer des centaines de touristes qui font régulièrement la queue devant ces murs et murailles du bon vieux temps romain.


PHOTO Muraille TOURISTIQUE et Muraille symbolisant l'empire romain

C'est après ce tour de la capitale Italienne que Julien PALUKU s'est dirigé en province de PISERO et plus précisément dans la ville de FANO ou il est arrivé le vendredi soir. Pour la petite histoire, FANO est situé au Nord-Est de Rome a 350km,au bord de la Méditerranée dans la partie appelée « Mer Adriatique ».

Pour arriver à Fano, il faut traverser l'Italie de l'Ouest à l'Est en passant par TIVOLI, L'Aquila, Teramo, Ancône...

C'est à FANO qu'est né le pape Clément VIII (1536-1605), dernier pape (1592-1605) de la contre-réforme (il libère l'Italie du joug de la domination espagnole et s'acquiert l'appui de la France en donnant, en 1594, à Henri IV, l'absolution pontificale lors de la conversion du Roi au catholicisme. L'année suivante, il se fait le médiateur entre la France et l'Espagne pour la négociation de la paix et a constitué à restaurer la présence de l'Eglise Catholique dans tous les pays d'Europe. )

DESCENTE A L'ENTREPRISE SCHNELL A FANO

Contrairement à l'habitude Italienne de se reposer le weekend, son Excellence Monsieur le Gouverneur de la Province du Nord Kivu est allé visité les installations de la société SHNELL dans la ville Fano pour y organiser une séance de travail très enrichissante avec le Président de la société, Mr ALESSANDRO RUPOLI ainsi que ses collaborateurs au sujet d'étudier les possibilités d'installer une usine au Nord Kivu afin d'améliorer l'habitat urbain et rural dans cette partie du pays qui a été détruite par différentes guerres qui se sont succédé dans la dernière décennie.


PHOTO ACCEUIL A L'USINE SCHNELL PAR LE PRESIDENT A.RUPOLI

D'après les explications du Président de la Société Monsieur ALESSANDRO RUPOLI, la Schnell house est capable de fournir les instruments pour réaliser une maison à moindre coût. Cette société a comme objectif de fournir aux clients, différents panneaux, par des machines pour la production de treillis soudés et des machines pour le coupage des blocs des polystyrènes pour la production des plaques façonnées.

Selon les mêmes explications fournies par Mr RUPOLI, une fois l'usine installée au Nord-Kivu, elle est à même de fabriquer les matériels de construction de plus ou moins sept maisons par jour avec un personnel de cinq individus par maison construite.

La séance de travail a connu la participation de plusieurs spécialistes italiens a savoir :

L'ingénieur civil, Mr PIERLUIGI PETTINARI
Le Manager LUCA CARDARELLI
Le Directeur Commercial Mr JUAN PEDRO CUTINI
Le Manager GIANMARIO CONTI qui est arrivé récemment à Goma

PHOTO Equipe Nord Kivu et Staff SCHNELL

Ce système de construction étant moins couteux, a intéressé son excellence monsieur le Gouverneur de Province, l'honorable julien PALUKU qui a saisi l'occasion pour démontrer à ses hôtes la nécessité de l'installation d'une telle unité de production au Nord Kivu telle que souhaitée par le Chef de l'Etat JOSEPH KABILA a travers sa vision contenue dans les Cinq Chantiers de la RDC.


PHOTO USINE DE FABRIQUE ET INTERIEUR USINE

Des approfondissements ont été faits avec les techniciens pour étudier la faisabilité de l'achat, par la province, de cette usine qui viendrait répondre aux besoins, déjà énormes liés a l'habitat au nord Kivu. Une équipe des techniciens de la province sera envoyée en Italie pour la poursuite des discussions avant le lancement de la commande de cette grande unité de production.


PHOTO ENTREE USINE ET PHOTO Julien et Rupoli avec leurs experts

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Arrivée de Julien PALUKU en République de San Marino .



Après avoir visité l'entreprise SCHNELL située dans la ville de FANO(prés de BOLOGNE) et spécialisée dans la fabrication des maisons moins couteuses, l'Autorité Provinciale du Nord Kivu s'est rendue ce lundi 31 aout 2009 dans un Etat appelé Saint marin situé à 60 Km vers le sud-est de FANO, pour palper du doigt le type des maisons produites et à construire au Nord Kivu dans le cadre de l'amélioration de l'habitat aussi bien rural qu'urbain.

L'opinion se souviendra que lors de ses séjours à Goma depuis le début de l'année 2009 et même bien avant cette année, Joseph KABILA, Président de la RDC, n'a cessé de donner une impulsion nouvelle en développant une vision centrée sur le bien être de sa population, particulièrement celle du Nord Kivu victime des guerres incessantes et injustifiées depuis bientôt une décennie. Au chapitre des préoccupations de Chef de l'Etat figurait et figure encore la problématique de l'habitat comme tremplin du développement social.

C'est dans ce cadre que, s'inscrivant dans la vision de son Président, Julien Paluku est en plein pied dans une phase exploratoire au Nord de l'Italie pour le besoin de cette cause noble.

La visite a Sait MARIN est une suite à celle effectuée le samedi 29 Aout2009 dans les installations de SHNELL House dont les usines fabriquent des maisons et dont le prototype se trouve effectivement en République Saint-Marin .A l'occasion le groupe Schnell, par l'entremise de son Président, Monsieur A . RUPOLI, a offert à la province du Nord Kivu, une maison type.



Arrivé a San Marino ou il y a été conduit par le Président du SCHNELL Mr Alessandro Rupoli, julien Paluku a été accueilli par l'ancien Président de cette république Mr Gian Franco TERENZI lui-même actionnaire dans le groupe SCHNELL. Cette visite s'est clôturée par la descente au bureau du parlement ainsi que celui de l'exécutif.



BREVE PRESENTATION DE SAN MARINO (61km2)

LA REPUBLIQUE DE SAINT-MARIN (Repubblica di san marino en italien) est le 3eme plus petit Etat européen après le Vatican et Monaco. Cette république est la doyenne des Républiques et compte environ Trente Mille habitants dont mille étrangers.

San Marino est une des plus anciennes républiques du monde après l'ISLANDE et c'est en tout cas la plus ancienne république du monde ayant continuellement existé depuis sa création. Sa Constitution qui date de 1600, est la plus ancienne Constitution encore en vigueur de nos jours.

Le pouvoir législatif revient au CONSEIL GRAND ET GENERAL dont les 60 membres sont élus par les citoyens tous les cinq ans. Ce Conseil approuve le budget de l'Etat.

La spécificité de cette république ce que, c'est ce Conseil Grand et General qui nomme deux personnes exerçant les fonctions de CHEFS d'ETAT concomitamment, appelées CAPITAINES-REGENTS.

Ces capitaines-régents restent six mois en fonction et sont nommés solennellement deux fois par an, le 1 er Avril et le 1erOctobre de chaque année. Les deux Capitaines-régents parlent d'une seule voix.

Au chapitre de l'économie, SAN MARINO a comme source de profits, le Tourisme, qui représente directement ou indirectement 60% des revenus de l'Etat. AUCUN IMPOT OU PRESQUE N'EST EXIGE DES HABITANTS. Le revenu annuel net moyen s'élève a 12.125 euros.

CONTENU DES DISCUSSIONS A SAN MARINO

Outre la visite des maisons types érigées a San Marino et qui ont convaincu le Chef de l'Exécutif Provincial , Julien Paluku n'a pas manqué d'aborder d'autres question vitales de sa Province notamment :

La possibilité d'accorder une formation professionnelle aux lauréats du Nord-Kivu dans les domaines techniques qui intéressent directement le développement à la base ;
Les bourses d'études a accorder aux finalistes en vue des 1 er , 2 e et 3 e cycles dans le cadre du chantier EDUCATION tel que développé dans la vision du Président JOSEPH KABILA KABANGE ;
L'ouverture, au Nord-Kivu, d'une école de formation en langues italienne, espagnole et autres en vue de préparer les étudiants candidats aux différentes bourses. (on doit se rappeler que lors de son séjour en Corée du Sud, le Gouverneur Julien Paluku avait encore négocié l'ouverture d'une telle école à Goma. En juin 2009, onze étudiants du Nord Kivu ont fini l'apprentissage de la langue coréenne et devront se rendre en Corée du Sud pour une formation de cinq ans dans les domaines des technologies modernes) ;
La possibilité d'appui aux petites et moyennes entreprises : L'Etat de Saint Marin ayant développé son économie par des petites et moyennes entreprises il a plu à l'autorité provinciale de solliciter un appui dans ce secteur des PME de la province. Ce secteur connait actuellement des problèmes énormes liés à la crise économique mondiale.
Toutes ces propositions ont été accueillies favorablement par l'hôte de Julien Paluku, Mr Gian Franco TERENZI Ancien Président de la République de SAINT-MARIN appelé dans la dénomination Marinaise CAPITAINE-REGENT.



Apres l'Italie, la délégation du Nord-Kivu a, dans son programme la descente en Hollande pour diversifier les domaines d'investissement en Province du Nord Kivu.



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Arrival of Julien Paluku Republic of San Marino



After visiting the company SCHNELL located in the city of Fano (near Bologna) and specializes in the manufacturing of less expensive homes, the provincial authorities of North Kivu visited this Monday, August 31, 2009 in a state called San Marino located 60 km south-east FANO, finger to palpate the type of houses produced and built in North Kivu as part of habitat improvement both rural and urban areas.

The opinion will be recalled that during his stay in Goma since early 2009 and even earlier this year Joseph Kabila, President of the DRC, has been given a new impetus in developing a vision focused on welfare of its population, particularly that of North Kivu victim of incessant wars and unjustified for nearly a decade. In terms of concerns of the Head of State appeared and is still the issue of housing as a springboard for social development.

It is in this context that, consistent with the vision of its President, Julien Paluku is growing up in an exploratory phase in northern Italy to the need for this noble cause.

The visit Salt MARIN is a series that performed on Saturday 29 August2009 in facilities Shnelli House whose factories produce and houses whose prototype is actually in San Marino Republic. On the occasion the group Schnell, by the 'through its President, Mr. A. RUPOLI, offered to the province of North Kivu, a typical home.



Arrived in San Marino where he has been led by the President Mr Alessandro Rupoli SCHNELL, Julian Paluku was hosted by former President of the Republic Mr Gian Franco Terenzi himself a shareholder in the group SCHNELL. The visit ended with the descent in the office of parliament and the executive.



BRIEF PRESENTATION OF SAN MARINO (61km2)

THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO (Repubblica di San Marino in Italian) is the 3rd smallest state in Europe after the Vatican and Monaco. This is the oldest republic of republics and approximately thirty thousand thousand foreigners with.

San Marino is one of the oldest republics in the world after Iceland and in any case it is the oldest republic in the world has existed continuously since its inception. Its constitution dates from 1600, is the oldest constitution still in force today.

Legislative power is vested in the General Grand Council whose 60 members are elected by citizens every five years. This Council approves the state budget.

The specificity of this republic that is the Great and General Council appoints two persons exercising functions simultaneously HEADS OF STATE, called Captains Regent.

The Captains regents remain six months in office and are appointed formally twice a year on 1 April and 1 October each year. The two Captains Regent speak with one voice.

In terms of economy, SAN MARINO as a source of profit, the Tourism, which is directly or indirectly 60% of state revenues. NO TAX OR ALMOST IS REQUIRED OF PEOPLE. The annual average net income rises to 12,125 euros.

CONTENT OF DISCUSSIONS IN SAN MARINO

Apart from visiting model homes built in San Marino and convinced the Chief of the Provincial Executive, Julien Paluku has not failed to address other vital issues of his province including:

The possibility of vocational training to recipients of North Kivu in the areas that are relevant directly grassroots development;
The scholarship was given to the finalists for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles under the EDUCATION site as developed in the vision of President Joseph Kabila Kabange;
Opening in North Kivu, a training school in Italian, Spanish and others to prepare students candidates for various awards. (it must be remembered that during his stay in South Korea, the Governor Julien Paluku still had negotiated the opening of such schools in Goma. In June 2009, eleven students from North Kivu have finished learning the language Korean and will visit South Korea for a five years in the fields of modern technology);
The ability to support small and medium enterprises: The State of San Marino has developed its economy through small and medium enterprises it has pleased the provincial authority to seek support in the SME sector in the province. This sector is currently going through enormous problems related to the global economic crisis.
All these proposals have been welcomed by the host Julien Paluku, Mr Gian Franco Terenzi Former President of the Republic of SAN MARINO called in the name Marinese Captains Regent.



After Italy's delegation to North Kivu, in its program the descent to Holland to diversify investment areas in North Kivu Province.



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The Governor of North Kivu to meet Shnelli a major Italian companies



A small presentation of Italy

As many know, Italy is bordered to the north by Switzerland and Austria, east by Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea, south by the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and north-west by France.

Two small independent states are landlocked: the Republic of San Marino (San Marino) and Vatican City. SAN MARINO (61 km2) is the oldest free republic in the world

So come Friday, August 28, 2009 in Rome, the international airport of Fiumicino, Julien Paluku Kahongya, Governor of the Province of North Kivu has not remained in the Italian capital. During his brief stay in Rome this Friday, the provincial authority visited the Basilica of St. Peter's Square VENUS and old buildings which constitute what is called "ANCIENT ROME"


PHOTO Julien Gianmario and place VENUS ROME

The constructions of the Middle Ages, and even before medieval times are now the pride of Rome as to attract hundreds of tourists who regularly line up at the walls and walls of old Roman times.


TOURIST PHOTO Wall and Wall symbolizes the Roman Empire

It was after this round of the Italian capital that Julien Paluku has directed PISERO province and specifically in the town of Fano, where he arrived on Friday evening. For the record, FANO is located northeast of Rome 350km, along the Mediterranean within the party called "Adriatic Sea".

To arrive at Fano, it must pass through Italy from west to east through TIVOLI, L'Aquila, Teramo, Ancona ...

That FANO born Pope Clement VIII (1536-1605), the last pope (1592-1605) of the cons-reform (Italy frees it from the yoke of Spanish rule and acquired support France in giving in 1594, Henry IV, papal absolution when converting to Catholicism of the King. The following year, he is the mediator between France and Spain for the negotiation of peace and formed to restore the presence of the Catholic Church in every country of Europe.)

DOWN TO BUSINESS AT FANO SCHNELL

Unlike the Italian habit of resting during the weekend, his Excellency the Governor of the Province of North Kivu has been visiting the company facilities in the city Shnelli Fano to organize a meeting very rewarding working with the President of the company, Mr ALESSANDRO RUPOLI and his staff about studying the feasibility of installing a plant in North Kivu in order to improve urban housing and rural development in this part of the country has been destroyed by various wars that have followed in the last decade.


PHOTO HOME IN PLANT BY THE PRESIDENT SCHNELL A. RUPOLI

According to the explanations of the President of the Company Mr. ALESSANDRO RUPOLI the Schnell house is able to provide the tools to make a house more cheaply. The company's objective is to provide customers with different panels, with machines for producing welded wire mesh and machine for cutting blocks of polystyrene for the production of shaped plates.

According to the same explanation given by Mr RUPOLI once the plant installed in North Kivu, it is able to manufacture construction materials of more or less seven houses a day with a staff of five people per house constructed.

The working session was attended by several Italian scholars namely:

The civil engineer, Mr PIERLUIGI Pettinari
The Manager LUCA CARDARELLI
The Commercial Director Mr JUAN PEDRO CUTINA
The Manager GIANMARIO CONTI happened recently in Goma

PHOTO Team North Kivu and Staff SCHNELL

This system of construction is less expensive, has interested her Excellency the Governor of Province, the Honorable Julian Paluku who took the opportunity to show its guests the necessity of installing such a production unit in North Kivu as requested by the Head of state Joseph Kabila through its vision contained in Building Five of the DRC.


PHOTO FACTORY MADE WITHIN AND PLANT

Further work has been done with the technicians to study the feasibility of the purchase by the Province, the plant that would meet the requirements, already huge in relation to housing in North Kivu. A team of technicians from the province will be sent to Italy for further discussions before launching the command of this great production unit.


PHOTO INPUT PLANT AND PHOTO Rupoli with Julian and their experts

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UK unveils funding plan to rebuild the Congo's road network


afrol News, 9 September - The United Kingdom has committed to doubling its funding for a road-building in the Democratic Republic of Congo to improve access to some of the world's most remote regions, UK Minister for Trade and Development Gareth Thomas announced on a visit today.

The DRC has one of the least developed roads networks in the world, with 95 percent of the country's 152,400 km of roads said to be just paths, making it difficult to get food, medicine and trade routes open. Only one out of ten of the provincial capitals are said to be easily accessible by road.

This severely hampers development prospects and has been cited as a reason the country is so poor. Of the 60 million citizens, around 45 million live below the poverty line, while one in seven children die before their fifth birthday, and every day nearly 100 Congolese mothers die in childbirth.

During his visit to the country, Africa Minister Gareth Thomas announced the Department for International Development would double its funding for road building programmes from £38 million to £76 million.

The road building programme will bring together the Department for International Development (DFID), the Government of the DRC, the World Bank and other donors to build, and maintain, the country's roads, which is key to helping to promote trade and investment, as well as security.

The ‘Pro-Routes' roads programme will amongst others also, support the DRC government to open and maintain between 2,500 km and 3,000 km of priority roads; provide better access to social services and markets; help the DRC to run its own road-building and maintenance programme, and also help the country to establish a ‘second generation road fund', through tax on petrol and diesel sales as well as boost the ability of private sector businesses to carry out road maintenance; and develop a forward-thinking road sector strategy which will ensure the continuation of the roads programme, and also set up a wide-ranging environmental and social strategy which will ensure the natural forest of the DRC, and the population, is protected.

“With an area the size of western Europe, it only has 2,000 km of paved roads, compared with 398,000 km in the UK. By doubling the amount of UKaid for the DRC's road building project, ordinary citizens and businesses will get better access not only to medical care and schools, and also to export markets, which will help lift the country out of poverty,” Minister Thomas said.

He further said with the global economic crisis hitting developing countries like the DRC hardest, and 45 million people living on less than 50 pence a day, new roads will bring the much-needed new development opportunities for the people of DRC, and help them live in peace and stability.

He also noted that studies have shown that in areas where there are no roads, bandits and rebels often commit crimes and then disappear into heavily forested areas to escape justice adding that roads allow soldiers and police better access to keep law and order.

The DRC, which has emerged from years of civil war and still struggling to deal away with rebels attacks, epically in the eastern part of the country, is heavily reliant on imports, even on items which it grows or supplies from within its own borders, because exports can be brought in more cheaply.

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I didn't even know Kinshasa still had chiefs:lol::lol: I know lubumbashi has village chiefs all around, we had to go through them to get some land near the outskirt of Lubumbashi. But Kinshasa I thought was to big for them. Great news though.

Engagement of South Korea to develop its bilateral cooperation with the DRC according to the ambassador of Seoul in Kinshasa
Kinshasa, 9/30/2009 / Politics
The context of the celebration next October 3 of the national feast of South Korea has been taken to profit by the ambassador of this country in DRC to reaffirm the engagement of Seoul to develop its bilateral cooperation with Kinshasa

The ambassador of the Republic of Korea in DRC, Kim Sung-Chul, underlined Tuesday in Kinshasa, in margin of the celebration of the national feast of his country, October 3, 2009, that the elevation of the South-Korean diplomatic representation at the embassy level reflects the engagement taken by the two countries to go again farther in their bilateral cooperation.

He indicated in the setting that there are now several activities preparations setting up to achieve projects of cooperation, affirming that in the domain of the culture, his government is examining the possibility to send a Congolese cultural team in Seoul in order to present Congo to the Korean people, before adding that several agreements have already been signed between the two countries.

According to him, the Republic of Korea wants to enter directly into projects of which Congolese people can benefit directly, as the development of agriculture, the professional formation and the public health, adding that Seoul hears more to actively contribute to the efforts of the reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of Congo through projects of infrastructures in sectors of roads, railway and harbours.

He also raised to the passage, the active presence of his country in the domain of investments and the trade, letting hear that his country took the decision of investing there seriously to bring its contribution to the development of the Congolese economy.

Arrival next in Kinshasa of a mission of South-Korean experts of the harbour domain

A South-Korean experts mission, the 2nd of the kind after the one arrival in the beginning of the current month, is waited in next October in Kinshasa, so it will go in Bas-Congo, in the setting of the project of the construction of the harbour in deep waters to Banana, announced Tuesday the ambassador of the Republic of Korea in DRC, Kim Sung-Chul, in margin of the commemoration of the national feast of his country.

The South-Korean diplomat that raised the importance of this project for the future of the Congolese economy said that studies of feasibility have already begun; adding that the mission of experts waited in October will go directly on the site of the project to learn and to value all necessary features for its realization.
The first mission that stayed there are two weeks in Kinshasa, he has said, had a sitting of work in the red lounge of the foreign Affairs Ministry with the Congolese experts to study the first elements entering in account for the realization of the project, affirming that a "protocol of understanding" on aforesaid project, has been signed already between the two parts.

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At the investment Conference of LIFAN MOTORS in China.

LAFAN might Built an assembly in Kongo. LIFAN market is growing very fast in the country.

The Kongolese businessman who innitiated "LIFAN RDC" he is also the representative of EuroMobile.


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Imminent signing of a free trade agreement between Kinshasa and Ankara. Saturday, October 31, 2009

Negotiations are underway for the signing, in a short period, a free trade agreement between the DRC and the Republic of Turkey, said Wednesday in Kinshasa's ambassador to that country the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hasan Mehmet Ozyildiz , indicating that his country is already ready to do so.


The Turkish ambassador, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the National Day of his country, celebrated October 29 of each year, said that Turkey wants the agreement to be signed quickly to consolidate the cooperation between Kinshasa and Ankara, before expressing his satisfaction at the growing interest now displayed by the Turkish investors in respect of the DRC.

He said that relations between the two countries are going through a good period because of the peace moves gradually in the DRC and the presence of most distinguished businessmen of his country on Congolese soil. The Turkish diplomat pinned including the current construction of a building with four floors of the Turkish International School Congolese "SAFAK" in Kinshasa, the next installation of a factory doors and windows, the opening of a clothing shop and a modern Turkish restaurant in the Congolese capital, before reporting that another Turkish businessman he did not name deals in Kinshasa in the production of concentrated tomato .

He expressed great hope for the reconstruction of the DRC and noted that the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the DRC will be a highlight for some concrete development projects already under construction, before praising the commitment of the Chief of the Congolese state, Joseph Kabila, to redress the country.

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Through Metropol Group of Companies: The Russian moves in the DRC with "Mining Bank of Congo"
(Le Potentiel 03/11/2009)

"Mining Bank of Congo" DRC is a subsidiary of Russian financial group Metropol Group of Companies based in Moscow. The Group has high ambitions for Africa. In the DRC it is experimenting his first steps into the dark continent.

Russia has ambitions to extend its influence in various sectors of economic life. Economically, more doubt on the financial strength of Russia Dmitri Medvedev. The Russian Federation has the means - great for itself as a real alternative in this world in profound changes made by the international financial crisis. It is already in the throes of restructuring the global financial architecture. And Russia does not want to miss the train. With these companies, growing, Moscow casts a wide net ... until DRC.

In the Congolese banking sector, it must now rely on the name: Metropol Group of Companies, a Russian investment and finance.

It is since March 2006, we read in an internal document of Metropol, the Russian firm decided to locate in the DRC through the creation of a financial institution specializing in the operations of mining, with the name: "Mining Bank of Congo." Market research proved conclusive, the Russian firm has obtained approval in July 2006 the Central Bank of Congo. On 1 April 2008, indicates the same source, the creation of the bank has been confirmed by presidential decree. Currently, the Congolese subsidiary of Metropol headed to Kinshasa by Mr. Valery Redkine, prepares for the official opening. Thus, Metropol Group Companies has chosen the DRC to establish its brands in Africa. Further evidence of the attractiveness of the environment found in Congolese affairs.

IN BUSINESS SINCE 1995

Metropol Group of companies since 1995. This year, "Metropol" celebrated his twelfth birthday. In that time, the small team of specialists in the securities market has grown into a group of companies on this very diverse sectors of the economy.

The main interest of the Metropol Group are concentrated in the finance and industry. Transactions on the stock exchange, asset management, consulting, banking and investment activities in the real sectors of the economy. All this is a mechanism developed over the years that combines Western management standards and a Russian novel approach to solving problems, said at this point, its chairman, Mikhail Slipenchuk.

"We have always wanted access to a leading position on the capital market. For three years, the company makes each year among the ten largest Russian investment companies for turnover on the RTS classic market. Year after year, associations of professional traders on the stock market confirms the high reliability of companies that are part of the Metropol Group, "he said. He went on to observe that "become involved in the Russian financial system, we represent it in international markets in Europe and Asia.

The president has not failed to meet the global vision of the group. "We were the first among other Russian companies to formally register a representative office in Japan to advise companies in Asian countries on issues of cooperation with Russia." Metropol Group Companies has set high ambitions, unveils its chairman. "The main mission of the Metropol Group to become the leader in the financial sector," says he.

He continued by saying: "We will continue to strengthen our international presence, and our advance in the real sectors of the economy will strengthen the group by the choice of new directions."

THE MARKS OF A GIANT

In Moscow, Metropol Group of Companies is counted among the flagship of Russian finance. Its president Mikhail Slipenchuk was again ranked for 2009 among the top executives of Russia, as ranked by the Association of Managers and the business newspaper Kommersant.

Mr. Slipenchuk was ranked 8th in the annual "Top-1000 Russian managers" (nomination "Financial Sector"), published by the respected Russian newspaper.

The classification "Top-1000 Russian managers", prepared by the Association of Managers and the newspaper "Kommersant", is an instrument for the objective assessment of the professional reputation of Russian executives. The ranking takes stock of work for the year and identify the most effective managers of the Russian leaders in their sectors and functional areas.

The objective of classification is to study the perception of senior Russian on Russian executives have shown outstanding results in business management and have the most influence on the Russian economy. The methodology of the rankings are based on the principle "the best choose the best" assessment is done directly by the representatives of business who have a working knowledge of success, reputation, professional and personal qualities of each participant .

Note that in the context of increased business relations between the ROK and Russia, it is expected the organization to Kinshasa before the end of this year of a business forum on the theme: "Cooperation of Investment - new horizons. " According to sources, the Forum will be the continuation of dialogue between the business circles of Russia and Congo, which began in April 2009 during the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba.

In connection with Metropol, it must be remembered that the Russian group, which has its headquarters in Moscow, has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, Cyprus, Serbia, Japan, China and Canada. In Africa it is present in DRC.


By Faustin Kuediasala

Minister Nyamugabo embodies the e-Governance for SMEs Congolese now identified by modern techniques.
Kinshasa, 04/11/2009 / Politique
The head of OPEC is to provide a forum to launch by the Minister of SMEs of the Census electronic SMEs Congolese who are identified now with smart cards on the Internet for their openness to world market

An important milestone has just been asked by the Minister Claude Nyamugabo Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the context of implementing a key recommendation of the Charter of the sector in the DRC, namely the identification and the Identification of the most reliable methods of operators and their establishment of the Entrepreneurship accepted under SMEs. The minister called it "e-government Congolese SMEs. The process involves the acquisition of relevant operators with smart cards used for identification in a file connected to a network connected to the global market for SMEs.

The event was marked by a ceremony at the headquarters of the Office for Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises of the Congo (OPEC) has completed the draft of the "electronic governance" in partnership with a firm specializing in the field, case Intelligentsia International, with involvement of a few selected banks and better equipped to facilitate transactions across the country and the global financial network. Besides the address of the masters of the house, officials of OPEC, two interventions have identified the essence of the event, namely the speech for the occasion the Minister Nyamugabo communication and the delegate of the Indian company. Here the first statement of the head 1 of the SME sector Congolese.

Speech by Minister Nyamugabo
"Distinguished guests. On 9 April this year, while Vice Premier in charge of Reconstruction while representing the Prime Minister, I announced the project of e-Governance for Small and Medium Enterprises Congolese. Here are just two months we have invited all players in the small and medium business to the signing of the Charter of SMEs, innovative legal framework to govern relations between the Government and stakeholders in the SME sector.

I've already announced that we will strive to promote this sector, which is ours, and that is the bedrock of development of states, all the time around the world. Aware of the mission which is ours and inspired by the Head of State by his Excellency the President of the Republic Joseph Kabila Kabange concerned about the emergence of a middle-class DR Congo, the Government is sparing no effort to promote this sector.

Today is a great day because we are going to realize the project of e-governance of small and medium enterprises. E-governance for SMEs Congolese opens today becomes reality, I am convinced, new perspectives and real private sector development in general and SMEs in particular in the DRC. It should remind you that the draft e-governance for SMEs, whose main objective the establishment of a databank on all SMEs constitute an unprecedented tool in the history of our country, which will allow Government of the Republic defined its policy in the sector.

The project will undertake the identification of micro, small and medium enterprises across the country through a chip called "Map of the SMEs. Dear developers and entrepreneurs, making you identify, you let the Government know you better and also understand your needs and challenges specific to each subsector.

By purchasing your card SMEs, the latter allows you to enjoy a benefits package, including your recognition as SMEs,
= Access to representative offices of Congolese who are SMEs in some countries in Asia in Europe and America
= Eligibility for funding of micro finance that will become available by the Banks partners, participation in fairs and exhibitions inside and outside the country,
= Facilitating communication, exchange of data between SMEs,
= Contacts-enter direct companies to promote the signing of the contract of joint ventures friendly exchange of experiences and transfer of technology and capital,
= Access to administrative facilities creation of SMEs.

The SME e-Governance in the DRC becomes a reality today. From that day, this DRM tool for SMEs, set up by OPEC and its partner Intelligentsia will increase trust and credibility of the bankers. Distinguished Heads of developers and SMEs, we agreed that we will, with industry players to grow your business and formalize those of you who are still working outside the official circuit. One of the thorniest problems you encounter is that of access to microfinance. This problem is not just running through our country, it is a problem around the world to varying degrees.

Also, the partner of the firm Intelligentsia OPEC, which currently provides technical support for the establishment of a computerized management system for SMEs, is also available to small promoters of SMEs and crafts through partner banks, a line of credit for micro finance but it follows the rules of the art in this field. With the start of this project, we are confident that we will remove some barriers and provide a better future for our small and medium enterprises

Ladies and gentlemen, this project is a contribution to one of five sites of the Head of State, that of creating wealth and employment. Here, the opportunity to pay tribute to His Excellency the President of the Republic Joseph Kabila Kabange and Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito for their Development Support private sector in general and the SMEs in particular . Long live the small Congolese Long live Rd.Congo, Thank you.


Kinshasa, November 2, 2009.
Master Claude Nyamugabo.



Commendation involvement of partners in India
For its part, the delegate of Intelligentsia International, has made efforts to explain the contribution of the society he represents the project implemented in the DRC under the contract agreed to this partnership. Below the text of his statement.

"I would like to thank the Congolese, the Congolese authorities and particularly the Chief of the Congolese government for its dynamism that has led us to invest in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I must particularly thank all the authorities of the State that I met in Asia for an Indo-African Conference in New Delhi. Intelligentsia was seduced by the discourse of the Congolese authorities in India .... and the evolution of the five yards of the Republic initiated by the Head of State.
Intelligentsia in partnership with OPEC, we started e-governance for SMEs after a one-year work on the ground. SMEs are the heart of the economic activity of your beloved country ,.... Congo .... They can play this role effectively only insofar as they are incorporated and have a status. Through e-governance SMEs are recognized and regain their status, their existence and their right ... This status is shown as a smart card called Map of SMEs is an official document which is linked to a central database containing all data on the evolution of SMEs.

In France, Singapore, the United States, a messenger, a taxi driver, a pharmacy, a forex trader, a farmer or even a student can have micro-finance without a mortgage. This was made possible thanks to the central database containing all information about the individual or society. A bank card accompanied by a unique number for each company, individual to facilitate the task of tracking file. Well now, now we can follow you through the database

Gentlemen, recognizing the existence and identification of SMEs is vital. We must know and recognize them before all things. Today e-governance SMEs Congolese just solve this problem. The draft e-governance allows SMEs to gain assistance offices promotions Congolese SMEs, which will open in Europe, India, China. His office will hold an annual fair called "SME Congo Congo enabling SMEs to have access 82B, B2C, Joint Venture dabs all continents and in promoting the world of Export.

The world is big and it moves constantly. And there are around us more and more innovative technology, we know, have them create products Congolese forward ... to export. Intelligentsia invests across the BOOT model, a model of investment in what Intelligentsia invests 100%, the concept is to construct, operate and transfer the project to the state after a given period.

The proposed governance set up of micro finance. Thus, the cardholder SMEs, not only obtains SME status but also other benefits such as access to investment code in favorable conditions for SMEs to public procurement, outsourcing to diverse training to information particular to the various micro finance available within the framework of this project by Intelligentsia.

Recognition and identification of SMEs provide a tool works .... vital to the Congolese government. That is to say ... a central database on SMEs! The card also contains a small banking application and an electronic door. The first electronic wallet are on the card will enable SMEs Afriland by FirstBank. An electronic money that allows to keep the money safe and will be available only to holders through a secure pin.

The granting of the Micro finance will be made by bank partners. Here is an opportunity for me to thank CD Afriland First Bank, Access Bank, Bank of Solidarity (Solidarity Exchange), who kindly support us in this project.

The cardholder already registered in the database will be followed by study and observe the OPEC data for a period before receiving the micro finance .., for the simple reason .... The title of guarantee are not required but the only guarantee will be effective on the ground or the operational reality of the business or contractor.

The project objective is to encourage, create, promote and revolutionize the study of entrepreneurship, to support entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship to succeed. I thank all the team leader of OPEC, its staff and particularly Mr Charles Chishambo, Mr Jean Pierre Mapual and Mr Ezhekel Bidoiya and the whole team Intelligentsia Congo, MR Ranjit Ebinezer and Mr Andrew Fotso Tanyi for having allowed the effective start of the project. Thank you again for your availability. Thank you.

"My mission is to promote the middle class Congolese," says Minister Nyamugabo!

I shall inform the Congolese and Congolese following the sad conclusion, namely that: me, Minister responsible for SMEs from an emerging middle class in the country, I do not know even approximately how many SMEs we have on Congolese territory. So SMEs evolve so somehow without a clear legal relationship with the government. It was in response to this observation I developed a draft e-governance of small and medium enterprises. This is perhaps daunting - it's new - but it simply means the identification of SMEs through the provision of smart cards. This is a project included in the grand scheme of the Charter of SMEs in which it is said that we must identify these SMEs.

So I started today what I said and promised in April. This project is now effective in starting this morning. This grant program smart cards with SMEs is a project implemented by OPEC, the Office for Promotion of small and medium enterprises is the instrument of public trust of my department. Specifically OPEC has called an international firm specializing in the field of electronic governance. This company called Intelligentsia International. It is a Singapore firm that has experience and has proven in this country that is among the small Asian dragons. It has also proven to Cameroon and Gabon in Africa.

So the project has just started with us in the DRC. All material is disponibilisé. The project has partners in banks. To show the level of its seriousness, the smart card issue which can not be bought by giving money in the hands of one individual, but with a bank. First three banks selected for this purpose, namely Access Bank and United Bank Afriland Exchange. That card will be granted administrative fee that is accessible to SMEs, and the advantage of having this card is first to be recognized under the Charter of SMEs, then the recognition of quality SMEs by the Congolese government, which is a great advantage.

In addition to this, the card allows you, your SME to be a great website that Congolese SMEs will develop, so you can be seen throughout the world because we know that you move in this area, it is such a company. The third advantage is that the cardholder has a representative office in some countries we have selected countries where our traders have the habit of going supplies, such as India, China, France and the United States initially.

So now the small Congolese have representative offices in these countries. So we can not move and call the head office of SME representation Congo in New Delhi, for example. The representative will give information, he answers questions and takes contact to you in relation to contracts that you signed with your Indian partners, for example, which is an advantage. Finally, the card allows you to participate in fairs or abroad or here at home, as well as exhibitions ...

This is the great door, the open offer as well as international SMEs, which often have serious problems to promote their business!

Voila! It's actually an international opening that I open to small and medium enterprises Congo, because the Congolese people are very enterprising. Do not that everything we do here is only in the Congo. We are now in the era of globalization, and we do our part, it can open our compatriots who have been in the business to other businesses, other economic operators in other countries and other continents for their allow to shine, exchange technology and thereby participate fully in the transformation of our potential in real wealth for the greater good of our people.

Ya he had a great assistance to SME operators ceremony whose importance seems so obvious?

Yes of course. In our dealings with SMEs, we first working directly with their employers and professional associations that were represented. But it also noted the presence of many other traders and public representatives who were keen to see the start of this project known to spread throughout the Republic. Because the specificity of partner banks that we have chosen is that these are banks that do not exist only in Kinshasa. Solidarity Exchange, for example, has 44 branches throughout the Republic. So traders Gbadolite, Butembo, Kindu, of Matadiu of Kasumbalesa ... can go to the Exchange Bank of Solidarity to find the forms that already have partners to get well within a few days the smart card . I was the first to receive this chip. I forgot an advantage for small contractors, this card will allow them to short-term access to micro finance from the banks then. This is for small entrepreneurs. As for big business, they will target banks, but small entrepreneurs have access to micro finance will be availed from the banks under the contract between OPEC and Intelligentsia

It is a great innovation that you realize is opening so wide horizons for entrepreneurs so far restricted to the environment close to where they are restricted to evolve!

It is our role. It is the mission that was entrusted to us. We believe that the emergence of a middle class in our country, we need entrepreneurs to open world, and this is what allows the exchange of technologies, as it can provide employment our compatriots here on ground. This project is therefore a contribution to the job site.

It seems that you had to move abroad within the framework of this project?

Yes, since I took office, I look for models where SMEs have succeeded where they have contributed to the emergence of a middle class. So I pointed in the Asian continent the Republic of India. During my many trips to India in this context, I talked about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, its potential and difficulties faced by the sector of medium and small businesses. On one such occasion, a Hindu trader was interested in my speech and came to see me to propose a solution. Contact me in this I asked myself the question what can I do to identify small and medium enterprises in our country to have a clear file SMEs. So I submitted the idea and entrepreneurs have bitten. Here today, thanks to travel as we do abroad, there are traders who come to invest in specific census of small and medium enterprises, as they had to do in other countries .

But before you proceed to the launch of the census program for SMEs, you got to move inside the country, particularly in North Kivu, in the context of awareness about the Charter of SMEs which you equip the country. What is it?

Yes I have Lubumbashi in Katanga, where I continued extension of the Charter of SMEs. This document is very important for an emerging middle class in our country, and that is why I myself led the delegation which is responsible for the dissemination of this document. After Kinshasa I was in North Kivu and South Kivu, was the turn of Katanga where I lived and where I have two audiences, namely the Governor and members of his team in charge of economic sector, on one side and the other economic operators themselves. So I popularized the Charter with these two audiences, but it should be noted is that the SME Charter is actually implemented in Katanga province. I want to congratulate it for the provincial governor and provincial assembly because the provincial governor, under the Charter of SMEs, has signed an edict on provincial subcontracting required for SMEs Congolese. Outsourcing is a binding principle enshrined in the Charter of SMEs, because our SMEs should benefit from the work being done by large companies exploiting the wealth of this country. In Katanga, there are many mining companies who were born during the mining boom and exploit the copper.

We started with the observation that these large companies were doing the outsourcing, but with small foreign companies. Large firms therefore landed with small companies doing the outsourcing. And we say that this does not contribute to the promotion of our SMEs. Where can our SMEs have the technology and the technical requirements for certain jobs, these large enterprises must give our SMEs. The Governor of Katanga was quickly realized, he proposed a decree to the Provincial Assembly which adopted it, he has signed and concretely this means that large companies working in Katanga, where they have work to enforce, make announcements must Congolese SMEs.

It is therefore no question of seeing small works by foreign SMEs. This is a great advance in Katanga and should inspire other governors. However, I continued the tour and this week I will travel to Bandundu while next week I planned to go to the Lower Congo, where I will educate provincial authorities and economic operators in relation to the contents of the Charter is their Charter, because in fact it is a Charter that we read but we have established with their assistance. They are appropriating is what justifies the tour that I perform in every province. And as usual, you know that I established at the Ministry's what I call the local governance, that is to say that the Minister of SMEs that remain in his office, he has time to office but it's also time for the field to meet the traders in their offices, on construction sites to exchange with them to see their difficulties in seeking solutions.

During my visit to Lubumbashi, for example I visited SMEs that are modernizing their tool to give jobs to our countrymen, SMEs in the area of meat, pastry, bakery, construction. Because we want we want the subcontracting required for SMEs Congolese, this first, but secondly we want competitive SMEs. It must work provided by our SMEs are the expectations of large companies, so quality work, that's why we're around certain companies to educate their developers on a job well done and quality barrier to be competitive compared to foreign SMEs. Katanga moves it already and it is the pride for the country.

Congolese exports to China reached 1.58 billion U.S. dollars Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Congolese exports to China were $ 370 million U.S. in 2006 reached 1.58 billion U.S. dollars in 2008, noted earlier this week in Kinshasa, the services of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China DRC during a reception held on the sidelines of the 4th Summit of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held from 7 to 9 November in SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt.


On this occasion, the results of actions taken by China in the DRC as part of implementing the eight measures of development aid pledged in 2006 to Beijing proves flattering. The amount of donations and interest free loans that China has granted to the DRC in 2009 is two and a half times greater than that of 2006.

These subsidies have helped to implement projects such as rehabilitation of the road to Bukavu airport, the pilot farm crop rainfed N'Sele, a primary school in Kinshasa, a school complex in Kisangani. China attaches Moreover, preferential loans each year which are funded with the realization of certain projects Mouanda fiber-Kinshasa and the modernization of the telecommunications network. The Chinese government has canceled the debts related to loans without interest on maturing in late 2005 for the DRC.

In December 2007, the Chinese government and the Congolese government signed an agreement whereby the products of the DRC exported to China are exempt from customs duties. In addition, the Chinese government calls each year about fifty Congolese to participate in various seminars and technical workshops held in China. More than 150 Congolese have spent time in China since 2006 for the exchange of ideas or training.

With the gift of the Chinese government, a central anti-malaria was established in April 2009 in Kinshasa. Three batches of anti-malaria drugs totaling more than one million U.S. dollars have been provided without charge to the DRC. The 4th batch will arrive soon in Kinshasa

ACP / DCI

The governor of South Kivu reassures investors South Africans .
Kinshasa, 25/11/2009 / Economy

An amount of 100 million U.S. dollars in South Africa is available to finance some priority projects in South Kivu.

The governor of South Kivu, Louis Leonce Cirimwami Muderhwa has, during his stay of two days in South Africa reassured investors of good South African investment climate for economic development in the province of South Kivu with the return of peace .

The Governor Cirimwami was revealed at the return of his trip that enabled him to attract partners for economic development in the province of South Kivu in the program for five yards in the DRC. Regarding particular, the modernization and expansion of the Kavumu airport and port of Kalundu (Uvira) and Swim (Fizi).


The program, he said, also concerns the resumption of activities of the candy Kiliba and cement Katana.

In this context, the Governor Cirimwami announced actions to realize this mission: the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with foreign investors after a consultation with members of the government and the 'Assembly which must accompany this task.

For this purpose, an amount of 100 million U.S. dollars in South Africa is available to finance some priority projects, he said.

Des investisseurs égyptiens attendus dans les tout prochains ;

Par Le Potentiel





Des investisseurs égyptiens attendus dans les tout prochains jours à Kinshasa. L’annonce a été faite par la vice-ministre égyptienne des Affaires étrangères. C’était à l’issue d’une audience qui lui a été accordée par le ministre des Affaires étrangères. Selon Mme Mona Omar, l’Egypte et la RDC sont déterminés à donner un nouvel élan à leur coopération bilatérale après plusieurs années d’inactivité. Pour elle, la concrétisation de cette coopération a été souhaitée par les chefs de l’Etat des deux pays. A en croire Mme Mona, la présence des hommes d’affaires égyptiens à Kinshasa est un signal fort dans le réchauffement des relations entre Kinshasa et Le Caire. L’Egypte est intéressée notamment par le projet de construction d’un barrage hydroélectrique et d’un grand hôpital dans la ville de Kinshasa.




Egyptian investors expected;

By Le Potentiel

Egyptian investors expected in the coming days in Kinshasa. The announcement was made by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt. It was after a hearing which was granted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. According to Ms Mona Omar, Egypt and DRC are determined to give new impetus to bilateral cooperation after several years of inactivity. For her, the realization of this cooperation has been sought by the Heads of State of both countries. According to Mona, the presence of Egyptian businessmen in Kinshasa is a strong signal in the warming of relations between Kinshasa and Cairo. Egypt is particularly concerned by the proposed construction of a hydroelectric dam and a large hospital in Kinshasa.

Amélioration du climat des affaires : Kabila fixe de nouveaux repères pour 2010

Par Faustin Kuediasala

Le Club de Paris a eu raison de souligner la nécessité pour la RDC de travailler pour l’amélioration du climat des affaires. Il n’a pas prêché dans le désert. Son message a été entendu. Le chef de l’Etat en a fait sa priorité pour le premier semestre 2010.

Le président de la République, Joseph Kabila, s’est fixé l’ambition de s’appuyer sur le secteur privé pour actionner la machine de la croissance et de la réduction de la pauvreté. Mais pour y parvenir, il y a des préalables auxquels la RDC doit satisfaire pour mettre les opérateurs dans les bonnes conditions d’entreprendre.

Le constat du chef de l’Etat est amer. Dans son message à la Nation le lundi 7 décembre, le président s’est clairement prononcé sur le sujet. « Notre stratégie de croissance et de réduction de la pauvreté assigne au secteur privé le rôle moteur dans la création des richesses et des emplois. De toute évidence, celui-ci peine à jouer ce rôle, ce qui remet en cause l’ensemble de la stratégie ». « L’initiative privée, note-t-il, est bridée, voire découragée, par le climat des affaires ». Il y a urgence d’engager des actions pour sécuriser les opérateurs économiques, ces créateurs de richesses dont la RDC a tant besoin pour se hisser dans le rang de grandes Nations du continent. « Nous devons urgemment changer cet état de choses », a-t-il dit.

Le président de la République croit en sa vision d’un Congo prospère, ambitieux et imposant sa marque au cœur de l’Afrique. Mais, de graves dysfonctionnements qui minent encore son environnement ne permettent pas une parfaite éclosion de l’initiative privée. C’est alors qu’il a tenu à fixer de nouveaux repères que le gouvernement se doit d’atteindre, à brève échéance, pour améliorer le score de la RDC dans le rapport Doing Business de la Banque mondiale. « J’ai donc décidé de faire de l’amélioration du climat des affaires un objectif prioritaire; un de ceux sur lesquels devra être jugée l’efficacité du gouvernement, testée la cohésion de la majorité gouvernementale, et évaluée la qualité de notre administration et de notre système judiciaire », a souligné le président de la République.

Le pari est réalisable, a semblé dire le chef de l’Etat. A ce propos, affirme-t-il, « les raisons du mauvais classement de notre pays dans le répertoire de référence « Doing Business» sont connues. La solution pour obtenir une meilleure cotation l’est autant. Elle a pour noms transparence, simplification et souplesse ».

Pour éviter toute dispersion d’énergies, le chef de l’Etat recadre les actions en fixant d’ores et déjà les grands axes. « Au gouvernement, je tiens à dire que nous ne pouvons pas, dans ce domaine comme dans bien d’autres, aller d’études en études, de conseils d’experts en conseils d’experts, ce qui souvent n’est qu’une excuse pour ne rien faire ». Il continue en rappelant que « le gouvernement a déjà identifié une dizaine de mesures allant dans ce sens ». Mais, il s’agit, aujourd’hui, d’agir pour donner un signal fort au monde des affaires. « Je souhaite cependant que nous allions plus loin et plus vite », note-t-il, à cet effet, le président de la République.

L’ADHESION A L’OHADA RELANCEE

L’amélioration du climat des affaires passe aussi par l’adhésion de la RDC au grand espace de l’Organisation pour l’harmonisation en Afrique du droit des affaires (OHADA). Le sujet, en discussion au Parlement, a passé l’étape de l’Assemblée nationale, sans toutefois, franchir le seuil du Sénat. Le dossier se trouve donc au point mort, la chambre haute du Parlement ayant exprimé quelques inquiétudes sur ce projet. Mais, le président de la République est d’avis contraire.

Selon lui, l’adhésion à l’Ohada résoudra plus de problèmes qu’elle en créera. Entre autres repères fixés au gouvernement au premier trimestre 2010, le chef de l’Etat note l’adhésion à l’OHADA. S’adressant au gouvernement, il déclare : « Je lui assigne donc des objectifs complémentaires à atteindre impérativement d’ici la fin du mois de mars 2010. Il s’agit en priorité de l’adhésion de notre pays à I’OHADA, mesure essentielle pour rassurer le secteur privé sur une préoccupation capitale, la sécurité juridique ». La réponse du gouvernement dépendra de l’harmonisation des vues au sein du Parlement. Le président de la République ne s’en est pas dérobé. Son vœu, c’est « qu’une issue plus heureuse à ce dossier, qui peine à obtenir la sanction législative, pourra être trouvée dès la plus prochaine rentrée parlementaire ».

Mais, l’amélioration du climat inclut plusieurs actions dont la souplesse dans la constitution des sociétés. Nombre d’observateurs fustigent cette pauvreté du droit des sociétés de la RDC. Il mentionne la lourdeur dans la création d’une Sarl et de nombreuses restrictions – inutiles quelque fois - liées à la constitution d’une Sprl. Un certain nombre de procès en cours devant les tribunaux de commerce de Gombe ou de Matete porte souvent sur des vices mineurs attachés à la constitution des sociétés selon les prescrits de la législations congolaise.

Le chef de l’Etat n’a pas perdu de vue cette difficulté qui entame l’attractivité de la RDC. « Il s’agit aussi, et de manière également prioritaire, de la modification de la législation sur les sociétés, particulièrement en matière de simplification des procédures, de réduction des coûts et des tracasseries administratives ».

La grande réforme de l’année 2010 sera l’introduction de la Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée. Car tous les spécialistes sont unanimes sur le sujet, la RDC ne peut pas prétendre à l’Ohada en faisant usage dans la fiscalité de l’impôt sur le chiffre d’affaires, concept non usité dans l’espace OHADA. L’option de l’adhésion à l’OHADA étant désormais irréversible, « sur le plan fiscal, il faudrait s’imposer de réaliser, pour juin, ou au plus tard juillet 2010, a dit le président de la République, la révolution tant attendue, à savoir, passer du système compliqué et peu efficace actuel, à la Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) ». Un autre repère sur lequel on attend juger de l’efficacité du gouvernement. « Ce n’est pas facile, mais c’est faisable. Le gouvernement doit s’y pencher diligemment », note le président Joseph Kabila.

Mais, par delà ces nouveaux repères, le chef de l’Etat reconnait que « le climat des affaires, tout comme la qualité de vie dépendent beaucoup de la qualité de nos institutions et de leur efficacité ». L’amélioration du climat nécessite donc une nette implication de l’ensemble des institutions. Première d’entre elles, le président de la République a donné le ton. C’est aux autres d’emboiter le pas pour que le défi de l’amélioration du climat des affaires franchisse le seuil du virtuel. « Il en va de notre compétitivité internationale », a prévenu le chef de l’Etat.






Improving the business climate: Kabila sets new benchmarks for 2010 .

By Faustin Kuediasala


The Paris Club was right to stress the need for the DRC to work to improve the business climate. He did not preach in the desert. His message was heard. The Head of State has made its priority for the first half of 2010.

The president, Joseph Kabila, has set a goal of relying on the private sector to operate the machinery of growth and poverty reduction. But to get there, there are prerequisites that must satisfy the DRC to put the operators under the right conditions to undertake.

The statement by the Head of State is bitter. In his message to the nation Monday, December 7, the President has spoken clearly on the subject. "Our strategy for growth and poverty reduction assigned to the private sector role in creating wealth and jobs. Obviously it difficult to play this role, which calls into question the whole strategy. " "Private initiative, notes he is constrained or discouraged by the business climate." It's urgent to take action to secure economic operators, the creators of wealth which the DRC so needs to raise in the ranks of great nations of the continent. "We urgently need to change this state of things," he said.

The president believes in his vision of a prosperous Congo, ambitious and imposing its brand at the heart of Africa. However, serious shortcomings that undermine its environment still does not permit a full flowering of private initiative. Then he wanted to set new benchmarks that the government must reach in the near future to improve the score of the DRC in the Doing Business report of the World Bank. "So I decided to make improving the business climate a top priority and one of those which should be considered effective government, tested the cohesion of the government majority, and assessed the quality of our administration and our judicial system, "said the president.

The bet is feasible, seemed to say the head of state. In this connection, says he, "the reasons for the low ranking of our country in the reference directory" Doing Business "are known. The solution to get a better rating is the same. Its name transparency, simplification and flexibility. "

To avoid dispersion of energy, the Head of State refocuses the action by setting already the major routes. "In government, I want to say that we can not, in this as in many others, go to school studies, expert advice, expert advice, which often is that an excuse for doing nothing. " He continues by pointing out that "the government has already identified a dozen steps in this direction." But it is now to act to give a strong signal to business. "However I want us to go further and faster," says he, to this end, the President of the Republic.

ACCESSION OHADA Boosted

The improved business climate also depends on membership of the DRC to the general area of the Organization for the Harmonization of African Business Law (OHADA). The subject under discussion in Parliament has passed the stage of the National Assembly, but, crossing the threshold of the Senate. The case is therefore stalled, the upper house of Parliament has expressed some concerns about this project. But the president is otherwise.

According to him, membership Ohada solve more problems than it will create. Among other benchmarks the government in the first quarter of 2010, the Head of State notes the membership of the OHADA. Addressing the government, he said: "I therefore assigned complementary objectives to achieve mandatory by the end of March 2010. The priority is the accession of our country I'OHADA, essential measure to reassure the private sector on concern capital certainty. " The government's response will depend on the harmonization of views in Parliament. The president did not stop stealing. His wish is "a happier outcome to this issue, which is struggling to obtain legislative sanction, can be found at the nearest opening of Parliament.

But improving the climate includes several actions, including flexibility in the formation of companies. Many observers slam this poverty of company law in the DRC. He mentions the heaviness in the creation of a limited liability company and many restrictions - sometimes unnecessary - related to the formation of a Sprl. A number of trials before the commercial courts or Gombe Matete often focuses on minor defects tied to the formation of companies as prescribed by the Congolese laws.

The Head of State has not lost sight of this difficulty that starts attractiveness of the DRC. "It is also, and so also a priority, the amendment of company law, particularly in simplifying procedures, reducing costs and red tape."

The great reform of 2010 will be the introduction of tax on value added. For all the experts are unanimous on the subject, the DRC can not claim Ohada by using the taxation of tax revenue, a concept not usual in the OHADA. The option of joining OHADA is now irreversible, "the tax should be imposed to achieve, by June, or later in July 2010, said the president, as the revolution expected, ie, move from the complicated and inefficient current to the Value-Added Tax (VAT). Another landmark which is expected to judge the effectiveness of government. "It's not easy, but doable. The government should carefully consider it, "says President Joseph Kabila.

But, beyond these new benchmarks, the head of state recognizes that "the business climate, as the quality of life depend largely on the quality of our institutions and their effectiveness." The improved climate therefore requires a significant involvement of all institutions. First of them, the president set the tone. It is for others to follow suit not only the challenge of improving the business climate crosses the threshold of the virtual. "It is our international competitiveness," warned the head of state.

Lubumbashi location next to a company vehicle assembly Thursday, December 17, 2009

A Polish company specialized in the manufacture of vehicles and spare parts will be established soon in Lubumbashi, capital of Katanga province.


This news was brought to the attention of Mrs. Mary Gregory tambila SAMBWE, mayor of Lubumbashi, Mr. SAWASAWA, trader of this town, came to present the project and Polish partners.

After the hearing, the host mayor of Lubumbashi, told reporters that the Polish company specializing in the manufacture of vehicles and spare parts will be based in Lubumbashi in two months and, at its request, Trademark 4 x 4 vehicles will include the names Congolese SIMBA.

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A new Clothing shop opened by a Congolese designer. Authenticity in the modern age.


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Someone has to advise these brothers to go invest in the country coz with what they are spending in Bentleys,Hammers,Ferrari,etc....they can open very profitable businesses back home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_H6KLxNAJs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNokvS-efk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqU9kR6UotE&feature=related

Someone has to advise these brothers to go invest in the country coz with what they are spending in Bentleys,Hammers,Ferrari,etc....they can open very profitable businesses back home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_H6KLxNAJs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNokvS-efk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqU9kR6UotE&feature=related

They are beigining to see some confodence in the country. in 5 years, i predit that the country will have a migration from the diaspora and foreign investments.

Just wait when the infrastructure improve in about 4-5 years. when we have the fiber optic cable which is about to land in Kinshasa, when the Deep water Port of Muanda -Banana is built( starting construction next year), a new bridge is under construction in Matadi[ bigger than th existing one].
When The road from Lubumbashi -Kinshasa is complete[ also Under cosntruction]. Agriculture is being reboosted with Mechanization. my god, Congo will be the center of attention.

Just watch me my analyses closely.

They are beigining to see some confodence in the country. in 5 years, i predit that the country will have a migration from the diaspora and foreign investments.

Just wait when the infrastructure improve in about 4-5 years. when we have the fiber optic cable which is about to land in Kinshasa, when the Deep water Port of Muanda -Banana is built( starting construction next year), a new bridge is under construction in Matadi[ bigger than th existing one].
When The road from Lubumbashi -Kinshasa is complete[ also Under cosntruction]. Agriculture is being reboosted with Mechanization. my god, Congo will be the center of attention.

Just watch me my analyses closely.

You're right , all this infrastructure projects will improve business in DRC, but I think this people shouldn't spend so much money in cars etc... They are at this moment already many investment opportunities in Congo, and we don't have to wait the government to devellop our country

You're right , all this infrastructure projects will improve business in DRC, but I think this people shouldn't spend so much money in cars etc...

People only spend money on cars because they can afford it. A car is ameans of transportation. it's the logistical tool. you can't have a business then use bicycle or the none existent public transportation.

They are at this moment already many investment opportunities in Congo, and we don't have to wait the government to devellop our country

its not the government that will develop the country. it's the educated citizens, business minded citizens, the hard working people, competition is already getting hot in hotels and real estate, retail,, Communications.

The government must do it jobs by Building the infrastructures, provide water, electricity, security, crack down on administrative corruptions, build a strong judicial System.

^^ that's what the government must do. so far they are trying to improve the infrastructures, electricity these will make it easy to transport water, Fiber Optic cables for communication companies and and businesses [hotels, Banks, Offices etc...]

DR Congo and Russia to hold Business Forum in May 2010. Monday 21st December 2009

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Russian Federation have agreed to hold the Business Forum between the two countries in May 2010, announced Friday in Kinshasa, the Russian ambassador in the DRC, Anatoly Klimenko, after his talks with Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba.


According to the Russian diplomat, this new date, contrary to the first date in February of that year, provides an opportunity for Congolese businessmen to develop bankable projects that could be funded by a thirty Russian companies in various fields.

"We must increase our economic and trade relations between Moscow and Kinshasa," said Mr. Klimenko.

According to the diplomat, the holding of this Forum will be preceded by the signing of two cooperation agreements between the two countries to ensure an appropriate climate for business in the DRC.

This is the project for the promotion and protection of Russian investments in the DRC and the agreement to avoid double taxation in order to allow Russian firms to control the Congolese economic environment.

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Vodacom CEO Pieter Uys last year offered to sell the cellular group’s 51% stake in its Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) subsidiary and disinvest from the troubled central African country. But Uys (pictured) changed his mind at the last moment.

That’s one of several sensational claims made by Alieu Conteh, the head of Congolese Wireless Network (CWN), which holds the other 49% of Vodacom DRC. Conteh was speaking to TechCentral by telephone on Wednesday from Los Angeles in the US.

He says Uys’s last-minute withdrawal of his offer is symptomatic of the way Vodacom has treated CWN over the eight years the two parties have been in partnership together in the DRC.

CWN is in the process of filing papers against Vodacom in a Kinshasa court, and has accused the JSE-listed group of fraud, swindling, usury and other offences. Vodacom, in turn, has accused CWN of engaging in “malicious litigation”.

In the CWN court papers, a copy of which TechCentral has in its possession, the company demands that Vodacom cough up more than US$200m to compensate for monies it alleges the cellular group has “illegally” extracted from the DRC business.

It wants some of this money paid to Vodacom DRC and the rest paid directly to CWN in the form of damages.

TechCentral broke the news of the breakdown in relations between the two parties on Tuesday (see “Trouble for Vodacom as DRC venture comes unstuck”) and published the details of CWN’s legal claims on Wednesday (see “Congo partner accuses Vodacom of fraud”).

Now, Conteh says he has instructed CWN’s lawyers to file the papers with the Kinshasa courts. He says the company is taking the matter on review as he believes the company has exhausted all other options.

He says he is disappointed that Uys backtracked on the offer to sell Vodacom’s 51% in the DRC business as he feels that doing so would have resolved the issue.

Conteh says Uys made the offer to him at a breakfast meeting in August. He says he, Conteh, jumped at the idea, immediately seeking out other operators he felt would be interested in buying Vodacom’s stake.

“Pieter Uys said, ‘Let’s sell the company.’ I said, ‘Pieter, are you serious?’ He said, ‘Yes.’

“That evening, I called the CEO of MTN, [Phuthuma] Nhleko, and I discussed the matter with him, and Mr Nhleko said, ‘Can I call Pieter?’, and I said, ‘Yes, Pieter has agreed to sell the company.’

“We called France Telecom and other operators, too,” Conteh says.

“The next thing I know, Vodacom has sent [CWN] an SMS saying something like, ‘We love Congo, and we’re not going to leave Congo.’”

Conteh claims that Uys also reneged on an offer to take the dispute between Vodacom and CWN to arbitration in Brussels, Belgium.

“There is no genuine leadership at Vodacom, no-one taking direction. We want to see [Vodacom DRC] succeed. But Vodacom has a hidden agenda.”

Asked to comment on Conteh’s allegations, Vodacom spokesman Richard Boorman admits in a written response to TechCentral that the group has “examined options around the ownership structure of Vodacom Congo”.

However, any solution “has to make commercial sense for Vodacom Group and its shareholders. Thus far we have not been able to find such a solution.”

A negotiated settlement between the parties now seems virtually impossible, with attitudes hardening.

Says Boorman: “CWN’s apparent inability to fund its obligations and its attempt to circumvent these obligations through malicious litigation are clearly negative for both Vodacom Congo and the DRC.”

For his part, Conteh says CWN is unable to fund its obligations because Vodacom is “extracting between $35m and $40m a year” from Vodacom DRC.

“Vodacom Congo is almost bankrupt because Vodacom is taking millions of dollars in fees out of the country,” he says.

“What Vodacom is not telling the press is that we have been trying for [eight years] to negotiate with them to solve the issue. We have been abused by Vodacom for all these years.” — Duncan McLeod, TechCentral


Vodacom DRC dispute: Conteh issues statement

Alieu Conteh, chairman of Congolese Wireless Network (CWN), 49% shareholder in Vodacom’s business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), issued a media statement on Friday outlining CWN’s stance in its increasingly acrimonious dispute with the JSE-listed cellular group.

TechCentral publishes Conteh’s full, unedited statement below for the record.

In a lawsuit lodged at the Office of the Public Prosecutor in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 17 December 2009, Congolese Wireless Network (“CWN”), the 49% joint venture partner in Vodacom Congo with Vodacom, accuses Mauritius-based Vodacom International — the subsidiary through which the Vodacom interest in Vodacom Congo is held — of persistently abusing its position as the senior joint venture partner and effective controller of the Vodacom Congo Board to plunder Vodacom Congo of capital and to avoid paying any corporate taxes in DRC.

Despite a track record of successful growth over the eight years since the joint venture was established, Vodacom Congo has never made a profit and has needed regularly injections of additional loan capital to fund its expansion. CWN claims that these loan facilities have been provided by Vodacom International on manifestly uncommercial terms and conditions which have resulted in overpayment by Vodacom Congo to (or through) Vodacom International of up to S$180 million. The loans have ostensibly been provided by Standard Bank of South Africa although Vodacom International has refused to provide CWN or Vodacom Congo with any copies of the documentation. In the main, the loans take the form of a revolving credit facility which places Vodacom Congo in a cycle of perpetual dependence.

Were it not for these unwarranted costs, Vodacom Congo, which is the country’s largest mobile phone network with 4.3 million subscribers, would long ago have moved into profitability.

CWN asserts that several years of negotiation to recover this sum for Vodacom Congo or otherwise to resolve the issue have been characterized by prevarication, procrastination and bad faith on the part of Vodacom International and has reluctantly concluded that only the prospect of legal action will bring this issue to resolution.

If not settled out of court, the case is expected to come before a tribunal in Kinshasa in January or February.

Mr Alieu Conteh, Chairman of both Vodacom Congo and of CWN, said: “To be compelled to resort to the law in resolving a business dispute is never desirable if an alternative can be found, but we feel we have been abused and exploited by Vodacom, and they have refused to take our grievances seriously. All we are seeking is justice for Vodacom Congo and for its shareholders.”

Monday, January 18, 2010
Business Forum 2010: Towards the signing of an agreement to promote Russian investment in the DRC

Russia ready to sign an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo for the promotion of foreign direct investment. In addition to the two companies already present on Congolese soil, including Metropolis and Mining Bank of Congo, Russia has discovered just the ground floor. That is why she is determined to attract more investors for the reconstruction and development of the post-conflict countries. The business forum of the month of May 2010 is considered an appropriate framework to seal this partnership between Russian businessmen and the Congolese authorities.

Mr. Anatoly Klimenko, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Democratic Republic of Congo hosted a press conference Saturday, January 16th last. He was accompanied by Mr. Kabaku, the DRC ambassador to Moscow and the representative of society in the DRC Metropole. In his briefing, the ambassador wanted to review cooperation between the two countries, the DRC and the Russian Federation. In his speech, Mr. Anatoly Klimenko recalled the visit by the Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba in Moscow to lay the groundwork for a successful cooperation between the two countries. On occasion, the minister who headed a large delegation gave assurances of his country for the success of the business forum of the month of May 2010.

Also noted that at the same time, cooperation has been revived between the diplomatic academies. "I hope that very soon we will sign an agreement between the diplomatic academies," said the speaker, who also added that he also planned to include the Russian language as the language of instruction in this Diplomatic Academy. As the 10th of February is dedicated to Russian diplomats, the Russian Federation in the DRC intends to donate books and audiovisual materials in the diplomatic academy. "We will also offer some works for the transmission of the Russian language, such as films, but also DVD, the 2010 encyclopedia of Russia, etc.. . Also, it is expected that Russian diplomats may give way at the Faculty of Arts at the Diplomatic Academy. This is because there are attempts to rewrite history.

Avoiding double taxation

Note that during the consultation last November between the two countries, the opportunity was therefore appropriate to take stock of cooperation, before placing the foundation for new relationships. "During this consultation, we found that economic relations are much more backward than the political relations. We proposed to the Congolese to sign an agreement for investment promotion. The cons-project is already sent to Russian authorities, "revealed the Ambassador of the Russian Federation.

The agreement, according to him, is supposed to limit double taxation. This will be a legal basis for securing investment and make the market attractive Congolese. Last year, a delegation of Russian businessmen visited the Congo. The delegation was composed of several experts: telecommunications, mining and geology, oil and infrastructure. It also noted the presence of Kamaz company specializing in transportation, which has even expressed its willingness to establish a plant for assembling vehicles in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
But these investments have not been realized, because of the international financial crisis has not spared any sector. As a result, these companies were affected, mostly they work in industries of raw materials. But small-to-small, says the ambassador, the country began to emerge from the crisis, although his country has suffered less than other countries. It was also an opportunity for him to indicate that with regard to unemployment, the country has managed to safeguard employment. To do this, the Russian government has received no social program, however, there were few additional programs that have been implemented to mitigate the impacts of the crisis.

"The worst is behind us. Russia began gradually to emerge from the financial crisis. We believe that 2010 will be very decisive for the development of Russia, "he explains, while mentioning President Dmitry Medvedev has said his country can not be satisfied for the simple fact that the price of a barrel of oil increased. For him, Russia should not just be simply an annex of raw materials, but must develop the economy, ie, developing innovative industry, that to enter the 21st century as a true superpower. Especially since the objective is to speak in perfect equality with its partners, and thus defend the interests of Russia against the USA and NATO.

Several Russian companies ready to invest in the DRC

Recall that the first part of the Business Forum opened in Moscow, attended by Minister Thambwe Mwamba in April 2009. Today, Russians are aware that working in the DRC to the economic operators Belgian, French and others not at all difficult. Because of the shared history these countries have the advantage of knowing the business climate and customs to work in the DRC. While the Russians have only recently started in the DRC, the company of their companies, Metropolis and Mining Bank of Congo. Also, Metropolis is making efforts to have a direct line between Moscow and Kinshasa. It is under all that has been said that several Russian companies will soon arrive in Kinshasa by the month of May in the forum between the two countries, but also the signature of the above agreement.
As we have already said, the business forum in May 2010 will help build a dialogue between Russian businessmen and Congolese. "They are the companies working in different fields such as oil, mining, etc.. As the renowned international companies, "said company representative Metropole, which was not embarrassed to say that investors who want to come in the DRC would have information on the real potential of the DRC. That is why we want this forum to be accurate, and investors to discuss concrete projects for investment. "We believe that the success of this forum attracts the attention of several companies in the country. And should allow for more investment in the economy. The forum will be a catalyst to boost economic relations between the two countries. "

Mr. Kabaku, the DRC ambassador to Moscow has encouraged the cooperation that exists between the two countries. About the business forum, he wished that there are projects already developed to facilitate trade with Russian businessmen. On various international issues, he advised the ambassador to react after the fact and without delay, especially since an attempt to rewrite history. "The embassy should communicate to dispel the lies," he said. He said the example of France, Belgium, USA, Russia must build a Russian cultural center to successfully promote its language, customs, etc.

DRC-Russia: Metropol organize a business forum in Kinshasa
(Le Potentiel 20/01/2010)

After the first bilateral business forum held in Moscow in April 2009, the Russian company Metropol, with the assistance of the Federation of Enterprises of Congo (FEC), preparing the reissue of the same Business Forum in May in Kinshasa.

"Twenty Russian companies had agreed in principle to attend the 2nd Forum of bilateral business scheduled for May 2010 in the capital of DR Congo. "

This statement was made Friday, January 15, 2010 in Kinshasa by Mr. Oleg Velikoredtchyanin, head of international projects of the investment company and to finance Russian "Metropol". It was during the press conference hosted by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the DRC, Mr. Anatoly Klimenko and Moses Kabaku Mutshail, the DRC ambassador to the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ukraine.

To delegate the Metropol, the bilateral Business Forum aims to build dialogue between Russian businessmen and Congolese in the field of oil, energy, transport, mining, etc..

"We would like to discuss specific investment projects with our partners in the DRC," said Oleg Velikoredtchyanin, who argues that the success of the Forum deva encourage Russians to invest in the DRC. "Seen from this angle, the Forum will become the catalyst for relations between the two countries," he said.

A delegation of Metropol Group of companies resident elsewhere in Kinshasa with the task of preparing the business event scheduled for next May. His wish is to meet the challenge with the active assistance of the Federation of Enterprises in DR Congo (FEC), and authorities.

Established since 1995, Metropol, a flagship of Russian finances, decided in March 2006 to relocate in the DRC through the creation of the Mining Bank of Congo, an institution specialized in financing mining operations.

The Russian firm has received in July 2006 approval of the Central Bank of Congo. On 1 April 2008, the creation of the Mining Bank of Congo has been confirmed by a presidential decree. After the episode of the international financial crisis, the Congolese subsidiary of Metropol preparing the upcoming opening of its doors.

LAUDATORY DIPLOMATIC REPORT

The Metropol main interests are concentrated in the sectors of finance, industry, stock exchange transactions, asset management, banking and investment in the real sectors of the economy. This has been developed over the years by its president, Mikhail Slipenchuk.

On the diplomatic front, the ambassador Anatoly Klimenko has brushed balance, complimentary to more than one way, relations between Moscow and Kinshasa. He focused on the first visit of a senior Congolese official senior to Moscow (April 2009), in the person of Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Congolese minister also met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in New York on the sidelines of the session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

On the agenda of Russian diplomacy are several priorities for 2010. Including the commemoration of the Allied victory over the Nazis (1945), a victory that marked the end of the Second World War. In Kinshasa, said the Russian ambassador, will be organized an exhibition of photos of different fronts. And the former Congolese combatants will be honored.

In addition, Russia undertook to negotiate with the University of Kinshasa cooperation with the University of Friendship among Peoples PE Lumumba. Scholarships are availed for this purpose. There is also a draft agreement between Moscow and Kinshasa in connection with the use of atomic energy for scientific purposes.

Asked about the balance of relations between Russia and the Congolese ambassador Kabaku Mr. Moses acknowledged that "the Russian people have appreciated the first visit of the head of the Congolese diplomacy in Moscow. Before inviting the DRC to meet diplomacy "reciprocity" in hosting the 2nd Business Forum. He concluded by urging the FEC to "be involved in the preparation of commercial and industrial projects to present to the Russian

RDC: la France développera sa coopération économique avec la RDC
(AFP) – 8 janv. 2010

KINSHASA — La France développera sa coopération économique avec la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), ont annoncé vendredi à Kinshasa les ministres français des Affaires étrangère Bernard Kouchner et congolais de la Coopération internationale et régionale Raymond Tshibanda.

"Nous avons constaté une convergence de vues quasi-totale sur les grands enjeux pour le développement de ce pays, le besoin de consolider la paix, de développer la coopération régionale. Il y a du travail à faire pour une plus grande implication, notamment du secteur privé français, dans l'économie congolaise", a déclaré à la presse le ministre congolais, à l'issue d'une entrevue avec son collègue français.

"Nous avons appris l'arrivé au courant du mois de février d'un ministre français accompagné de plusieurs hommes d'affaires, ce qui est de bon augure", a-t-il jouté.

Selon l'entourage de M. Kouchner, c'est Anne-Marie Idrac, la secrétaire d'Etat au Commerce extérieure, qui se rendra en RDC en février.

Bernard Kouchner a mis en exergue "la coopération en matière d'investissement, en matière de développement économique". "Un certain nombre d'entreprises ont pris contact avec ce pays, elles sont encouragées à poursuivre", a-t-il ajouté.

En marge d'une visite du président français Nicolas Sarkozy à Kinshasa en mars 2009, un aide-mémoire sur le renforcement des relations économiques et bilatérales avait été déjà signé entre Paris et Kinshasa.

Un accord de coopération avait été signé avec le groupe nucléaire français Areva prévoyant un partenariat entre la Gécamines (société nationale minière congolaise) pour l'exploration uranifère sur l'ensemble du territoire congolais.

Le gouvernement congolais s'était engagé à créer les conditions favorables pour l'implantation de France Telecom et il avait été annoncé que Vinci avait remporté l'appel d'offre pour la réhabilitation de la piste de l'aéroport international de Ndjili à Kinshasa (37 millions d'euros).

L'ouverture à plusieurs autres opérateurs français avait été mise en avant : Lafarge (ciment), Alstom pour la réhabilitation des turbines de la centrale hydro-électrique d'Inga II, Suez et Veolia pour l'eau et l'électricité.

mardi 26 janvier 2010

Tenue à Kinshasa des journées économiques et de partenariat entre la RDC et la Tunisie


Kinshasa abrite depuis lundi des journées économiques et de partenariat entre les hommes d’affaires de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) et les investisseurs tunisiens.

Le ministre congolais du Plan, Olivier Kamitatu, qui a ouvert les journées en compagnie de son collègue de l’Industrie Simon Mboso, a assuré les hommes d’affaires tunisiens des efforts du gouvernement congolais pour garantir et sécuriser tous les investissements en cours ou à venir.

"Il y a de la place pour tous ceux qui veulent entreprendre en RDC", a déclaré le ministre du Plan, tandis que son collègue de l’Industrie a donné les filières prioritaires (agro-industrie, matériaux de construction, emballages, infrastructures) où les partenaires extérieurs sont invités à investir.

En plus de l’exposition des échantillons des produits des services des industries tunisiebnnes, la délégation des hommes d’affaires tunisiens, composée de 25 membres, poursuit des contacts avec les milieux d’affaires congolais.

Selon Mme Chébia Chelbia, directrice centrale au Centre de promotion des exportations en Tunisie, le plan de développement économique 2009-2014 de la Tunisie accorde une grande priorité à la coopération sud-sud, surtout en direction de la RDC.

C’est dans ce cadre que la RDC accueille la première mission économique de la Tunisie à l’étranger de l’année 2010.

La balence commerciale de la Tunise et de la RDC amorce une timide remontée, après avoir chuté lourdement à partir de 2006.

Les exportations tunisiennes vers la RDC sont évaluées à 9,9 millions d’euros l’an dernier, contre 1,3 million d’euros pour les importations venant de ce pays. (Xinhua)

Economie

Bientôt, le groupe français Lafarge aux commandes de la Cinat

Mise en ligne vendredi 29 janvier 2009


Dans les prochains mois, plus précisément d’ici mars 2010, le groupe français Lafarge va prendre la gestion de la Cimenterie nationale (Cinat) installée à Kimpese, dans le Bas-Congo, dans le cadre d’un accord de partenariat Public-Privé.. Nouvel actionnaire privé, Lafarge s’adjuge 80 % des parts sociales, devenant ainsi majoritaire tandis que l’Etat congolais qui détenait jadis 91, 70 % se contente désormais de 10 % et les anciens actionnaires s’attribuent 10 %.

La privatisation de la Cinat, société par actions à responsabilité limitée (Sarl) est justifiée par le manque des moyens financiers consistants qu’aurait pu consentir l’Etat congolais en vue de permettre à la Cinat d’augmenter le volume de sa production qui est de 100.000 tonnes par an mais ramené à 45.000 t, soit en taux de chute de production d’environ 55 %. Ce qui est largement insuffisant étant donné le fait que le besoin national est évalué autour de 2 à 3 millions de tonnes de ciment par an.

La santé de ce produit dont l’importance dans la construction est stratégique sur le plan national alimente malheureusement la surchauffe de prix sur fond de la spéculation. C’est, en fait, la loi de l’offre et de la demande qui joue. Avec l’entrée en force du groupe Lafarge dans le capital social de la Cinat, il est évident que la pénurie du ciment va s’arrêter ipso facto lorsque la production débutera tandis que les prix baisseront automatiquement, annonce une source sûre.

Fini donc dans un proche avenir l’approvisionnement irrégulier en fuel lourd (Fom) indispensable au fonctionnement continu de l’usine et vive la réhabilitation des équipements. Le personnel actuel subirait, sans aucun doute, selon les besoins, un dégraissage. Une opération qui ne manquerait pas de soulever des passions. Chapeau bas tout de même au comité de gestion sortant de la Cinat, notamment au Président-administrateur délégué, l’ingénieur Alphonse Mabondo Kembolo, et ses collaborateurs. Qui, dans une conjoncture difficile, a relevé plusieurs défis. C’est grâce à lui que la production avait repris de 16 juin 2006 alors qu’à l’entrée en fonction de ce comité de gestion, l’usine ne tournait plus. Preuve que des efforts ont été fournis pour maintenir le cap.

Leader mondial des matériels de construction, Lafarge occupe une position de premier plan dans chacune de ses activités : ciment, granulat, béton et plâtre. Avec 71.000 collaborateurs, le groupe français est présent dans plus de 70 pays. En 2006, il a réalisé un chiffre d’affaires de 17 millions d’euros et un résultat net de 1,4 milliard d’euros. Le nouvel actionnaire privé de la Cinat n’est, de ce fait, pas des moindres dans le secteur du ciment. Des espoirs sont, dès lors, permis pour un nouveau départ.

Someone has to advise these brothers to go invest in the country coz with what they are spending in Bentleys,Hammers,Ferrari,etc....they can open very profitable businesses back home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_H6KLxNAJs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNokvS-efk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqU9kR6UotE&feature=related

Who is this Onassis guy? what business does that guy do?

Who is this Onassis guy? what business does that guy do?

I saw the videos, those guys don't look like they can do business.

I saw the videos, those guys don't look like they can do business.

lol, who is this guy though? he seems to be getting it in. first time i have seen or heard about is today on this thread. wheres benj, he might know

lol, who is this guy though? he seems to be getting it in. first time i have seen or heard about is today on this thread. wheres benj, he might know
The Okapi Jetsetter:lol:. Don't underestimate the business heads back home and the money they have at their disposal we perhaps have the largest group of millionares on the continent. Most Congolese with money are well discrete and back home no one gets into people's personal affairs. But the more this type of western hype about money and luxury sinks in don't be suprised by the number that comes out.

The Okapi Jetsetter:lol:. Don't underestimate the business heads back home and the money they have at their disposal we perhaps have the largest group of millionares on the continent. Most Congolese with money are well discrete and back home no one gets into people's personal affairs. But the more this type of western hype about money and luxury sinks in don't be suprised by the number that comes out.

Actually their attutude is what makes me think they can't do business.

Show off people generally don't have entrepreneurial skills.

lol, who is this guy though? he seems to be getting it in. first time i have seen or heard about is today on this thread. wheres benj, he might know

I have no clues who they are. maybe Benj knows more about them.

Des opérateurs économiques Brésiliens comptent investir au Katanga.
Lubumbashi, 29/01 (ACP) – Les opérateurs économiques du Brésil comptent investir au Katanga, a-t-on appris à l’issue de l’entretien M. Moïse Katumbi Chapwe, gouverneur du Katanga a eu jeudi à sa résidence officielle avec une délégation brésilienne conduite par M. Paulo Olivera, directeur de la chambre de commerce RDC-Brésil.
Au cours de cette audience, l’autorité provinciale a expliqué à ses hôtes les opportunités que regorge la province cuprifère. Pour sa part, le chef de la délégation a informé le gouverneur du Katanga que les hommes d’affaires brésiliens envisagent investir au Katanga dans plusieurs domaines notamment l’agriculture et la pêche. Le gouverneur a salué cette initiative des hommes d’affaires brésiliens.
La délégation brésilienne était conduite auprès du gouverneur du Katanga par l’honorable Mulongo Belelo, député provincial.

ACP;

Actually their attutude is what makes me think they can't do business.

Show off people generally don't have entrepreneurial skills. If I write down what I want to say Mulopwe will be all over this page:lol::lol: So I'll leave it at that. Being a show off has it's merits but only part I don't like is when people with cash distant themselves from their root.

Onasis Mbiya - congolese businessman in usa, here are his businesses

http://www.nstransports.com/documents/23.asp

http://www.bentleysrsvp.com/

on his facebook account he claims to be a fan of JOSEPH KABILA and LINGALA FACILE. High rollers are getting the message clear transformation is taking place.

on his facebook account he claims to be a fan of JOSEPH KABILA and LINGALA FACILE. High rollers are getting the message clear transformation is taking place.

:lol: You can't ignore Lingala facile. Eloko ya makasi.

on his facebook account he claims to be a fan of JOSEPH KABILA and LINGALA FACILE. High rollers are getting the message clear transformation is taking place.

yeah i noticed that when i was looking to find out who the guy was. I also noticed that he has Oscar Kashala listed there as well so I wonder if he knows these guys personally or plans to venture into politics eventually. Hopefully the government can offer nice incentives and packages for guys like this, they are needed in the country one way or another to run state/private enterprises.

There is another guy that I wanted to post about, he done things majorly back in the Mobutu era, i think he was low key, old money style. When i find the link again or remember his name I will post.

yeah i noticed that when i was looking to find out who the guy was. I also noticed that he has Oscar Kashala listed there as well so I wonder if he knows these guys personally or plans to venture into politics eventually. Hopefully the government can offer nice incentives and packages for guys like this, they are needed in the country one way or another to run state/private enterprises.

There is another guy that I wanted to post about, he done things majorly back in the Mobutu era, i think he was low key, old money style. When i find the link again or remember his name I will post.

There to many people back home with cash keeping it low profile, when the banking sector improves back home we will be able to get an accurate figure, also families that left after mobutu's fall are returning(old money), but I wouldn't underestimate the ones who are home right now making money, I'm just counting the days when I plant my foot back and venture into my own affairs.

Déterminée à s’implanter en Rdc : Une délégation des investisseurs serbes à l’Anapi
(Digitalcongo.net 05/02/2010)

Pour Buabua wa Kayembe qui a remercié aussi bien la délégation serbe que le représentant de l’Anapi au Balkan, l’ouverture des magasins serbes à Kinshasa permettra d’éliminer les intermédiaires.

Dans le cadre de la promotion des investissements serbes en Rdc, le Dg de l’Anapi, Mathias Buabua wa Kayembe a invité une délégation des investisseurs serbes. Cette délégation séjourne actuellement en Rdc. Elle est conduite par le représentant du Pprd dans les pays du Balkan, Denis Tshilumba.

Ce dernier, on le sait, déploie une diplomatie dont le but est de faire venir des capitaux serbes en Rdc afin de participer aux Cinq chantiers de la République.

Grâce à ce travail, l’image de marque de la Rdc, mais aussi celle du parti des masses, Pprd, est luisante devant tous les partenaires des pays du Balkan. C’est ainsi qu’au mois de janvier 2010, Denis Tshilumba a organisé en Serbie une séance d’échange de vœux entre le Pprd et les investisseurs serbes.

Un club des « amis du Congo » a été mis en place dans ce pays du Balkan. C’est dans ce cadre que le président de l’Anapi a organisé au siège de cette institution, une rencontre entre la délégation des investisseurs serbes en séjour à Kinshasa et les hommes d’affaires congolais. Deux grands hommes d’affaires serbes ont été présentés à l’occasion.

Il s’agit du directeur Boro Jercovic , patron de Valorplast Polymers et du Directeur général Radosav Milenkovic de Metalka Majur. Le premier est un grand entrepreneur dont les usines fabriquent tout ce qui est plastique.

Il est déterminé à investir en Rdc et surtout à mobiliser les autres investisseurs des autres secteurs. Quant au second, il est propriétaire d’une entreprise spécialisée dans le matériel électrique qui emploie plus de 310 travailleurs dont 170 femmes.
L’aventure pour cette entreprise commence en 1986 comme un petit garage pour devenir aujourd’hui une grande industrie leader en Europe dans ce domaine. Elle est la première à avoir obtenu la certification de l’Ue et compte des clients à travers l’Europe : la Croatie, la Serbie, la Russie, la France, la Macédoine, la Suède, la Slovénie, …

Soit dix-sept pays européens qui s’intéressent aux produits de cette entreprise. Mais les Français sont ses plus grands clients. Car, ses produits sont conformes aux normes internationales. Ces produits sont des coffrets, des fusibles automatiques, des interrupteurs, des prises hypersensibles. Il faut ajouter à cela le fait que cette entreprise assure également le montage des machines métalliques. Tout est automatisé. En 2008, l’entreprise a réalisé 7.000.000 d’euros, 10.000.000 d’euros en 2009.

Pour le président du Pprd en Serbie, la coopération entre la Rdc et ce pays se fera en deux phases. La première phase, c’est celle d’implantation de deux magasins pour la vente promotionnelle des produits serbes en Rdc. La deuxième phase sera celle du transfert de la technologie serbe en Rdc.

Rappelons que 30 Serbes forment 200 Congolais en Rdc. Pour que les deux parties apprennent à mieux se comprendre, il est prévu dans les mois à venir, en Rdc comme en Serbie, l’organisation des conférences.

Pour Buabua wa Kayembe qui a remercié aussi bien la délégation serbe que le représentant de l’Anapi au Balkan, l’ouverture des magasins à Kinshasa permettra d’éliminer les intermédiaires. Cela aura une incidence sur les prix. Pour terminer, Denis Tshilumba a salué la politique de cinq chantiers et la paix réinstaurée par Joseph Kabila grâce à laquelle on peut investir dans ce pays.

L’Avenir

Visite en RDC de la secrétaire d’Etat Française au Commerce extérieur lundi 8 février 2010

La France assure le suivi de ses intérêts économiques en RDC. La France est de plus en plus présente dans l’économie congolaise. Les officiels viennent consolider ces relations dans tous les secteurs.


La secrétaire d’Etat française au Commerce extérieur entame du 8 au 9 février à Kinshasa, une tournée africaine de travail qui débutera par la RDC et se poursuivra au Kenya et au Bénin selon un communiqué son ambassade à Kinshasa. La mission confiée à Mme Anne-Marie ldrac « s’inscrit dans la suite de la table ronde économique organisée à l’occasion du voyage officiel du président de la République française, M. Nicolas Sarkozy, le 26 mars 2009 à Kinshasa », peut-on lire dans le communiqué. Mme Idrac conduira ainsi une délégation d’entrepreneurs français : ADPi, Alstom, Areva, Bollôré, Gemalto, Lafarge, Prooftag.

ADPI pilote actuellement la stabilisation de la Régie des voies aériennes. Jusque-là, le résultat sur le terrain doit être consolidé au regard de l’étendue de la tâche. Alstom est également présente en RDC dans plusieurs marchés, notamment avec la Regideso et tant d’autres sociétés d’Etat. Areva a signé un juteux contrat sur l’uranium en marge de la visite de Nicolas Sarkozy en RDC. Quant à Lafarge, cette firme a intégré le capital de la Cimenterie nationale, Cinat.

Tous ces géants de l’économie française ont déjà pris pieds, il est du devoir du gouvernement français de consolider les acquis. D’ailleurs, la RDC offre tellement d’opportunité d’investissements, que l’amélioration annoncée du climat des affaires faciliterait la tâche aux investisseurs étrangers, notamment français.

La secrétaire d’Etat Française au Commerce extérieur attendue lundi en RDC
(Afriscoop 08/02/2010)

La secrétaire d’Etat française au Commerce extérieur, Mme Anne-Marie Idrac, visitera la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) lundi et mardi, dans le cadre d’une tournée régionale qui la conduira aussi au Kenya et au Bénin.

Selon un communiqué de l’ambassade de France en RDC, le déplacement de Mme Idrac en RDC s’inscrit dans la suite de la table ronde économique organisée à l’occasion du voyage du président français Nicolas Sarkozy le 26 mars 2009 à Kinshasa.

Lundi, Mme Idrac rencontrera le Premier ministre congolais Adolphe Muzito et coprésidera avec lui une réunion de travail à laquelle prendront part les ministres des Finances Athanase Matenda, de l’Industrie Simon Mboso, du Portefeuille Jeannine Mabunda, et des Mines Martin Kabwelulu ainsi que la délégation d’ entreprises françaises.

Plusieurs questions économiques sont à l’ordre du jour comme la perspective d’atteinte du point d’achèvement en juin 2010, la problématique de la remise de dettes et l’environnement des affaires. Les projets suivis par les groupes français seront également évoqués..

Mme Idrac et sa délégation comprenant notamment ADPi, Alstom, Areva, Bolloré, Gemalto, Lafarge, Prooftag, auront également des contacts avec le secteur privé congolais, et notamment avec la Fédération des entreprises congolaises (FEC).

Mardi, la secrétaire d’Etat française s’envolera pour Muanda, dans la province du Bas-Congo (Ouest de la RDC) où elle visitera l’ un des sites d’exploitation pétrolière onshore du groupe français PRENCO.

Visite en RDC de la Secrétaire d’Etat Française au Commerce extérieur à la tête d’un groupe d’hommes d’affaires de son pays.
Kinshasa, 08/02/2010 / Politique
La France est loin de se désintéresser de l’économie congolaise courtisée par plusieurs milieux d’affaires étrangers, ainsi qu’en témoigne la mission économique que conduit actuellement en RDC la Secrétaire d’Etat française au Commerce extérieure, Mme Anne-Marie Idrac

La France assure le suivi de ses intérêts économiques en RDC. La France est de plus en plus présente dans l’économie congolaise. Les officiels viennent consolider ces relations dans tous les secteurs. La secrétaire d’Etat française au Commerce extérieur entame du 8 au 9 février à Kinshasa, une tournée africaine de travail qui débutera par la RDC et se poursuivra au Kenya et au Bénin selon un communiqué de son ambassade à Kinshasa.

La mission confiée à Mme Anne-Marie Idrac « s’inscrit dans la suite de la table ronde économique organisée à l’occasion du voyage officiel du président de la République française, M. Nicolas Sarkozy, le 26 mars 2009 à Kinshasa », peut-on lire dans le communiqué. Mme Idrac conduira ainsi une délégation d’entrepreneurs français : ADPI, Alstom, Areva, Bollôré, Gemalto, Lafarge, Prooftag.

ADPI pilote actuellement la stabilisation de la Régie des voies aériennes. Jusque-là, le résultat sur le terrain doit être consolidé au regard de l’étendue de la tâche. Alstom est également présente en RDC dans plusieurs marchés, notamment avec la Regideso et tant d’autres sociétés d’Etat. Areva a signé un juteux contrat sur l’uranium en marge de la visite de Nicolas Sarkozy en RDC. Quant à Lafarge, cette firme a intégré le capital de la Cimenterie nationale, Cinat.

Tous ces géants de l’économie Française ont déjà pris pieds, il est du devoir du gouvernement français de consolider les acquis. D’ailleurs, la RDC offre tellement d’opportunités d’investissement, que l’amélioration annoncée du climat des affaires faciliterait la tâche aux investisseurs étrangers, notamment Français.

Au cœur des discussions avec les autorités

Le 8 février, la secrétaire d’Etat française rencontrera le Premier ministre Congolais. A l’occasion, Adolphe Muzito et Mme Idrac coprésideront une réunion de travail avec les ministres des Finances, Athanase Matenda, de l’industrie, Simon Mboso, du Portefeuille, Jeannine Mabunda, et des Mines, Martin Kabwelulu.

La délégation d’entrepreneurs français sera également associée à la rencontre. « Plusieurs questions économiques sont à l’ordre du jour comme la perspective d’atteinte du point d’achèvement en juin 2010, la problématique de la remise de dettes et l’environnement des affaires. Les projets suivis par les groupes français seront également évoqués », annonce-t-on.

Mme Idrac et sa délégation auront également des contacts avec le secteur privé congolais, et notamment avec la Fédération des entreprises congolaises (FEC) avec laquelle sera signé le Programme de Renforcement des capacités commerciales de cette institution.

La délégation se rendra aussi sur le chantier de réfection de l’avenue Lumumba pour donner le premier coup de pioche de cet important projet de voirie urbaine entièrement financé par l’AFD. Mme Idrac visitera, enfin, la banque de micro-crédit Advans et s’entretiendra avec sa clientèle.

Chez Perenco

Le 9 février, la secrétaire d’Etat s’envolera pour Muanda, afin d’y visiter l’un des sites d’exploitation pétrolière on shore du groupe français Perenco ainsi que le village de Nsianfumu qui comme d’autres agglomérations de la région, bénéficie des initiatives de cette entreprise en matière de responsabilité sociale et environnementale (RSE). Anne-Marie Idrac traîne derrière elle une longue expérience dans les domaines de l’environnement, du logement, de l’urbanisme et de transport. Son passage pourrait présager des solutions aux problèmes par les riverains des exploitations pétrolières de Muanda.

Bienvenu Marie Bakumanya/Le Potentiel

Looks like France Telecom has pulled out its talk to acquire a phone licence in the country due to administrative reasons. Very sad indeed. This is why they have to work on reforming the business sector as fast as possible. We need to get out of the bottom of the doing business list (182 out of 183 countries). Lot of work needs to be done. Will probably see the results in the next few months


RDC: la France juge nécessaire d'améliorer le climat des affaires
(AFP) – Il y a 20 heures

KINSHASA — La secrétaire d'Etat française au Commerce extérieur, Anne-Marie Idrac, a souligné lundi à Kinshasa l'importance d'améliorer le climat des affaires en République démocratiques du Congo (RDC).

L'amélioration du climat des affaires "est évidement majeur, pour que les investisseurs puissent avoir encore d'avantage confiance en l'avenir", a déclaré Mme Idrac, au premier jour d'une visite en RDC en compagnie d'une délégation d'entreprises françaises (Areva, Lafarge, Bolloré, Alstom...).

"Le gouvernement a fait part d'engagements très clairs" dans ce sens, s'est-elle félicitée lors d'un point presse après une rencontre avec le Premier ministre Adolphe Muzito et plusieurs ministres congolais (Finances, Industrie, Mines...).

Mme Idrac a relevé "l'importance" de l'adhésion prochaine de la RDC à l'Organisation pour l'harmonisation en Afrique du droit des affaires (Ohada).

Selon le rapport "Doing Business 2010" de la Banque mondiale, qui évalue le climat des affaires dans le monde, la RDC est classée au 182e rang sur 183 pays.

Interrogée sur le groupe nucléaire Areva, signataire en mars 2009 d'un accord avec le gouvernement congolais portant sur l'exploration uranifère sur tout le territoire de la RDC, Mme Idrac a simplement indiqué que les discussions se déroulaient "tout à fait normalement".

Pour le Groupe Lafarge, premier cimentier mondial, qui est en négociations pour réhabiliter deux cimenteries -la Cimenterie nationale au Bas-Congo (ouest) et une autre au Katanga (sud-est)-, Mme Idrac a été plus réservée.

Si le premier dossier "semble se dérouler dans des conditions tout à fait satisfaisantes", celui du Katanga est "plus compliqué" et "tout à fait symbolique de l'évolution du climat des affaires", a-t-elle déclaré sans plus de précisions.

Enfin concernant France Télécom, qui a négocié plusieurs mois pour obtenir une licence globale de téléphonie mobile en RDC, Mme Idrac a "malheureusement constaté" que l'entreprise avait été "contrariée par certaines difficultés administratives" et qu'"aujourd'hui les conditions ne sont pas réunies" pour sa venue en RDC.

La secrétaire d'Etat termine mardi sa visite en RDC. Elle se rendra ensuite au Kenya puis au Bénin.

I don't think we need anymore Telecom industries.
We have Vodacome, Zain, MTN, CCT, TIGO, OASIS. Come on that already alot.

But yea. our way of doing business is a damn shame. i have no idea why it takes centuries to just get premission .

L. Olivier Engulu fait l’état de lieu de la situation de la Rdc sous Mobutu et Joseph Kabila.
Kinshasa, 11/02/2010 / Politique
Interviewé par la rédaction du journal Le Potentiel, Léon Olivier Engulu dresse le bilan de la situation de la Rdc en comparant le régime mobutiste au régime Kabiliste. Selon lui le bilan de la gestion de Joseph Kabila est satisfaisant d’où son invitation aux Congolais de garder l’espoir en leur avenir car J. Kabila y travaille sérieusement.

1. Dans quel contexte Joseph Kabila est-il arrivé pour permettre de juger son action ?
La régression économique et sociale de la RDC de 1971 à 1997, pendant les 32 ans de dictature fasciste animée par un pouvoir personnel qui ne laissait aucune place à la liberté d’expression. La zaïrianisation des sociétés étrangères ou dirigées par les expatriés a été la plus grave erreur commise par le maréchal Mobutu. Il s’en est suivi une catastrophe économique et sociale. Au plan politique, le mobutisme a étouffé les zaïrois.

Infantilisé, rendu irresponsable, obligé de flatter les dirigeants pour espérer obtenir leurs faveurs, le régime fasciste du Maréchal Mobutu fondé sur les mêmes principes que l’Italie de Mussolini ou l’Allemagne d’Hitler embrigadait les Congolais dans un parti-état puissant dont le fonctionnement a détruit l’administration normale. Les deux pillages ont plongé le pays dans une misère plus profonde. Trois zones monétaires ont coexisté. Avec l’arrivée de Joseph Kabila lors des élections de 2006, les Congolais voient de leurs yeux, la modernisation de la RDC dans tous les domaines.

2. Est-ce que Joseph Kabila a-t-il permis de renverser l’évolution négative décrite ci-haut ?
Après les libertés politiques retrouvées grâce à son action démocratique, Joseph Kabila a commencé l’année 2010 avec le souci de donner aux Congolais les libertés économiques inconnues depuis la colonisation et sans lesquelles le Congo a pu être exploité au bénéfice exclusif de l’étranger. Il a engagé les réformes pour l’amélioration du climat des affaires. Ces réformes auraient dues être prises en 1965 au plus trad. Son action va permettre de combler en quelques années le retard accumulé par la RDC depuis 50 ans.

Kabila modernise, par la reconstruction des infrastructures, mais aussi par l’adaptation des textes législatifs aux impératifs de la démocratie. Ce travail de révision d’un arsenal juridique adapté à la gestion coloniale et à la dictature s’effectue à l’initiative d’un jeune président qui n’a pas été affecté psychologiquement par le mobutisme. Il a réussi à renouer le dialogue avec les pays de la CEPGL et briser l’isolement diplomatique de la RDC.

3. Concrètement, le jeune président a-t-il réussi à poser les jalons d’un redécollage économique et social ?
Face aux problèmes budgétaires de la RDC, classée parmi les pays pauvres du monde après la gestion mobutiste calamiteuse, la RDC n’a pas les moyens de sa reconstruction et doit faire face à une dette de 13 milliards USD, avec un service mensuel de 50 millions de dollars. Joseph Kabila a eu l’intuition de conclure un accord avec un consortium d’entreprise chinoise.

Pour la première fois, les ressources minières de la RDC seront échangées contre les moyens matériels et financiers de sa reconstruction. Le contrat chinois prévoit la construction de 12.000 km de routes, 143 hôpitaux de référence dans chacun des territoires, l’ensemble du réseau universitaire remis à neuf, des ponts, des bacs, etc.

4. Est-ce que Joseph Kabila dispose-t-il des acteurs «appropriés» pour cette tâche ?
Pour concrétiser les réformes impulsées par J. Kabila, le Premier ministre Muzito ne ménage aucun effort, spécialement sur le terrain de l’amélioration du climat des affaires, où il est épaulé par le ministre des Finances. A. Matenda cumule le portefeuille de l’Economie et le travail spécifique qui lui incombe est déterminant pour l’allègement de la dette.

L’action de l’Exécutif centré en vue du point d’achèvement autour du Premier ministre et du ministre des Finances est l’une des plus efficaces qu’ait connu la RDC. Le ministre des Affaires foncières Maj Kisimba mène une action tendant à compléter utilement l’ensemble des réformes voulues par J. Kabila dans le sens de la standardisation aux normes internationales de la législation congolaise.

5. L’année 2010 est dédiée au social. Le président Kabila ne risque-t-il pas d’alimenter le discours de l’opposition ?
2010 est aussi l’année du Cinquantenaire. Les Congolais doivent garder espoir en leur avenir car J. Kabila y travail sérieusement. Avec l’amélioration du climat des affaires, conjugué à l’allègement de la dette, le social des Congolais va s’améliorer. Les sacrifices sont derrière nous. Quant à l’opposition, elle est très affaiblie parce que l’action de Kabila parle d’elle-même. Il y a de moins en moins d’opposants crédibles, mais de plus en plus de composantes, ceux qui veulent entrer dans la famille présidentielle pour ne pas rater le coche en 2011, car Kabila sera réélu vu les résultats qu’il obtient déjà.

Bienvenu Marie Bakumanya/Le Potentiel

L. Olivier Engulu is the state of the place where the DRC under Joseph Kabila and Mobutu
Kinshasa, 11/02/2010 / Politique
Interviewed by the newspaper Le Potentiel, Leon Olivier Engulu takes stock of the situation in the DRC by comparing the Mobutu regime in the Kabila regime. He reviews the management of Joseph Kabila is satisfactory when his invitation to the Congolese people to keep hope for their future because J. Kabila is working seriously.

1. In what context Joseph Kabila has happened to allow the judge his actions?
The economic and social decline of the DRC from 1971 to 1997, during the 32 years of fascist dictatorship run by a personal power that left no room for freedom of expression. The Zairianization of foreign companies or managed by expatriates was the worst mistake made by Marshal Mobutu. There were followed by an economic and social catastrophe. Politically, the Zairean people were swallowed.
Infantilized, made irresponsible obliged to flatter the leaders hope to get their favor, the fascist regime of Marshal Mobutu based on the same principles as Mussolini's Italy or Hitler's Germany enlisted the Congolese in a party-powerful state which operation has destroyed the normal administration. Both looting plunged the country into deeper poverty. Three currency areas coexisted . With the arrival of Joseph Kabila in 2006 elections, the Congolese people see with their eyes, the modernization of the DRC in all fields.

2. Does Joseph Kabila he helped reverse the negative trends described above?
After political freedom found through its democratic action, Joseph Kabila began the year 2010 with the aim of giving the Congolese economic freedom unknown since the settlement and without which the Congo has been exploited for the exclusive benefit of the foreigner. He urged reforms to improve the business climate. These reforms should have been taken in 1965 to more trad. Its work will help fill in a few years backlog by the DRC for 50 years.

Kabila modernizes, the reconstruction of infrastructure, but also by adapting the legislation to the imperatives of democracy. This work of revision of a legal arsenal adapted to the colonial administration and dictatorship is made at the initiative of a young president who has not been affected psychologically by Mobutu. He managed to resume dialogue with the countries of CEPGL and break the diplomatic isolation of the DRC.

3. Specifically, the young president he succeeded in laying the foundations for a relaunch economic and social development?
Faced with budget problems of the DRC, ranked among the poorest countries in the world after the disastrous management Mobutu, the DRC can not afford to rebuild and faces a debt of 13 billion USD, with a monthly service of 50 million. Joseph Kabila had the intuition to conclude an agreement with a consortium of Chinese enterprises.

For the first time ever, mineral resources of the DRC will be exchanged against the material and financial reconstruction. The Chinese contract involves the construction of 12,000 km of roads, 143 referral hospitals in each territory, the entire university system refurbished, bridges, ferries, etc..

4. Does Joseph Kabila has he actors "appropriate" for this task?
To implement the reforms promoted by J. Kabila, Prime Minister Muzito is sparing no effort, especially in the field of improving the business climate, where it is supported by the Minister of Finance. A. Matenda combines the portfolio for Economy and the specific work which is responsible for determining debt relief.

The action of the Executive Center for the completion point around the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance is one of the most effective ever experienced the DRC. The Minister of Land Affairs Maj Kisimba leads an action to usefully complement the package of reforms intended by J. Kabila in the direction of standardizing international standards of the Congolese legislation.

5. The year 2010 is dedicated to the social. President Kabila is unlikely he not feed the discourse of the opposition?
2010 was also the year of Jubilee. The Congolese must keep hope in their future because J. Kabila will work seriously. With improved business climate, coupled with debt relief, social Congolese will improve. The sacrifices are behind us. As for the opposition is very weak because the action of Kabila speaks for itself. There is less and less credible opponents, but more and more components, those who want to enter the presidential family not to miss the boat in 2011, as Kabila was reelected he saw the results already obtained.

Welcome Bakumanya Marie / Le Potentiel

I don't think we need anymore Telecom industries.
We have Vodacome, Zain, MTN, CCT, TIGO, OASIS. Come on that already alot.

But yea. our way of doing business is a damn shame. i have no idea why it takes centuries to just get premission .

I Butembo,

There are 4 major cell companies: Zain, Vodacom, CCT and Tigo.
I still think there is room for another or even 2 other major operators. We only havea penetration rate of 16% for a country of about 66 millions people. A lot of progress to be made. The more operators you have, the better chance you have to get some decent competition, service and price, in addition of bringing work to the local. Furthermore, each new license these days is probably worth some tens of millions of dollars, not to say hundred.

By the way, I dont think the fact that have pulled out because of lenthly and complicated administrative issue is something we should be proud of. At the ime we are desperately looking for private investment, this shouldnt be acceptable. At least, work has started on clearing up the hurdles for future investors. We just cant focuss on minings.

I Butembo,

There are 4 major cell companies: Zain, Vodacom, CCT and Tigo.
I still think there is room for another or even 2 other major operators. We only havea penetration rate of 16% for a country of about 66 millions people. A lot of progress to be made. The more operators you have, the better chance you have to get some decent competition, service and price, in addition of bringing work to the local. Furthermore, each new license these days is probably worth some tens of millions of dollars, not to say hundred.
That makes lots of sense. Thanks.


By the way, I dont think the fact that have pulled out because of lenthly and complicated administrative issue is something we should be proud of. At the ime we are desperately looking for private investment, this shouldnt be acceptable. At least, work has started on clearing up the hurdles for future investors.

The bureaucracy we have is a hot mess, but lets see what will be doen since they have declared to make the business/investment climate easier and cleaner starting this year.

Yes indeed, Investors are coming in , in record number. did you see how many countries that have sen their envoys and investors coming into the country in the last few months?

We just cant focuss on minings.
That i already know, that why the agriculture has been relaunched, and even Katanga baught tractors on it own to relaunch it agriculture product and also wants to invest in Tourism and Manufacturing.

North and South Kivu provinces, Bas-Congo are also doing the samething as Katanga they just don't want to depend on mining alone. they want to exploit every single potential they have.


I have hopes , that after Infratuctures are improved, we will run very fast. that what missing the most.

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Gala de Présentation Top Manager



A l'occasion du lancement du programme Top Manager, il s'est tenu le jeudi 19 Février 2009 à partir de 18 H, un Cocktail de Gala à la « Symphonie des Arts » à Kintambo, le but de cet événement était de présenter le programme Top Manager aux bailleurs et sponsors qui financerons le programme.

Ont pris part à cette cérémonie son Excellence Madame la Ministre du Portefeuille Jeannine Mabunda, les comités de gestion des entreprises publiques, notamment ceux du FPI représentée par son ADG Monsieur Constantin Mbengele, les Honorables Députés et Sénateurs, les Ambassadeurs et Chargés d'Affaires des Ambassades, les Entrepreneurs et Directeurs Généraux les plus importantes du pays.

Après la présentation du programme par l'animateur vedette de l'émission Pepitho NGUDIE, la Présidente de Simply Complex, Madame Nathalie FODDERIE a exprimé son voeux de voir, à travers TOP MANAGER, émerger une génération d'entrepreneurs de choc en RDC, ainsi que la nécessité de revoir le cadre légal sur les investissements, afin de créer un meilleur climat pour les affaires.

Par après, la Ministre Du Portefeuille Madame Jeannine MABUNDA, a expliqué l'importance du Programme TOP MANAGER et elle a appelé l'assistance à soutenir cette initiative, à l'exemple de son Ministère.

Pour finir, Monsieur Constantin MBENGELE, ADG du FPI, a parlé sur l'importance pour l'économie Congolaise, de l'émergence d'une classe de jeunes entrepreneurs capables de créer leur propre entreprise.


Et pour lier l'utile à l'agréable, un cocktail a été servi par Mutzig et la soirée agrémentée par les belles mélodies de la chorale « Sanctuaire des Choeurs » et du groupe « Nsumuenu ».


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Il s’agit d’une émission sur la création d’entreprises, sur la recherche d’un premier emploi et sur la formation en RDC, s’adressant à la jeunesse congolaise; et comportant un concours grâce auquel des jeunes diplômés des institutions de formation et d’enseignement du pays peuvent obtenir le financement de leur projet de création de PME, ainsi que des annonces d’offres d’emplois et des conseils à l’embauche.

Lim Sang-Woo: "South Korea remains alongside the DRC for its development" .

By Matsha

Heaven relations between ROK and the Democratic Republic of Congo is cloudless. And Korea "will always stand by the DRC in its development efforts. Charge d'Affaires ai of Korea has reiterated on Monday during a reception held to mark the return to Seoul for two South Korean diplomats arrived in Kinshasa late term.

Congolese personalities from politics, the business community, diplomats accredited in Kinshasa, as well as alumni Congolese in South Korea took part in a reception Monday evening at the residence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Sud Kinshasa / Gombe.

The following were honored Monday night Mr. Lim Sang-Woo, charge d'affaires and acting YONBIN Mr. Ha, Head of Representative Office of the Korea Agency for International Cooperation (KOICA) in Kinshasa, both arrived late mandate DRC.

"The time has come for me to go, but my heart remains in the DRC, a country I have come to know, love and culture. I have found in the Congolese people a warm and animated by a desire to develop a great country, "said Lingala (Editor's note: local language spoken in Kinshasa) Li Sang-Woo, in an address to the occasion.

The South Korean diplomat who has spent a year and a half in Kinshasa, has compared the history of the DRC that "Korea has been" hoping that one day the DRC will be at the peak of its development and economically strong country in the heart of Africa.

Stressing that his country is committed to develop comprehensive cooperation with the DRC, Mr. Lim Sang-Woo reiterated that South Korea will always stand by the Democratic Republic of Congo and accompany its efforts to achieve a significant development. He promised to be the spokesman of the DRC with the Korean authorities on projects in Kinshasa.
South Korea, which is engaged in a health project in the Bandundu province (west), has opted to help build a deepwater port at Banana (Bas-Congo) on the coast Atlantic Ocean. This is a larger project that will pave the DRC to other continents on the sea, it was noted, whereas "installation of a representation of the KOICA omen cooperation of major projects between the two countries .
A man who loves the culture and especially the rich Congolese culture, Mr. Lim Sang-Woo was formed with Mr. Ha YONBIN, and using a young Congolese, a group of drummers drum and dancers who amused the audience asked for nearly thirty minutes.

Dressed in costumes Congo (singlet and skirt) raffia, they performed rhythmic songs: "Rhythm Minzoto" (Editor's note: Star Rhythm), Rhythm and Chiluba on tam-tam bambunda before sketching dances "bambunda" and Manianga two tribes located respectively in the Bandundu province (west) and Bas-Congo (southwest) to the admiration and appreciation of the public.

Such a love of the culture of others, according to a former fellow Congolese in Korea who do not believe his ears or eyes, is a real desire to prove that cultural enrichment cultures, even if they do not apply, each can make its contribution to the other and vice versa.

He said that the fact that the two South Korean diplomats are gone not only to wear without embarrassment traditional costumes like the chiefs, but also and especially in practice Congolese culture in its dimensions of rhythmic singing and dancing folk, proves that we are facing a new type of diplomats eager to learn about the Fulani of their countries of accreditation. "It's something new! "He exclaimed.

The two diplomats, whose successors are already in place in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital leaving next Friday for Seoul.

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Assemblée nationale

Luzolo et Basengezi s’expliquent sur la nationalité et les tracteurs agricoles

Par Louis-Paul Eyenga Sana

Deux ministres ont été entendus hier à la plénière de l’Assemblée nationale, pour répondre aux questions orales sans débat sur le certificat de nationalité et la répartition des tracteurs dans les provinces ainsi que la politique agricole en RDC. La séance d’hier était présidée par Evariste Boshab.

Il s’agit du ministre de la Justice et des droits Humains, Luzolo Bambi Lessa, qui a répondu à la préoccupation du député Olivier Sumbu Ngomo liée à la nationalité.

Le ministre Luzolo a planché sur les 10 sous-questions autour du certificat de nationalité, un document légal délivré par le ministre de la Justice par rapport à l’attestation de nationalité octroyée par la Direction de chancellerie lequel résulte d’une pratique décriée. Ce document, qui est un imprimé de valeur, a-t-il souligné, est requis pour obtenir son passeport biométrique. Pour raison de transparence dans la délivrance du certificat de nationalité et afin d’éviter toute forme de fraude, le député Sumbu a invité le gouvernement à veiller pour que le processus de délivrance soit respecté et éviter toute rupture de stocks. A rappeler que ce document est produit par l’Hôtel de monnaie de la Banque centrale du Congo conformément aux recommandations du président de la République. L’auteur de la question orale est revenu à la charge pour demander au ministre : « à quand la lutte contre les Kuluna en cravate »?

Le député Jacques Ebwene a invité, pour sa part, le ministre de l’Agriculture, Norbert Basengezi Katintima, à s’expliquer sur les critères de répartition des tracteurs agricoles dans les provinces du pays ; le pourcentage de budgets agricoles depuis 2007 jusqu’à ce jour ; la politique agricole du gouvernement et son chronogramme.

Le ministre Basengezi a répondu non sans un bref rappel des faits du passé. Il a ensuite dit que la répartition des tracteurs se présente de la manière suivante : 65 à Bandundu, 65 Bas-Congo, 75 à Kinshasa, 50 à l’Equateur, 60 au Kasaï Occidental, 57 au Kasaï Oriental, 80 Province Orientale, 120 Katanga, 40 Maniema, 40 Nord-Kivu, 40 Sud-Kivu.

Pour le ministre Basengezi, il ne faut pas que les députés puissent « politiser la question de la répartition des tracteurs » dont la plupart se trouve déjà sur place en provinces. Il les a invités à se consacrer aux travaux de champ. Quant à leurs critères de répartition, il a dit que son ministère s’est adressé aux associations à travers les Conseils agricoles ruraux pour leur gestion. Norbert Basengezi a énuméré les 10 points pour le chronogramme de la politique agricole du gouvernement jusqu’en 2010.

Avant que le président Evariste Boshab ne puisse suspendre la séance, deux députés ont pris la parole. Martin Mukonkole a lu sa motion d’information sur la pétition des habitants de Limete qui s’oppose à l’octroi par l’autorité urbaine de Kinshasa d’un espace de terre à trois sociétés pétrolières à la « Place de Limete » sur 7ième rue, réservée à la jeunesse et à l’environnement.

Enfin, la motion incidentielle du député Babamisa relatif au retard apporté par le Bureau pour enregistrer sa proposition de loi portant code agricole a été rejetée et la séance a été suspendue pour reprendre le lundi 5 avril 2010.

Signature de deux protocoles d’accord entre la RDC et la Corée du Sud dans les domaines de la santé et des minesKinshasa, 31/03/2010 /


Les premières retombées de la visite de travail du président de la République en Corée du Sud sont la signature à Séoul en présence du Chef de l’Etat de deux protocoles d’accord portant sur une aide à la RDC en équipements médicaux et sur l’exploitation minière concédée à un consortium sud-coréen.

Deux protocoles d’accord de coopération ont été signés, mardi à Seoul, entre la République Démocratique du Congo et la République de Corée, en présence du Président congolais Joseph Kabila Kabange, en visite de travail depuis dimanche en Corée du Sud.

Le premier protocole d’accord, signé entre la Fondation coréenne pour la sante et la médecine internationale et le ministère congolais de la Santé, porte sur une aide médicale aux termes duquel cette fondation fait un don de quinze ambulances médicalisées à la République Démocratique du Congo, en vue du renforcement des capacités d’intervention du système de sante en République Démocratique du Congo.


Le second accord, signé conjointement entre les ministères congolais des Mines et de l’Energie et la société sud*-coréenne Taejoo Syntheisis Steel Co. Ltd, se rapporte à l’exploitation des ressources naturelles. Il va notamment permettre l’exploitation, par la part le sud-coréenne, de la mine de Musoshi, à Sakanya, au Katanga, sur une réserve de plus de 600 mille tonnes de cuivre extrait. Cette exploitation minière, qui pourra générer plus de 2,7 milliards de dollars, financera la construction des infrastructures et d’adduction d’eau potable aux populations congolaises.

Le ministre de la Sante, Victor Makwenge, qui a signé le premier accord pour le compte de la partie congolaise, a souligné dans son mot de circonstance que l’aide médicale consentie à la RDC par la Corée du Sud est « un indice clair du degré d’amitié et de coopération qui unit les deux peuples », ajoutant que le don des quinze ambulances médicalisées est un acquis du programme des Cinq chantiers pour la modernisation du système de sante en RDC. Il a promis de bien gérer ce don, signe de l’amitié et de bonne coopération entre Kinshasa et Seoul.

Pour sa part, M.Martin Kabwelulu, ministre des Mines, a indiqué que le contrat sur l’exploitation des ressources naturelles signé avec la partie sud-coréenne va apporter des gains de part et d’autre et encouragera d’autres entreprises sud-coréennes à investir en RDC dans d’autres domaines, notamment du pétrole et de l’agriculture.
Transfert des technologies visé

Pour propulser davantage la coopération bilatérale entre Kinshasa et Seoul, les domaines ciblés sont, notamment, le transfert des technologies, les infrastructures, la santé, la recherche scientifique, etc.

On rappelle que la Corée du Sud a déjà marqué sa disposition à aider la RDC à « devenir un pays leader » en Afrique. Cela au regard de sa taille, sa position géopolitique et ses ressources. Le jeudi 17 septembre 2009, un accord de coopération avait été signé à Kinshasa pour la construction, par la Corée du Sud, d’un port maritime en eaux profondes à Banana, dans la province du Bas-Congo.

Cet accord faisait suite aux travaux tenus à Kinshasa, du 12 au 14 septembre 2009, entre les experts sud-coréens et congolais sur le projet de construction de ce port. Ces travaux marquaient ainsi la relance des relations entre les deux pays, qui remontent aux années soixante, avec l’ouverture de l’ambassade de Corée du Sud en RDC en 1969.

Fermée en 1998, cette ambassade a été rouverte en octobre 2009, lors de la visite à Kinshasa de Lim Jae-Hong, vice-ministre sud-coréen en charge de la Planification et de la Politique. C’est à cette occasion que cet homme d’Etat sud-coréen avait visité la cite de Moanda où sera érigé le port maritime en eaux profondes.
Joseph Kabila depuis mardi soir dans la ville sud-coréenne de Pusan

Le Président Joseph Kabila Kabange est arrivé mardi soir dans la ville Sud-coréenne de Pusan, à l’invitation des hauts responsables de la société CEO LS-Nikko. Cooper, spécialisée dans l’exploitation maritime. La ville de Pusan est la capitale industrielle de la Corée du Sud, avec comme un des atouts le plus important le port maritime de ce pays.

Signature de deux protocoles d’accord entre la RDC et la Corée du Sud dans les domaines de la santé et des minesKinshasa, 31/03/2010 /

They can be a transparency and a minimum of coordination ... .. vague information such as the present.

Mulopwe

German investors seeking opportunities in Eastern province Saturday, April 3, 2010

German investors have served on the Governor Autsai Asenga their willingness to invest in Eastern province, during their meeting Tuesday with the provincial authority in Kisangani.


Mr. VICHENZO Paratore, head of the delegation, said, therefor, that the sectors of agriculture, cement and mining have attracted most attention of his delegation.

For its part, the head of the provincial executive has invited the German businessmen to look also to the construction and rehabilitation of public buildings and housing and roads and other provincial interest as provincial government's priorities among the areas that they themselves have requested.

ACP / INN

THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY Visits the Steel Plant of Maluku .

The Government is now concerned about the revival of Sosider
Vendredi, 09 Avril 13:18 2010

The Minister of Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises, Anicet Kuzunda conducted, Thursday 08 April 2010, to visit the Company's steel Maluku (Sosider). Following this visit, he went to inquire of the difficulties faced by this company ceased trading, the No. 1 Industry said that the revival of the steel complex is a national challenge that must be supported by all. In this regard, he announced to all employees of the Sosider the end of the tunnel is near. Because the slopes of the effective relaunch of the activities of this company are significant discussion within the Government.
But the Minister of Industry also took the opportunity to explain that the old, as new partners, jostling at the door of Sosider to resume business. According to him, this recovery or resumption of activities can be possible by considering the problems of workers who have embraced the company's difficulties dragging 30 months and 57 months of unpaid wages for agents . For that reason, he welcomed the expertise that enabled them not to disappear from the list of metallurgical plants of the DRC.
According Kuzunda Anicet, there is no question of abandoning a company that contributes, through its products, the performance of five yards. Because so little, the Sosider plays an important role in the boom in infrastructure building in the country. According to the boss of Industry, the achievement of five sites can be strongly driven by the release of full operations of the plant to warm the Sosider.
For ADG Sosider, Nkonde Mbaka, this visit of the Minister of Industry certifies that the will of the stimulus already rekindled hopes. But, however he told the minister that the major problems with this company houses the lack of funding, liquidity constraints, wage arrears and the aging workforce. He also took this opportunity to suggest that before the recruitment of partners by COPIREP, it is imperative to consider a partial recovery of activities Sosider.
This visit Maluku steel company is a public company that produces steel from scrap, with an electric arc furnace. Steel production began in 1974.
The plant consists of an electric arc furnace of 50 tons, fusion waste product of carbon steel. This is done by providing a continuous casting billet 100x100 mm and another giving billets 140x140 mm. The plant has an HSM (LAC) with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per annum of bars and a cold rolling mill (LAF) for plate production capacity of 150,000 tonnes per year.
The steel complex in Maluku is located 82 km from Kinshasa and Sosider has an important heritage, namely through a park in Masina, a capacity of 60,000 tons for the storage of scrap, workshops electromechanical and electrical substation with a transformer of 30 KVA, warehouses and stores.
During this visit, the minister was to residential complexes Mangengenge, Maluku city and others totaling 1,035 housing units. He also visited a polyclinic of the company. This, after seeing the hot mill and cold, through the various laboratories of the company.
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DRC aims to attract energy investment with oil code

KINSHASA, March 31 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo hopes to make its oil sector more attractive to foreign energy firms by offering competitive contracts and speeding the process for awarding blocks, according to energy ministry recommendations seen by Reuters.

The proposals are part of a hydrocarbons code due to be voted during parliament's current session, and come amid rising investor interest in the central African nation's tough-to-reach crude reserves after big finds in neighbouring Uganda.

"These resources should be realised so that they really benefit the country and its people," the ministry said in the recommendations. "To do this while ensuring the interest of the nation, the law that governs this sector should contain provisions to attract investors," it said.

Congo's tiny oil sector pumps about 25,000 barrels a day and development has been virtually paralyzed by decades of corruption and conflict.

But a clutch of investors are now lining up to start exploring zones like Lake Albert and Lake Tanganyika that could make the country, which has traditionally relied on mining for the bulk of its reserves, a much larger producer and pad debt-ridden state coffers.

The energy ministry's proposals for the new oil code would allow producer companies to claim up to 60 percent of any eventual oil output after royalties to cover their costs, which are typically high during early field development.

That percentage would rise to 70 percent for reserves deemed difficult to reach, including those in very remote zones, in deep water, or swampy areas, according to the recommendations.

The state would then take no less than 40 percent of the remaining output, dubbed "profit oil", according to the recommendations.

SPEED

Industry observers said the shares proposed for covering costs and for remaining profit-oil are better than in most other oil states. In Libya, for example, some production sharing contracts grant the state more than 90 percent.

Congolese government officials declined comment on the oil code, which should replace existing laws for oil and gas currently contained in Congo's mining code.

The draft, which has already been adopted by Congo's Senate and is now with the National Assembly, also recommends changes aimed at speeding up drawn-out processes for awarding and ratifying exploration and production blocks.

Some companies have been waiting three years for presidential approval for uncontested blocks, while other companies -- such as Tullow and Divine Inspiration Group -- have competing claims on the same blocks.

One proposal would require the president to approve or reject any oil agreements within 45 days. Companies would also be under pressure to start "active field development" within 18 months of gaining a production licence, instead of three years.

The recommendations also stipulate that if the ministry fails to answer requests within three months, companies can assume the answer is positive.

RDC: embellie des paramètres économiques au premier trimestre 2010
avril 7, 2010, sous La Une, Nationale, Économie. Vous pouvez suivre les réponses à cet article grâce au RSS 2.0.

Le trésor public de la RD Congo a accusé, fin février 2010, un excédent de 20 millions de dollars américains contre un déficit de 50 millions en avril 2009. Sur l’ensemble du premier trimestre de cette année, les paramètres économiques se sont plutôt mieux comportés par rapport à ceux de l’année dernière, à la même période. Reste à savoir si le rythme se maintiendra pour le reste de l’exercice budgétaire. Les derniers chiffres de la Banque centrale du Congo (BCC) sont formels : l’inflation est en recul, environ 18% alors que l’objectif était de la plafonner à 15% en fin de l’année.

Le taux de change est en recul également de manière progressive. Il se situe en dessous de la barre de 900 dans les circuits officiels.

Donc, la physionomie économique congolaise est nettement meilleure parce qu’elle est caractérisée par plus d’encaisses que de dépenses au niveau de la caisse de l’Etat.

Ce qui vient en quelque sorte conforter les promesses des autorités financières faites en début d’année.

Au-delà des questions de gestion internes qui auraient favorisé l’embellie macro économique de l’Etat congolais au cours des trois premiers mois de l’année, le contexte du marché international pourrait également y avoir contribué.

En effet, les cours de certaines matières premières d’exportation ont presque doublé ces douze derniers mois.

Le cas du cuivre, du cobalt, de l’étain et du pétrole. Conséquence: la balance commerciale de la RDC pendant ce premier trimestre a été positif avec environ 1 milliard de dollars de réserves à la BCC.

Soit cinq semaines des importations alors que, à la même période en 2009, les réserves de la Banque centrale ne dépassaient pas une semaine des importations.

Conserver les acquis
Les résultats obtenus au premier trimestre par l’économie congolaise seront-ils maintenus ?

Tout le défi du gouvernement est là : conserver ces acquis.

Mais pour certains analystes, les événements de l’Equateur, notamment les derniers affrontements entre les FARDC et les insurgés Enyele, risquent d’être le grain de sable qui pourrait bloquer la machine.

Ces événements pourraient contraindre le gouvernement à engager des dépenses non prévues avec tout ce que cela peut entraîner comme dérapages au nom des raisons de souveraineté.

Ce qui serait une perte des ressources, matérielles et financières, notamment, pour un pays qui attend voir annuler plus de 10 milliards de dollars de service de la dette.







DRC: upturn in economic parameters in the first quarter 2010


April 7, 2010, in The One, National Economy.

The treasury of the DR Congo has accused the end of February 2010, a surplus of U.S. $ 20 million against a deficit of 50 million in April 2009. Throughout the first quarter of this year, the economics were rather better behaved compared to last year, at the same time. The question is whether the pace will continue for the remainder of the fiscal year. The latest figures from the Central Bank of Congo (BCC) were positive: inflation is down about 18% while the target was the cap to 15% by year end.

The exchange rate is also declining gradually. It is located below the bar 900 in official channels.

Thus, the economic landscape of the Congo is significantly better because it is characterized by more than spending cash at the treasury of the state.

What has somehow reinforce the promises made by financial authorities earlier this year.

Beyond questions of internal management which have fostered macroeconomic upturn of the Congolese in the first three months of the year, the international market context might also have contributed.

Indeed, prices of some export commodities have nearly doubled in the last twelve months.

The case of copper, cobalt, tin and oil. Result: the trade balance of the DRC during the first quarter was positive with approximately $ 1 billion of reserves to the BCC.

Five weeks of imports while at the same period in 2009, the reserves of the Central Bank does not exceed one week of imports.

Keep acquired
The results obtained in the first quarter by the Congolese economy will be maintained?

While the government's challenge is there: to preserve these achievements.

But some analysts, the events of Ecuador, including the latest clashes between the FARDC and the rebels Enyele, may be a grain of sand that could jam the machine.

These events could force the government to incur expenses not provided with anything like this can cause slippage in the name of reasons of sovereignty.

This is a waste of resources, material and financial, especially for a country that expects to see cancel more than 10 billion dollars of debt service.

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Serbian businessmen arrive in Moise Katumbi's Katanga Province.
Created on 18.03.10 at 07:00 | AFRICA EDITOR | INVESTORS | DRC | Updated Thursday 18.03.10 at 07h02. By: THE REPUBLIC



The governor of the province of Katanga, Moise Katumbi Chapwe, received a delegation of Serbian businessmen March 16, 2010 in his workroom in Lubumbashi. With guests, they have dealt with cooperation between Serbia and the Congolese province of Katanga in several areas of life. Thus, road infrastructure and agriculture sectors are all taken into contact in this cooperation is primarily a development of the province copper.





The CEO of Nano TC Gerkovich Boro, who led the delegation, emphasized that this visit to Lubumbashi is part of the friendship between Serbia and the Democratic Republic of Congo whose Katanga is one component. Through this cooperation, these businessmen say they want to participate in their own way to the realization of the vision of the Head of State on the five sites. This program is, they say, "One of the main reasons for supporting cooperation between the two countries.

This cooperation will, remember, the road infrastructure but also in the field of agriculture with the contribution of soybean, corn and peanuts. The primary concern being that of achieving food self-sufficiency in the province. In addition, the Serb businessmen have promised to invest in technology transfer. All these activities will contribute to the development of Katanga.

The governor of the province, for his part, appreciated at its true value the participation of Serbia in the development of his native Katanga.

...Serb businessmen have promised to invest in technology transfer.

I have been advocating dealing with smaller technically savvy countries for years, so I am in full support of this partnership. We can become self sufficient in a lot lot of basic things if we play it smart without even trying too hard.

Basic technology for manufacturing tractors and buses, etc should not beyond us, at the very worst we should at least be producing spare parts for them. The first step will be creating assembly plants but I think i am going off topic so this can be discussed another time. One more point, Sudan is a good example to follow in how they are aquiring technology.

Climats des Affaires : l’implantation de la 1ère zone économique spéciale pilote bientôt à N’Sele/Kinshasa
Kinshasa, 14/04/2010 / Economie

N’Sele vient d’être retenu comme un cadre d’aménagement de la première zone économique spéciale pilote en Rdc après que le gouvernement ait avalisé les résultats de l’étude des experts de la Société financière internationale (SFI).

Le gouvernement a avalisé les travaux sur l’étude de faisabilité pour la mise en place d’une Zone économique spéciale pilote qui sera implantée sur le site de la N’Sele dans la ville-province de Kinshasa.

Le ministre de l’Industrie, Anicet Kuzunda Mutangiji, l’a fait savoir hier mardi 13 avril lors de la présentation des résultats de l’étude des experts de la SFI (Société financière internationale) au Cercle Français de la Gombe. Il a rappelé qu’au cours de sa réunion du 28 juillet 2009, tenue à Kinshasa, la sélection de la N’Sele comme site pilote pour y implanter la première zone économique spéciale en RDC.

Cette initiative a pour objectif d’entreprendre une étude sur ce projet qui doit « contribuer à l’amélioration tangible du climat des affaires afin d’attirer les investissements tant nationaux qu’étrangers dont le pays a besoin afin de lutter contre la pauvreté ».

Le ministre Anicet Kuzunda Mutangiji a précisé qu’à cet effet, le gouvernement bénéficie, avec l’assistance technique de la Banque mondiale, de l’appui de la Société financière internationale pour la mise en place des zones économiques spéciales en ayant comme objectif ultime la redynamisation du secteur privé.

Ce programme qui se déploie en trois phases, se trouve en ce moment dans sa deuxième étape d’« Etude de faisabilité », pour laquelle le gouvernement a signé en date du 10 août 2009, un accord de coopération avec la SFI pour son financement.

Cette étude menée par un comité de pilotage a demandé à la SFI de l’étude de faisabilité articulée autour de trois aspects : analyse de la demande, le diagnostic du site et l’élaboration d’un avant-projet de la loi sur les zones économiques spéciales.

L’analyse de la demande a été présentée hier par un experts de la SFI a défini l’objectif d’une zone économique spéciale lequel vise à encourager les opportunités d’investissement du secteur privé et l’emploi, à travers la mise en place d’un environnement sûr et transparent.

Le choix du site revenant au gouvernement est tombé sur N’Sele. Lequel est adapté au développement des produits du secteur agro-alimentaire, permettant la production et le conditionnement de produits pour approvisionner la région de Kinshasa.

L’étude des experts a conclu en soutenant que « la relance de la production industrielle à la N’Sele permettrait ainsi de créer de la valeur ajoutée en RDC, de développer l’emploi et de réduire la dépendance vis-à-vis des importations.

Enfin, il fallait également peaufiner un avant-projet de loi qui répond à cet objectif.

Climate Affairs: the implementation of the 1st experimental Special Economic Zone soon N'Sele / Kinshasa
Kinshasa, 14/04/2010 / Economy

N'Sele has been selected as a development framework of the first special economic zone pilot DRC after the government has endorsed the findings of the experts' study of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

The Government has endorsed the work on the feasibility study for the establishment of a Special Economic Zone pilot site will be located on the N'Sele in the city-province of Kinshasa.

The Industry Minister, Anicet Kuzunda Mutangiji, was indicated yesterday Tuesday, April 13 at the presentation of the results of the study of experts from the IFC (International Finance Corporation) in the French Club of Gombe. He recalled that during its meeting of July 28, 2009, held in Kinshasa, the selection N'Sele as a pilot site to implant the first special economic zone in the DRC.

This initiative aims to undertake a study on this project must "contribute to tangible improvements in business climate to attract both domestic and foreign investment which the country needs to fight against poverty."

The Minister Anicet Kuzunda Mutangiji said that for this purpose, the government benefits, with technical assistance from the World Bank, in support of the International Finance Corporation for setting up special economic zones with the ultimate goal revitalizing the private sector.

This program unfolds in three phases, is currently in its second stage of "Feasibility Study" for which the Government signed dated 10 August 2009, a cooperation agreement with the IFC's financing.

This study by a steering committee has asked the IFC for the feasibility study focused on three aspects: demand analysis, the diagnosis of the site and prepare a preliminary draft of the Group Areas Act Special Economic.

The analysis was made yesterday by experts from the IFC has set the goal of a special economic zone which aims to promote opportunities for private sector investment and employment through the establishment a safe and transparent.

The siting of the government fell back on N'Sele. Which is suitable for product development of the agro-food, allowing the production and packaging of products to supply the region of Kinshasa.

The experts' study concluded by stating that "the revival of industrial production to N'Sele thus generate added value in the DRC, to increase employment and reduce dependence on imports vis- .

Finally, it should also finalize a draft law that meets this objective.

I have been advocating dealing with smaller technically savvy countries for years, so I am in full support of this partnership. We can become self sufficient in a lot lot of basic things if we play it smart without even trying too hard.

Basic technology for manufacturing tractors and buses, etc should not beyond us, at the very worst we should at least be producing spare parts for them. The first step will be creating assembly plants but I think i am going off topic so this can be discussed another time. One more point, Sudan is a good example to follow in how they are aquiring technology.

I totally agree.

But what the country has gone through. made it impossible .

Now is the time.

Bantu Investment following up projects of R2bn in Congo (http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=106534)
SOUTH African investment firm Bantu Investment Holdings says it is pursuing a series of projects worth R2bn, to be undertaken primarily in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in 15 other countries in central, west and east Africa.

CEO Claude Ibalanky said last week the company was seeking private equity from SA and negotiating with major banks in the country to finance the projects.

Bantu is a subsidiary of the trade union investment company Nehawu Investment Holdings, the investment house of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union .

“We see ourselves as a gateway into Africa and will be offering our assistance to the South African government and local businesses in creating opportunities for trade,” Ibalanky said.

“Once we got it right in SA, we moved to the Congo.

“We have realised our strong investments in the Congo have impressed investors from around Africa, which is why we have started to look at the rest of Africa.”

He said the company was finalising an agreement with a major food chain to create restaurants in 15 countries in central, west and east Africa including Congo, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon, Benin and Guinea.

“Roughly speaking, R900m will go to creating the restaurant chain, with about R500m of that being spent on improving existing Nando’s stores in the Congo, by building processing and bottling plants.

“Then, R80m- R100m will be spent on printing textbooks for schools in the Congo over a period of three years ,” he said.

The other R1bn of the R2bn that Bantu was seeking would be spent on improving mining and hydrocarbon operations in the Congo by building new processing plants.

By building these new plants, Bantu would provide more electricity for the Congo, Ibalanky said.

andersona@bdfm.co.za

R2bn = $270m give or take a few million

Bantu Investment following up projects of R2bn in Congo (http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=106534)


R2bn = $270m give or take a few million

The Nandos concept is a very smart concept coz it is a product of african cuisine(peri-peri chicken i.e soso ya pili pili).God will I want to do something like that which will be totally based on various congolese ethnic cuisines.

http://www.bantuinvestments.co.za/corporate_profile.pdf

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I am for compulsory business bootcamps for all congoleses people!The government should discourage people looking for public jobs and encourage entrepreunership.

I am for compulsory business bootcamps for all congoleses people!The government should discourage people looking for public jobs and encourage entrepreunership.

That i totally agree,

But in places like north and south kivu, kasai oriental entrepreurship is natural git.

People don't really care about public jobs. they know how to make money .

I don't know about the rest.

The main reason why people get into self employement is due to lack jobs in the first place. There should be encouragement for entrepreneurship but job creation is a always a national priority. I would like to see major public works projects, on a "lets build 10 000km of highways" scale

That i totally agree,

But in places like north and south kivu, kasai oriental entrepreurship is natural git.

People don't really care about public jobs. they know how to make money .

I don't know about the rest.

There is nothing like "natural " gift about entrepreunership!There is a potential for entrepreunership in all regions of Congo.I dont think that in france or belgium people from kasai or kivu compose the largest bulck of congoleses entrepreuners.90% of congoleses congoleses entrepreuners in these countries are more likely to come from bas-congo,bandundu,equateur or angola(zombos).

The main reason why people get into self employement is due to lack jobs in the first place. There should be encouragement for entrepreneurship but job creation is a always a national priority. I would like to see major public works projects, on a "lets build 10 000km of highways" scale

Yes of course. when it comes to such things in creating jobs.

But that wont stop those who believe in working for themselves. Its natural for them.

Why would i want to work for Office des Routes when i know i will make money faster and more money by opening Internet cafes or haveing my own agriculture business or building hotels, or real Estate?

What the government needs to do is of course create jobs in building 1000s of miles of highways and and Banks landing money and making loans available for those that wants to open businesses and lower taxes.

You create more jobs that way.

There is nothing like "natural " gift about entrepreunership!There is a potential for entrepreunership in all regions of Congo.I dont think that in france or belgium people from kasai or kivu compose the largest bulck of congoleses entrepreuners.90% of congoleses congoleses entrepreuners in these countries are more likely to come from bas-congo,bandundu,equateur or angola(zombos).

Thats because most people in Congolese in Belgium , France are majority from those areas. . I'm not talking about in the diaspora. I'm talking about back home. Kivu people don't really travel that much in Europe. You will found them in Dubai and China. When you see Eastern people in the States, they are always doing business back home.

when you visit Eastern part of the country(Goma, Bukavu, Butembo, Kindu), you see what i'm talking about.

I don't know about western part of the country. I never been there.

Why would i want to work for Office des Routes when i know i will make money faster and more money by opening Internet cafes or haveing my own agriculture business or building hotels, or real Estate?


That is exactly what I am getting at, 99% percent of people have no choice - it is either hustle or bust. There are no options but I think we are saying the same thing anyway.

Just like most of the disporia - it was either stay behind or leave and hope for the best. Most people that left Zaire did it as a matter of necessity, very few left by choice.

Thats because most people in Congolese in Belgium , France are majority from those areas. . I'm not talking about in the diaspora. I'm talking about back home. Kivu people don't really travel that much in Europe. You will found them in Dubai and China. When you see Eastern people in the States, they are always doing business back home.

when you visit Eastern part of the country(Goma, Bukavu, Butembo, Kindu), you see what i'm talking about.

I don't know about western part of the country. I never been there.
There is nothing like "natural " gift about entrepreunership!There is a potential for entrepreunership in all regions of Congo.I dont think that in france or belgium people from kasai or kivu compose the largest bulck of congoleses entrepreuners.90% of congoleses congoleses entrepreuners in these countries are more likely to come from bas-congo,bandundu,equateur or angola(zombos).


Analysing the pre Laurent Kabila takeover, the people in the east were more or less left to fend for themselves, no government support like most of the country so I am sure a lot of business know how is passed on from one generation to the next. I was just saying to my bro the other day, how I noticed a lot of people from the south and east of the country have more opportunities to hustle for themselves through commodities.

Analysing the pre Laurent Kabila takeover, the people in the east were more or less left to fend for themselves, no government support like most of the country so I am sure a lot of business know how is passed on from one generation to the next. I was just saying to my bro the other day, how I noticed a lot of people from the south and east of the country have more opportunities to hustle for themselves through commodities.

Thats the fact. all state Jobs are in Kinshasa.

Many more in Bas-Congo : ONATRA, SNCC, CILU, CINAT, INGA.

Southern Katangan mining. GECAMINES.

In Kivu?In Kasai? nothing from the state there.

The facts are that in East people don't even care about State jobs. people just want to emply themselves.

I bet you if you gave me $500 in Goma or $1000 in Kinshasa. I will choose $500 and stay in Goma or Bukavu , butembo. Me with $1000 in Kinshasa will be brock within months , whilst i will more than triple my money.

Here is why. Its coast $15-20 for 100 kg of beans in Goma, bukavu even less in Butembo. whilst if i transport that 100kg to Lubumbashi or Kinshasa , i will be able to sell it for $120-140.:)

Purchasing power varies in different part of country. Agriculture made life cheaper. if it doesn't happen that way in Kinshasa, life will continue being harder and more expensive. thus hurting the job creation.

In east, is hustle or die. and yes of course, the business know how, is passed on at an early age.

Analysing the pre Laurent Kabila takeover, the people in the east were more or less left to fend for themselves, no government support like most of the country so I am sure a lot of business know how is passed on from one generation to the next. I was just saying to my bro the other day, how I noticed a lot of people from the south and east of the country have more opportunities to hustle for themselves through commodities.

Who used to feed the Zombos of kinshasa?Not mobut for god sake!

Who used to feed the Zombos of kinshasa?Not mobut for god sake!

What is that?

Who used to feed the Zombos of kinshasa?Not mobut for god sake!

I am generalising things from that era. It is even worse now for the people in the east. It funny you mention "bazombo", up until my now in my 20s, I didn't even know so many of my childhood friends were Angolans, its crazy when I find out so and so is Angolan, it will be interesting to see the intergration in 50 years time or so.

I am generalising things from that era. It is even worse now for the people in the east. It funny you mention "bazombo", up until my now in my 20s, I didn't even know so many of my childhood friends were Angolans, its crazy when I find out so and so is Angolan, it will be interesting to see the intergration in 50 years time or so.
Have a aunt and cousin in law(if that title exist back home:lol:) and have run into my aunts family from Angola, if it wasn't for the accent they had while speaking lingala you will never know that they were from Angola. But once I found out one of them got tired of eating pondu and beans at the house:nuts: that's when miss Angola came out in full light.:lol:

Analysing the pre Laurent Kabila takeover, the people in the east were more or less left to fend for themselves, no government support like most of the country so I am sure a lot of business know how is passed on from one generation to the next. I was just saying to my bro the other day, how I noticed a lot of people from the south and east of the country have more opportunities to hustle for themselves through commodities.

That's how it has been for a long time, esp with Kasai when it comes to diamonds, generational wealth though isn't set up with just commoditiy. People have to actually invest back into their community how much of that wealth has gone back to Kasai or any other state. That doesn't improve the situation.

Thats the fact. all state Jobs are in Kinshasa.

Many more in Bas-Congo : ONATRA, SNCC, CILU, CINAT, INGA.

Southern Katangan mining. GECAMINES.

In Kivu?In Kasai? nothing from the state there.

The facts are that in East people don't even care about State jobs. people just want to emply themselves.

I bet you if you gave me $500 in Goma or $1000 in Kinshasa. I will choose $500 and stay in Goma or Bukavu , butembo. Me with $1000 in Kinshasa will be brock within months , whilst i will more than triple my money.

Here is why. Its coast $15-20 for 100 kg of beans in Goma, bukavu even less in Butembo. whilst if i transport that 100kg to Lubumbashi or Kinshasa , i will be able to sell it for $120-140.:)

Purchasing power varies in different part of country. Agriculture made life cheaper. if it doesn't happen that way in Kinshasa, life will continue being harder and more expensive. thus hurting the job creation.

In east, is hustle or die. and yes of course, the business know how, is passed on at an early age.
I think most of the country has an enterperual spirit. Like for example Equatuer may be a backwater but alot of wealthy politician and business heads come from there, hence why it's an opposition stronghold. Kinshasa isn't run with all state jobs business climate in Kinshasa is fierce more competitive than the whole country extremely competitive than Lubumbashi which has a higher standard of living and more resources can be allocated at it's disposal. Purchasing power varies in different part of the country but overall Kinshasa, Bas-Congo and Katanga have the highest this is reflected on how much contribution the states provide the overall national revenue.

I think most of the country has an enterperual spirit. Like for example Equatuer may be a backwater but alot of wealthy politician and business heads come from there, hence why it's an opposition stronghold.

Equateur has lots wealthy politicians that got the money through Mobutu. Thats not a secret. majority of in facts.

I have no dobts that the rest of the country has business spirit. But I cited Kasais, Kivus, Katanga because i know them , seen them. I never been to the western part of the country, so i don't know. There are lots of Katangans and Kasai people in Kivu , thats how i know about them.

Kinshasa isn't run with all state jobs business climate in Kinshasa is fierce more competitive than the whole country extremely competitive than Lubumbashi which has a higher standard of living and more resources can be allocated at it's disposal.

Kinshasa has a very high population and the all major politicians there and including lots of expats.

If the competition was fierce in Kinshasa, prices wouldn't be that high. almost like Luanda prices.

Whilst when you go Est, there are very few of these expats(Lebanese, Pakistanis, Indians,).

When the competition is firece, prices go down, not up. Monopoly is what make prices go in the sky.

Also , there are more demand and less supply , hence the super high prices.

Purchasing power varies in different part of the country but overall Kinshasa, Bas-Congo and Katanga have the highest this is reflected on how much contribution the states provide the overall national revenue.


Kinshasa we all know contribute a lot because of the very high concentration of population, wealthy policians, and expats amongst.

Bas-Congo is commodity , INGAS, ZONGO Dams, CINAT, CILU, Matadi, Boma Ports, and Oil that brings in $300 million/year.

Katanga everyone know , it puts in too much of of Mining giants there.

North-Kivu comes in 4th because of the import Taxes on the border and Colton mining.(which is not even industrial scale , ) now ost of it is being controled by CNPD.

Equateur has lots wealthy politicians that got the money through Mobutu. Thats not a secret. majority of in facts.

I have no dobts that the rest of the country has business spirit. But I cited Kasais, Kivus, Katanga because i know them , seen them. I never been to the western part of the country, so i don't know. There are lots of Katangans and Kasai people in Kivu , thats how i know about them.



Kinshasa has a very high population and the all major politicians there and including lots of expats.

If the competition was fierce in Kinshasa, prices wouldn't be that high. almost like Luanda prices.

Whilst when you go Est, there are very few of these expats(Lebanese, Pakistanis, Indians,).

When the competition is firece, prices go down, not up. Monopoly is what make prices go in the sky.

Also , there are more demand and less supply , hence the super high prices.




Kinshasa we all know contribute a lot because of the very high concentration of population, wealthy policians, and expats amongst.

Bas-Congo is commodity , INGAS, ZONGO Dams, CINAT, CILU, Matadi, Boma Ports, and Oil that brings in $300 million/year.

Katanga everyone know , it puts in too much of of Mining giants there.

North-Kivu comes in 4th because of the import Taxes on the border and Colton mining.(which is not even industrial scale , ) now ost of it is being controled by CNPD.
If we define an entrepreneur as a go-getter then Mobutu is the ultimate entrepreneur!The guy could have been as succesfull in business as he was in politics.It is too hasty to think that any succesful businessman from equateur had links with mobutu.If the lingala language spread so quickly from its very very humble origins it is because it was the language of business par excellence.The geography,the mineral wealth aplays also a big role in harnessing entrepreneurship.Katanga,kasai,kivu have huge quantities of high-priced minerals(diamonds,coltain,.....) that have helped many entrepreneurs from these regions to set themselves up.And the easy connections with countries like tanzania,zambia,uganda,kenya...play also a big role.You will find for example that there plenty well-etablished congoleses in angola who are officially "angoleses".

If we define an entrepreneur as a go-getter then Mobutu is the ultimate entrepreneur!The guy could have been as succesfull in business as he was in politics.It is too hasty to think that any succesful businessman from equateur had links with mobutu.If the lingala language spread so quickly from its very very humble origins it is because it was the language of business par excellence.The geography,the mineral wealth aplays also a big role in harnessing entrepreneurship.Katanga,kasai,kivu have huge quantities of high-priced minerals(diamonds,coltain,.....) that have helped many entrepreneurs from these regions to set themselves up.And the easy connections with countries like tanzania,zambia,uganda,kenya...play also a big role.You will find for example that there plenty well-etablished congoleses in angola who are officially "angoleses".

I didn't say that every Equateur success was due to Mobutu, but Most are due to him. If you look at the big names from Equatuer had visible connection to Mobutu.

Coltain has just been discovered less than 10 years ago. Gold is the one that was being mined for long time. and most of it was under the Zaire's government because Mobutu was terrified that the Mulele Rebels would use it to get weapons and support.

Connection to Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya? These countries are used as Transit. Mombasa, Dar-Es-Saalam ports to import from Dubai and East Asia.

But yes, over in Kivu, the Agriculture played the most important part of the wealth creation. Selling Agriculture produce in Uganda, Kenya , Rwanda and Burundi and Zambia. That's where the market was. Today it remains Rwanda and Burundi thats still imports North and South-Kivu Agriculture produce. Kivu is known for being the bread basket of that region.


Lingala was spread due to businessmen from Equateur? No way. completly reject that.
I would love to see where you got that info. I would like to know what kind of business that was.

Kivu never got dominated in business. Its always the local people that hold things, even Lebanese cannot compete there. Its the Kivu that have also dominated all Oriental province in Business., they supply that province in business.

Lingala was spread because it was the military language,
Also because its the Music Language(of course dominated by those who live in Kinshasa ).

In Business only Kasai people are able to compete in business in all eastern part(as they are gifted in this thing as well.).

I never said that Western people don't have entrepreneurial spirit. I only said about the kivus and Kasai because i don't know about businessmen from western part of the country that are successful in business in the Kivus.

In facts the people from Western part of the country where all in administration. Lots of governors in RVA, OFIDA and head of other agencies were mostly Lingala speakers.

So its Administration ,Army ,Music that spread Lingala around the country.

First of all the spread of lingala predates mobutu and his instrumentalization of lingala as medium of communication in the army.As far as I know,the lingala started as alinga franca for people trading on the river congo before being used by belgians as a way of communicating with the congoleses.Secondly,I think entrepreneurship is matters of circumstances and opportunities.People can change just by changing the environment.I didnt agree with your idea of some people being "naturally gifted" for business coz such an idea makes sense only if all groups have been put and tested in same environment with the same opportunites for a significant amount of time.

First of all the spread of lingala predates mobutu and his instrumentalization of lingala as medium of communication in the army.As far as I know,the lingala started as alinga franca for people trading on the river congo before being used by belgians as a way of communicating with the congoleses.Secondly,I think entrepreneurship is matters of circumstances and opportunities.People can change just by changing the environment.I didnt agree with your idea of some people being "naturally gifted" for business coz such an idea makes sense only if all groups have been put and tested in same environment with the same opportunites for a significant amount of time.

Perhaps it been spread in Western part of the country places like Bas-Congo and Bandundu. because there Lingala has swallowed Kikongo. in Kasai its Tshiluba that still rules while Lingala comes second.

In Province Oriental both Swahili and Lingala are spoken there. I know its the trade that made Province Oriental.

While in Katanga, Maniema , North-South Kivu provinces it all but Swahili. what brought Lingala to these is Military, Music , Administration(during the mobutu era) and of course the eastern people that moved to Kinshasa.

As for business, we just happen to have different views on that. lets just drop that.

You will not run into a katangan that doesn't understand lingala, from Kamina, Kabalo, Kalemie to Pweto people over the age of 15 understand or can converse in lingala.Only older people tend to not understand. It's like you speaking fluent lingala without ever leaving Goma. It's national even Kasai. You can run a whole election in Kasai without understanding a drop of Tshiluba, it's national. Lingala spread with music, the military influence spreading the language was probably through the bars:lol: Some of the great musicians like Grand Kalle are from Kasai. Even Maniema Lingala is a second mother tongue. It's national at the end of it it's also the language of day to day conversation between Kasaian and Katangan:lol: You would assume it's kiluba or tshiluba but that's not the case.:lol: Lingala spread through many ways.

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As far as business goes you have to travel nationally to each province and see the wealth people have built.

DRC: Inflation falls down to 31%

Annualised inflation in Democratic Republic of Congo was 31 percent in the fourth week of February, down from 38.7 percent in mid-February, the central African country's central bank said late on Monday.

Last month, the bank said Congo was on target to bring down inflation to 15 percent by the end of the year.

"We are very happy that inflation is coming down and we think it means we can reach our year-end target of 15 percent," said Jean-Louis Kayembe, director general of the central bank's Monetary Policy Committee.


The rate in the last week of February showed the second consecutive fall in inflation, figures for which the central bank provides fortnightly. - Reuters

DRC: Inflation falls down to 31%

Annualised inflation in Democratic Republic of Congo was 31 percent in the fourth week of February, down from 38.7 percent in mid-February, the central African country's central bank said late on Monday.

Last month, the bank said Congo was on target to bring down inflation to 15 percent by the end of the year.

"We are very happy that inflation is coming down and we think it means we can reach our year-end target of 15 percent," said Jean-Louis Kayembe, director general of the central bank's Monetary Policy Committee.


The rate in the last week of February showed the second consecutive fall in inflation, figures for which the central bank provides fortnightly. - Reuters
31% is too high!I want to know what drives such a high rate of inflation?Imports?low domestic product?

31% is too high!I want to know what drives such a high rate of inflation?Imports?low domestic product?

remember what happenned around the world by the end of 2008? and all 2009?

Other than minerals, that 22,000 berrils of Oil. what else do we produce and export? Nada, nothing. We don't even have a stock exchange market.

Other than Food, electricity. we import everything. hence the higher inflation.

The exchance of the Franc Congolais to the Dollar was 560 FC to $1 in sept 2008 and 2009. it went from there to 950(something like that). Now its going back down because Mineral export has been bouncing back.

This is the reason why must boost our agriculture. especially and go Commercial agrciculture in order to massively produce and export more tp earn extra hard currency. we can no longer depend on subsistence agriculture.

Agriculture of things like Cotton, Corn, Soy bean , Rice, Cocoa, Fruits, Potatoes. should lead the way. imagine if we just use 10 million hectares of commercial agriculture of the things mentioned above.

We can go into growing more than 8%/ year. Only by using agriculture exports.

Then you add Oil , Copper and Colton. we could be growing at more than 10%/year.

What we also have to do is stop importing construction materials.(Cement, glass etc...). I garanty you that inflation will in it single digits and we will have things cheaper and construction will be madness. investors will come in the country like we never seen before.

But in order for all to happen. we will need to quickly build the infrastructures( Interstate Highways, Rail, Electric plants) and the most of them all. Security first.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Heeding the call of the Head of State: The Koreans willing to invest within 5 yards of the Republic


Mr. Joash Mbitso Ngedza, Vice-Minister of Finance, yesterday opened Monday, May 3, 2010 the work of the conference on whether to finance development projects by the Cooperation Fund for Economic Development of South Korea. This follows the last passage of the Head of State, Joseph Kabila Kabange in Korea, where he had appealed to Korean investors to come to the Democratic Republic of Congo. And the chairman of Exim Bank, which came into action the will of No. 1 of the DRC.

In his speech, Vice Minister of Finance noted that economically, the DRC has made efforts in stabilizing the macroeconomic framework and improving the business environment. On the program concluded with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Vice-Minister revealed that his country was moving towards the completion point, which led to the cancellation of its external debt of about 90% by July 2010. "Politically, the institutions resulting from the elections free, democratic and independent are found at both national and provincial levels," he said, while saying that our country is in a very important phase of its reconstruction. And the contribution of bilateral and multilateral partners is therefore eagerly awaited.

The DRC therefore welcomes the Cooperation Fund for Economic Development of South Korea for its willingness to support them with financing major projects likely to contribute to national development. "The Government's concern is to see the Fund fund particular projects within the framework of the 5 sites that are focused on infrastructure rehabilitation, health, education, water and electricity and jobs, "before mentioning that on the creation of jobs, in addition to the promoted areas, funding is expected in agriculture and small and medium enterprises.

Jean-Marie Nkambua

As the head of the group that has been trying to re-open SOSIDER for over three years, you should hear this story from my side.
All of the workers know who I am. They have wanted this partnership to go through for years.
I praise President Kabila for his efforts to get foreign dollars spent on non-mining concessions that will generate jobs and help with the rebuilding of a nation.
I have also had meetings with the Prime Minister who , with an impossible task laid before him, has also been very helpful to do the right thing for the people of the Congo.
When Bongeli was in office, he also looked at this project through the eyes of a man who wanted to help his country. There are many like him still in office that believe in the President’s plan for re-construction. I compliment them!!! I know the temptation to fall into the old ways is strong. This is not about what good can come to any one man(or woman)…it is about change.

Many others have a much different view that does not look out for the best interest of the men and women of Maluku, I can only wonder if anyone knows the truth. If it were not for some putting their own interest ahead of that of the country, the steel mill would have been running over two years ago!
As an investor, had it not been for the letters of encouragement I received from my men in Kinshasa and from ALL of the workers in Maluku(Yes everyone, ....I listen), I would have left your country to its own problems and gone somewhere I didn’t have to fight so hard to help.

Jack Morrison
By the way. Check the dates! The negotiations with COPIREP for the partnership with Global/Sosider were finalized on the 31st of December 2009(It took two years) when they were signed off by representatives from the Office of the Prime Minister…The Office of the Vice Prime Minister. The Office of the Minister of Portfolio. The Office of the Minister of Industry and yes….even NKONDI signed off for SOSIDER.

Though it was a bill owed by the Government, I agreed to pay the workers back-wages myself. I felt it was the only way they would get paid.
And! There are 1,308 housing units(a few of which have been destroyed by the recent rains)

I am an American that has been trying to invest in a project for almost five years. I see the changes in the government and I am VERY thankful. I should have had 10,000 people working two years ago

As the head of the group that has been trying to re-open SOSIDER for over three years, you should hear this story from my side.
All of the workers know who I am. They have wanted this partnership to go through for years.
I praise President Kabila for his efforts to get foreign dollars spent on non-mining concessions that will generate jobs and help with the rebuilding of a nation.
I have also had meetings with the Prime Minister who , with an impossible task laid before him, has also been very helpful to do the right thing for the people of the Congo.
When Bongeli was in office, he also looked at this project through the eyes of a man who wanted to help his country. There are many like him still in office that believe in the President’s plan for re-construction. I compliment them!!! I know the temptation to fall into the old ways is strong. This is not about what good can come to any one man(or woman)…it is about change.

Many others have a much different view that does not look out for the best interest of the men and women of Maluku, I can only wonder if anyone knows the truth. If it were not for some putting their own interest ahead of that of the country, the steel mill would have been running over two years ago!
As an investor, had it not been for the letters of encouragement I received from my men in Kinshasa and from ALL of the workers in Maluku(Yes everyone, ....I listen), I would have left your country to its own problems and gone somewhere I didn’t have to fight so hard to help.

Jack Morrison
By the way. Check the dates! The negotiations with COPIREP for the partnership with Global/Sosider were finalized on the 31st of December 2009(It took two years) when they were signed off by representatives from the Office of the Prime Minister…The Office of the Vice Prime Minister. The Office of the Minister of Portfolio. The Office of the Minister of Industry and yes….even NKONDI signed off for SOSIDER.

Though it was a bill owed by the Government, I agreed to pay the workers back-wages myself. I felt it was the only way they would get paid.
And! There are 1,308 housing units(a few of which have been destroyed by the recent rains)

Heavy bureaucracy and corruption still a major issue in DRC.

What is the status? Will you try to push things to make this happened or at the point of abandoning the project? Please advice.

Mulopwe

I am an American that has been trying to invest in a project for almost five years. I see the changes in the government and I am VERY thankful. I should have had 10,000 people working two years ago

10,000 employees? wow , i had no idea it was that big. All i can say is good luck. because the bureaucracy and corruption in this country are almost close to hell.

Heavy bureaucracy and corruption still a major issue in DRC.

What is the status? Will you try to push things to make this happened or at the point of abandoning the project? Please advice.

Mulopwe

How the hell is he going to abandon it:lol::lol::lol: He going stay their swimming in that bureaucracy. It's an investment he can't afford to lose the reward is to much. Congo is growing.

I have always been a fighter!!

There is too much that needs to be done to quit. This project is too visible too fail. If done properly, it can be the cornerstone that will encourage others to invest in the DRC. There is so much to do!!!

The plant can not support that number of employees. But the plant will need scrap. It will need 150,000 to 200,000MT a year. We will need 1000's of people from all over the country collecting scrap to deliver to collection areas close to them to feed the plant.
For every person you can pay, you can feed, clothe, house and educate nine more.

The plant can not support that number of employees. But the plant will need scrap. It will need 150,000 to 200,000MT a year. We will need 1000's of people from all over the country collecting scrap to deliver to collection areas close to them to feed the plant.
For every person you can pay, you can feed, clothe, house and educate nine more.

Thanks for your info , i hope its successesful , there definately need for such industry in a such a city and country.

Such industry helps the environment a lot.

The plant can not support that number of employees. But the plant will need scrap. It will need 150,000 to 200,000MT a year. We will need 1000's of people from all over the country collecting scrap to deliver to collection areas close to them to feed the plant.
For every person you can pay, you can feed, clothe, house and educate nine more.

For long period of time the Maluku plant enjoy absolute monopoly. There are now several small producers using same technique at smaller scale with less production cost all over Kinshasa; this could be the reason there is delay.

Mulopwe

Re-opening the plant in Maluku will have very little effect on the small producers. There will always be a market for the small jobs.

My goal is to provide the volume where large projects in the DRC can buy materials for construction manufactured in the DRC with materials found in the DRC. The overall goal will be to lower prices to make building more affordable.

Had the government worked fast enough, we would have taken over the cement as well.

Next is food. Why does the DRC have to import 25% of it's food. The DRC should be able to export to other countries for a profit.

I am using this forum to get ideas. My thoughts are dehydration to solve the problem of cassava rotting before it reaches the market. Question...will people eat it?

I also want to put in huge pools to raise fish. Aquaculture has been proven to help where food is needed. My guess is talapia. I would love your thoughts.

Hi Jackmorrison123,

have you got a company website we can have a look at? good luck anyway with your projects

As the head of the group that has been trying to re-open SOSIDER for over three years, you should hear this story from my side.
All of the workers know who I am. They have wanted this partnership to go through for years.
I praise President Kabila for his efforts to get foreign dollars spent on non-mining concessions that will generate jobs and help with the rebuilding of a nation.
I have also had meetings with the Prime Minister who , with an impossible task laid before him, has also been very helpful to do the right thing for the people of the Congo.
When Bongeli was in office, he also looked at this project through the eyes of a man who wanted to help his country. There are many like him still in office that believe in the President’s plan for re-construction. I compliment them!!! I know the temptation to fall into the old ways is strong. This is not about what good can come to any one man(or woman)…it is about change.

Many others have a much different view that does not look out for the best interest of the men and women of Maluku, I can only wonder if anyone knows the truth. If it were not for some putting their own interest ahead of that of the country, the steel mill would have been running over two years ago!
As an investor, had it not been for the letters of encouragement I received from my men in Kinshasa and from ALL of the workers in Maluku(Yes everyone, ....I listen), I would have left your country to its own problems and gone somewhere I didn’t have to fight so hard to help.

Jack Morrison
By the way. Check the dates! The negotiations with COPIREP for the partnership with Global/Sosider were finalized on the 31st of December 2009(It took two years) when they were signed off by representatives from the Office of the Prime Minister…The Office of the Vice Prime Minister. The Office of the Minister of Portfolio. The Office of the Minister of Industry and yes….even NKONDI signed off for SOSIDER.

Though it was a bill owed by the Government, I agreed to pay the workers back-wages myself. I felt it was the only way they would get paid.
And! There are 1,308 housing units(a few of which have been destroyed by the recent rains)
Do you have a website to we can visit just in case?Anyway,as a genuine businessman you shouldnt be secretive about your real identity and what you are up to!

I am specious now …… Where is your website? Do not waste our time.


Mulopwe

Thank you for your “comments and questions”.
One says “Good Luck with your projects” which I would think is appropriate under the circumstances. I thank you. I am, however, more intrigued with the other responses…..like…”if I were a real businessman”. I like that one. Or, I shouldn’t be secretive about my real identity or what I am up too.
First, my name is Jack Morrison. As far as being secretive (?), the whole purpose of me writing was just the opposite. I learn from asking questions. I have seen so much useful information from the intelligent conversation and reporting I have seen on this forum. I hope that continues allowing me to broaden my view on subjects that interest me.
I do not have a website, nor do I envision having one in the near future.
My original comments(and why I joined this forum) were to correct an article that affected me directly. If someone is working to help me with my goals, they can take credit for what I am doing. This is not about ego, but, I am offended when people fight against me and then take credit for the good I do when their efforts fail.
This is the last time I will defend my position. This is not about me! I look forward to ideas that can help. I look forward to reading a forum filled with news about the DRC and the thoughts of many of you that can help make the changes that are so needed to help the DRC be what it can be.
From Jack Morrison, Global ITCM

Thank you for your “comments and questions”.
One says “Good Luck with your projects” which I would think is appropriate under the circumstances. I thank you. I am, however, more intrigued with the other responses…..like…”if I were a real businessman”. I like that one. Or, I shouldn’t be secretive about my real identity or what I am up too.
First, my name is Jack Morrison. As far as being secretive (?), the whole purpose of me writing was just the opposite. I learn from asking questions. I have seen so much useful information from the intelligent conversation and reporting I have seen on this forum. I hope that continues allowing me to broaden my view on subjects that interest me.
I do not have a website, nor do I envision having one in the near future.
My original comments(and why I joined this forum) were to correct an article that affected me directly. If someone is working to help me with my goals, they can take credit for what I am doing. This is not about ego, but, I am offended when people fight against me and then take credit for the good I do when their efforts fail.This is the last time I will defend my position. This is not about me! I look forward to ideas that can help. I look forward to reading a forum filled with news about the DRC and the thoughts of many of you that can help make the changes that are so needed to help the DRC be what it can be.
From Jack Morrison, Global ITCM

Mr. We live in the Computer age. Anyone can say anthing on the computer. Your American you know better.

No one have bad ills against your project. We all would love seeing it succeed.

However due to facts that we don't know you, all they ask if some informations to make you claim credible.

How do you expect people to give you the benefit of the doubt when you can't prove to have a Website that has your company's info/References?

People here feel they are waisting their time on something that has no grownds.

Personally i see nothing agressive against you, all they did is ask your Website to give you the benefit of the doubt and perhaps engage in Idea exchange.

Thank you for your “comments and questions”.
One says “Good Luck with your projects” which I would think is appropriate under the circumstances. I thank you. I am, however, more intrigued with the other responses…..like…”if I were a real businessman”. I like that one. Or, I shouldn’t be secretive about my real identity or what I am up too.
First, my name is Jack Morrison. As far as being secretive (?), the whole purpose of me writing was just the opposite. I learn from asking questions. I have seen so much useful information from the intelligent conversation and reporting I have seen on this forum. I hope that continues allowing me to broaden my view on subjects that interest me.
I do not have a website, nor do I envision having one in the near future.
My original comments(and why I joined this forum) were to correct an article that affected me directly. If someone is working to help me with my goals, they can take credit for what I am doing. This is not about ego, but, I am offended when people fight against me and then take credit for the good I do when their efforts fail.
This is the last time I will defend my position. This is not about me! I look forward to ideas that can help. I look forward to reading a forum filled with news about the DRC and the thoughts of many of you that can help make the changes that are so needed to help the DRC be what it can be.
From Jack Morrison, Global ITCM
Anyone would expect a businessman who plans to employ 10,000 people to have a track record of business activities,either in africa or in usa.I assume that you arent a chancer but an experienced businessman who must have had previous ventures in USA.So can you give us an example of things you have been previously involved with?

Congo 2010 Copper Output Seen Hitting 400,000 Tons - Ministry



DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

Congo's 2010 copper output is expected to hit 400,000 metric tons as output rises at several new mining projects, the ministry of mines said Monday.

In a report, the ministry projects that annual copper output will exceed 800, 000 tons by 2012 due to increased production from mines operated by U.S.-based Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), Toronto-listed Katanga Mining Ltd. ( KAT.T) and the state-mining company Gecamines.

Freeport operates Congo's largest copper/cobalt mine Tenke Fungurume, which began commercial production last year. The project is believed to hold the world's largest unexploited copper and cobalt reserves.

Congo last produced more than 400,000 tons of copper in a year in the 1980s before years of political mismanagement and civil war led to the near collapse of the sector.

The ministry said cobalt production is expected to exceed 90,000 tons by 2012 compared with this year's forecast of 30,000 tons. Congo holds at least a third of the global cobalt reserves.

The government projects that by 2012 the mining sector will create up to 50, 000 direct jobs and about 300,000 indirect jobs.

The ministry also forecast significant output increases for other minerals, including gold, diamonds and cassiterite, or tin ores.

Congo produces between 5% and 7% of the global tin output, despite the chaotic nature of the country's tin mining sector in the lawless Kivu provinces.



Read more: http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201005100702dowjonesdjonline000134&title=congo-2010-copper-output-seen-hitting-400000-tons-ministry#ixzz0nX4JmLN7

LOI RELATIVE AUX MARCHES
PUBLICS

http://www.digitalcongo.net/UserFiles/file/PDF_files/2010/Loi_relative_aux_marches_publics.pdf

@Jackmorrison123 why does the DRC import its food when it should be the breadbasket of Africa's Great Lake region if not all of Africa? Transportation is one of the key problems...I have seen tons of rice literally rotting in warehouses in parts of the DRC simply because the growers had no way of getting their harvest to market.

Can Cassava be dried after it has been processed to remove the poison? Isn't chikwanga a version of transportable cassava?

As for pisciculture...if you travel into the interiors you will find that fish farming has been happening in several parts of the country. Bandundu is a key fish farming region and Ngandajika (in the Kasais) was a HUGE fish farming center. I think USAID used fish farms to train demobilized rebels in new skills as part of the DDDR process; Toby Vaughan was the chief of party of this project). Tilapia is one of the main fishes that are stocked by fish farmers in the DRC (and there are some mighty tasty Tilapia dishes to be eaten in the DRC) FAO has a report entitle "National Aquaculture Sector Overview Democratic Republic of the Congo" at http://bit.ly/91OohN that you might find useful.

The World Fish Center has an office in Kinshasa.
Key contact: Mr Simon Mutala
Tel: (+243) 81 756 8724
E-mail: s.mutala@cgiar.org

I agree with everything that Butembo21 wrote. And given that the internet is so accessible and wanting to learn more about the fate of SOSIDER I did a quick search and came across this announcement:

100 millions USD pour relancer la SOSIDER
by Le Climat Tempéréon 3/27/2010
Le Groupe américain Global ITCM vient d’injecter une enveloppe de 100 millions USD pour la relance des activités de la Société sidérurgique de Maluku. L’annonce en a été faite par le représentant de Global ITCM, Jean-Marie Malumba, à l’issue d’une rencontre avec le Premier ministre, Adolphe Muzito.

Il a expliqué à la presse que sa firme avait remportée le marché après soumission de leur offre parmi cinq autres au conseil d’adjudications du gouvernement congolais. Les études de faisabilité pour la relance de la sidérurgie de Maluku sont déjà terminées et les activités devraient redémarrer bientôt, a précisé M. Malumba. La SOSIDER produit notamment des tôles, du fer à béton, des cornets, etc. http://leclimattempere.cd/News/List/Economie


Mr. We live in the Computer age. Anyone can say anthing on the computer. Your American you know better.

No one have bad ills against your project. We all would love seeing it succeed.

However due to facts that we don't know you, all they ask if some informations to make you claim credible.

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Personally i see nothing agressive against you, all they did is ask your Website to give you the benefit of the doubt and perhaps engage in Idea exchange.

Thank you! I have already sent the information to some of my colleagues. I want to add to my files for future projects. Getting SOSIDER back on it's feet will be challenge enough for now.

Thank you! I have already sent the information to some of my colleagues. I want to add to my files for future projects. Getting SOSIDER back on it's feet will be challenge enough for now.

Mr Jack

I never really doubted you as much since you spoke with confidence and I Congratulate and Thank you for what you are doing or what you are about to do.

Please do keep us updated with the latest info and since you are with the company try to snap a couple of pictures to show us the updates.

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Iran, Congo Ink 4 Cooperation Agreements

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Congolese counterpart Alexis Tambwe Mwamba in a meeting here in Tehran last night signed four agreements on mutual cooperation.





The documents included agreements on setting up a joint cooperation commission, economic cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic Republic of Congo, lifting visa requirements for diplomatic and service passports and launching political consultations between the foreign ministries of the two countries.

Mwamba, heading a delegation, arrived in Tehran on Wednesday and held meetings with a number of Iranian officials.

Earlier on Wednesday, the top diplomats of the two countries had held a meeting in which Mottaki had underlined that the two countries' presidents were determined to establish excellent, deep and strategic ties, adding, "Iran is ready to expand comprehensive ties with Congo."

He emphasized the need for identifying the two countries' potentials for mutual cooperation in economic, project implementation, and joint investments.

"Establishment of the joint economic commission, cooperation in mines field, agricultural activities, oil and gas exploration, manufacturing passenger cars and home appliances, setting up irrigation systems, dam construction and erecting cement factories are among the important fields of cooperation as an effort to consolidate bilateral ties," Mottaki added.

Thats going to make us even more evil in the eyes of Washington. more excuses to screw us because of the fake Debts.

DRC and Iran signed similar agreements roughly a year ago, nothing came of it in the end. The main agreement was to establish a tractor factory. click here May 16th, 2009 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=36783572&postcount=446)

Very strange how they announce this around the same time and the same month as they did last year. I posted the first news article May 16th, 2009, MBA posted this one exactly one year later.

Maybe there was pressure from the usual suspects in the background on the government not to pursue a relationship with the islamic republic, or that first report was the start of developing a stronger diplomatic relationship. That still fails to explain the tractor factory story.

maybe the government is doing what they do best, making false promises, who knows.

DRC and Iran signed similar agreements roughly a year ago, nothing came of it in the end. The main agreement was to establish a tractor factory. click here May 16th, 2009 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=36783572&postcount=446)

Very strange how they announce this around the same time and the same month as they did last year. I posted the first news article May 16th, 2009, MBA posted this one exactly one year later.

Maybe there was pressure from the usual suspects in the background on the government not to pursue a relationship with the islamic republic, or that first report was the start of developing a stronger diplomatic relationship. That still fails to explain the tractor factory story.

maybe the government is doing what they do best, making false promises, who knows.

We will be screwed if we have a closer relations with Iran. with this idiot government that bows down to every western pressure, nothing will happen.

Remember Iran with it Nuclear things. If they come to Congo, thats it , they come for Uranium.

Lets see what happens, i am just wondering if it is a coincidence with the timings of the announcements. when it comes to DRC, nothing is ever clear.

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I like this!I am also very fond of oriental spirituality and specially the Zen spirit.We can learn alot from coreans and japaneses coz their traditions are quite similar to ours and more over their spirituality isnt as invasive and destructive as middle-eastern religions(islam,christianity,judaism,etc...)

SRK’s Congo office now fully operational, plans to set up 
Ghana operation advance


SRK Consulting, a firm of scientists and consulting engineers, opened an office in the Democratic Repubic of Congo’s (DRC’s) second city, Lubumbashi, earlier this month, in a bid to tap the opportunities offered 
by the sprawling Central African country’s mining industry.

Lubumbashi is located in the mineral-rich Katanga province.

The new office is headed up by DRC national
Susa Maleba, who told Mining Weekly in Lubumbashi, at the official opening ceremony, that the ultimate aim was for locals to control a significant portion of SRK DRC’s equity.

The Congolese mining sector is undergoing a significant shake-up, with President Joseph Kabila’s government having ordered, in 2007, that all mining rights awarded during the civil war that raged from 1992 to 2006 be reviewed.

Maleba also said that there was increasing international pressure from nonprofit organisations to take into account a potential mining investor’s commitment to the development of local communities.

“This presented a unique opportunity, as very few companies in the DRC included local participation on the scale that SRK proposed from the inception of the company 
in the country. This was in line with SRK’s 
ongoing commitment to adapt to local requirements and sustainable development.”

Senior hydrogeologist Ivann Milenkovic said that, in preparation for the opening of the DRC office, he and Maleba, both French speakers, spread word about the company’s impending presence in the country and managed to generate significant interest within the local mining community.

“Katanga province is a gem in the DRC and offers a lot of potential to mining companies. The DRC office will also service the needs of Zambian mining companies in the neighbouring copper-rich North East province, which is home to Lumwana, currently Africa’s biggest copper mine,” said Milenkovic.

Looking forward, Maleba said that the company would soon become cash positive and start contributing positively to the group.

SRK DRC already employs five people, including a geologist, who previously worked for Metorex and BHP Billiton mines in the country, and two mining engineers.

“The opening of the DRC office is a key 
development for the company, as it proves that there is significant demand for the ser-
vices that it offers outside its traditional geographical areas,” said Maleba.

A representative of the DRC Ministry of Mines for Katanga province echoed Kabila’s call for the people of the DRC to be empowered and to start taking ownership of the future of the country. There were also high expectations for SRK to assist mines in environmental rehabilitation, particularly with regard to the rehabilitation of water, which is of major concern in the DRC, as many rural communities have limited access to clean water.

Meanwhile, SRK’s plans to expand into gold-rich Ghana are progressing well, and chairperson Roger Dixon told Mining Weekly in Lubumbashi that the company had already 
identified a potential country manager for Ghana and was in the process of finalising his appointment.

Ghanaians would eventually own part of the planned office’s shareholding.

“Ghana is important for the company as it opens up Africa north of the DRC. The company has already done significant work in West and North Africa; however, this was always run from South Africa or the UK,” said Dixon.

The company hopes to open SRK Ghana within the next two months.

Dixon said he was optimistic that Zimbabwe would provide the company with yet another 
growth opportunity


http://www.miningweekly.com/article/engineer-holds-high-hopes-for-local-development-in-the-congo-2010-05-21

Du 24 au 25 mai 2010 Kinshasa abrite un forum d’affaires Russo-Congolais.
Vendredi, 21 Mai 2010 07:35

Un forum d’affaires russo-congolais s’ouvre ce lundi 24 mai 2010, à partir de 9 heures, au Salon Congo du Grand Hôtel Kinshasa. L’objectif poursuivi par cette réunion d’affaires bilatérale est de construire le dialogue entre les hommes d’affaires russes et congolais dans les domaines du pétrole, de l’énergie, des transports, des mines, etc.
Kinshasa abritera, du lundi 24 au mardi 25 mai 2010, un forum d’affaires russo-congolais. Le Grand Hôtel Kinshasa servira de cadre à cette réunion d’affaires à laquelle prendront par des hauts représentants de plusieurs sociétés de la Russie et de la République démocratique du Congo.

Ce forum d’affaires bilatéral vise à construire le dialogue entre les opérateurs économiques russes et congolais dans les domaines du pétrole, de l’énergie, des transports, des mines, etc.

D’après un communiqué de l’ambassade de la Fédération de Russie en RDC parvenu hier jeudi 20 mai à la rédaction du journal Le Potentiel, la fin de cette manifestation sera sanctionnée par la signature d’un document final et une conférence de presse. Selon la source, cet événement, le tout premier du genre à Kinshasa, revêt un caractère inédit dans l’histoire des rapports économiques entre les deux pays. Et cela, après le 2ème forum organisé à Moscou en avril 2009.

En effet, après ce premier Forum d’affaires bilatéral organisé à Moscou, la société russe Metropol, avec le concours de la Fédération des entreprises de la RDC (FEC), a été chargée de préparer la réédition du même Business Forum, au cours de ce mois de mai à Kinshasa.

Au courant d’un point de presse tenu le vendredi 15 janvier 2010 à Kinshasa, le chef du département des projets internationaux de la société d’investissement et de finance russe « Metropol » avait déclaré qu’une vingtaine d’entreprises russes avait donné son accord de principe pour prendre part à ce 2ème Forum d’affaires bilatéral .

« Nous aimerions discuter des projets d’investissements concrets avec nos partenaires de la RDC », avait souhaité Oleg Velikoredtchyanin, qui soutient que le succès du Forum devra inciter les Russes à investir en RDC. « Vu sous cet angle, le Forum est appelé à devenir le catalyseur des relations entre les deux pays », avait-il conclu

Rappelons que lors de son récent séjour à Kinshasa, la délégation de Metropol Group of companies qui avait mission de préparer cet événement commercial, n’avait pas manqué d’exprimer son souhait : Réussir le pari avec le concours actif de la Fédération des entreprises du Congo (FEC), et des autorités du pays.

CARTE POSTALE DES ENTREPRISES RUSSES

Parmi les entreprises russes dont les dirigeants participeront au forum d’affaires bilatéral, il est onnoncé la société de commerce extérieure KAMAZ. Fondée en 1969, cette usine (automobile de la Kama) est le plus grand groupe des sociétés d’automobiles en Russie. Elle est un des plus grands producteurs des camions et des moteurs diesel dans le monde. Outre cette entreprise, il y a la société de gestion corporative, groupe « Usines de tracteurs Tchetra ». Il est un des plus grands intégrateurs russes des ressources techniques, technologiques et financières de la construction mécanique en Russie comme à l’étranger.

L’activité du Groupe Machinery et Industrial Group N.V est représentée par 5 branches, à savoir les constructions mécaniques industriels et d’agriculture, la production des pièces de rechange et des composants, les constructions mécaniques ferroviaires et mécaniques spéciaux.

Quant à la Corporation Energomachexport, elle s’est spécialisée notamment dans l’étude de l’équipement principal et appareils auxiliaires pour les centrales électriques et déversoirs. Zaroubegevodstroy est une des rares sociétés immobilières possédant le cycle de fabrication entier qui peut se positionner en même temps en qualité de maître d’œuvre et de concepteur.

Power Machines (machines motrices) est un grand producteur russe et fournisseur des décisions complexes dans le domaine de la construction mécanique énergétique, qui comprennent l’ingénierie, la production, la livraison, le montage, le service et la modernisation de l’équipement pour les stations thermiques, atomiques, hydrauliques et de turbine de gaz.

Fondée en 2001, TMK produit des tuyaux qui sont utilisés, à travers le monde, dans le secteur pétro-gazier, l’industrie chimique, pétrochimique, de construction navale, aéronautique spatiale. Qiwi, une société de participation OE Investments fondé en juillet 2007, est un grand opérateur sur le marché des paiements électroniques. Hermofarm group est spécialisé dans la production de toutes les formes des médicaments, dès plus simples jusqu’à mousseux.


Le Potentiel.

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This guy is awesome:lol: He knows to way to development much more than every congolese...

Hello, I just joined the Skyscrapercity. I’ve been reading DR Congo threads for some time and this seems to be the best source of information at least in English about DRC.

I’ve never been to DRC. I knew almost nothing about DRC couple of years ago. A Congolese Friend of mine kept talking to me about the Country. First I listened politely and ignored the most, but now I am interested. We even founded an Association called Amitié Congo Démocratique-Finlande.

DRC is rich of resources and has vast potential. What I have noticed, the biggest problem of DRC is the lack of funds to finance the needed Infrastructural and Industrial projects.
As Scandinavian I am pro stately owned companies. Norway as one of the richest Countries in the World has massive stately ownership whit in Norwegian Companies.
The Idea I am now presenting is my personal point of view.

Congo has natural resources as Assets. These assets would interest fiat-money investors. However it seems that there are no instruments of doing that, and on the other hand I presume that interest rate of DRC Bonds would be high? DRC doesn’t get cheap loans.
Based on these facts I would try to establish a platform through which even Average Joe could invest some savings in DRC.

State or a Province of DRC could form a Portfolio of Companies which would be partly or mostly stately owned. Companies like Congo Agriculture, Congo Aqua, Congo Paper mill, Congo Sawmill etc…

Then I would launch a trust fund aimed to be sold in US-European Banks for regular investors, to raise the funds needed for the Investments in these Companies. State would participate by Initial Capital, Resources, cheap Energy of Inga Dam, etc.

The reason I believe it would reach interest on the Markets, is the fact that there is nowadays no Safe Harbor for the savings one has. Do you believe in Dollar, Euro, DAX, DOW, NASDAQ in the next 5 year timeframe? Therefore money invested in very transparent project could sound nice. Why not to put the money in real work, like it used to be.
DRC has vast natural resources to ensure that the Money put into the DRC-Fund is somewhat on a Real Basis.

That Kind of Fund would have no Political aspects. It could be a win-win situation.
It would naturally take few years before making any Profit, but the Investments would be made for 5 to 10 Years. Money invested would not be Casino-money. Average Joe would understand the money making process in such fund. It would also be effective way to create Jobs for Congolese?

That kind of Solution would keep the Control in Congolese hands. Back to Basics would be a lucrative Alternative to distribute Assets from Europe and USA?

Environ 150 millions de dollars de la Grande-Bretagne à la RDC pour la prise en charge des secteurs sociaux samedi 22 mai 2010

La RDC va bénéficier de la part de la Grande-Bretagne, d’un programme d’appui, d’environ 150 millions de dollars américaines avec les possibilités d’une augmentation allant jusqu’à 200 millions de dollars, en 2010, pour la prise en charge des secteurs importants de la société.


L’ambassadeur de la Grande-Bretagne en RDC, Neil Wigan, qui l’a déclaré jeudi à l’issue d’une séance de travail avec le ministre du Budget, Jean-Baptiste Ntahwa, a fait savoir qu’ils ont échangé avec le ministre sur l’importance du partenariat entre les deux pays, l’atteinte du point d’achèvement et le processus de contrôle de gestion des finances publiques en RDC ainsi que l’élaboration du programme de gestion desdites finances.

Pour sa part, le ministre du Budget a indiqué qu’ils ont avec son interlocuteur, passé en revue quelques déclencheurs du point d’achèvement, étant donné que son ministère est celui qui renferme un nombre important de ces déclencheurs. Il a également plaidé pour que la Grande-Bretagne renforce son intervention par le biais de son organe de coopération « La GTZ (Coopération technique allemande), dans la mise en œuvre de la loi sur la réforme des marchés publics.

Le ministre Ntahwa a, en outre, sollicité de son interlocuteur l’appui budgétaire auprès de son gouvernement, en faveur du budget 2011, avant de le rassurer de la détermination de la RDC, à observer tous les critères qui vont lui permettre de bénéficier de l’allègement de sa dette. Ce qui contribuera, selon lui, à réorienter les ressources jadis réservées à la dette extérieure vers des secteurs sociaux qui en ont besoin.

ACP/DCI

Signature du protocole d’accord entre la FEC et la Chambre de commerce et d’industrie de la Fédération de Russie .



La Fédération des entreprises du Congo (FEC) et la chambre de commerce et d’industrie de la Fédération de Russie ont procédé à la signature d’un protocole d’accord, ce mardi à Kinshasa dans le but de maintenir et de renforcer la coopération mutuelle de ces deux pays. Dans le communiqué final publié à l’issue du forum tenu du 24 au 25 avril à Kinshasa, la chambre de commerce et d’industrie de la Fédération de Russie ainsi que la FEC s’accordent d’établir et de développer les liens commerciaux entre les communautés d’affaires de ces deux pays en général et de chaque pays en particulier. Pour ce faire, les deux pays s’engagent à promouvoir les relations commerciales et d’investissement entre la Russie et la RDC et s’efforcer constamment d’améliorer la coopération entre les deux organisations, d’assister aussi à l’organisation des missions de commerce et de recherche de marché. Par ailleurs, ce forum auquel ont pris part les hommes d’affaires russes et congolais sous le thème « Russie – RDC : Coopération d’investissements – les nouveaux horizons » fait suite au dialogue entamé entre les représentants de la Russie et les hommes d’affaires congolais, en avril dernier à Moscou, dans le cadre du business-forum « Attraction d’investissements en RDC ». Les participants ont examiné les possibilités d’approfondir la coopération d’affaires russo-congolaise dans les domaines tels que l’énergie, les transports, l’extraction des minerais, des hydrocarbures et les finances. Ils ont salué les intentions de certaines structures russes de commencer des affaires sur le territoire congolais. Ce forum d’affaires a connu la participation des compagnies russes et banques dont parmi eux, Kamaz, la compagnie des équipements énergétiques, la compagnie financière et d’investissements « Metropol, la société par action UK Rosspetssplav », Mining Bank of Congo qui est la première banque congolaise avec des capitaux à 100% russes, la FEC et l’ANAPI (Agence nationale pour la promotion des investissements).

Kinshasa, 26/05/2010 (ACP/MCN, via mediacongo.net)

UE-RDC : des projets de développement de 300 millions d’euros lundi 31 mai 2010

Pas moins de 11 projets ont été lancés le 12 mai dernier. Richard Zink, ambassadeur-chef de la Délégation de l’Union européenne en RDC, s’est réjoui à la signature de la convention de mise en chantier de ces projets d’une valeur globale de plus de 300 millions d’euros.


Les chantiers concernent l’amélioration du climat des affaires et les finances publiques (1er appui budgétaire de 48,62 millions d’euros).

Un grand programme est mis en œuvre pour améliorer les services de santé et l’accès aux médicaments dans les provinces Orientales, les deux Kasaï et le Nord Kivu. L’ambassadeur a constaté que, dès à présent, « le coût des soins et des médicaments a baissé et les conditions d’accueil des patients sont meilleures ».

Quant aux infrastructures routières, plusieurs chantiers sont envisagés ou entamés.

Les Afriques/MCN/DCI

Deux contrats de collaboration entre la RDC et le Japon mercredi 2 juin 2010

Le ministre des infrastructures, travaux publics et reconstruction, Fridolin Kasweshi Musoka a, au nom du gouvernement congolais, signé lors de sa visite du 22 au 29 mai derniers au Japon, deux contrats de collaboration et de financement ayant trait à la formation des infirmiers congolais et à la modernisation des infrastructures.


Le ministre Kasweshi qui a livré cette information dimanche à l’issue de la visite de quelques chantiers dans la ville de Kinshasa a annoncé l’arrivée imminente des hommes d’affaires nippons en vue de la concrétisation desdits contrats.

S’agissant du délai d’exécution des travaux en rapport avec les festivités du cinquantenaire de la RDC, le ministre s’est déclaré satisfait de l’évolution de différents chantiers visites notamment ceux de l’aménagement de l’esplanade du palais du peuple, du prolongement du boulevard triomphal et de l’aménagement et modernisation du boulevard du 30 juin. Il a cependant recommandé l’accélération des travaux de traçage en vue de faciliter la circulation routière au niveau du rond point Socimat. Le matériel acheminé au Bas-Congo évalué à 2.908.170 USD Le ministre des ITPR a, par ailleurs, procédé à la répartition du matériel acquis sur fonds propres par le gouvernement en vue de renforcer l’action de la réhabilitation des infrastructures. Cette répartition tient compte des besoins de chaque province. Ainsi, le matériel d’une valeur de 2.908.170 dollars américains est alloué au Bas-Congo sur un total de 3.971.151 dollars américains prévus. Cependant, le fournisseur promet de transmettre au ministère le calendrier de livraison du matériel restant sur le total prévu pour les pools ouest regroupant les provinces du Bas-Congo, du Bandundu, de l’Equateur, de la Province Orientale, le Kasaï Occidental et la ville de Kinshasa.

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Congo to offer oil blocks on Lake Tanganyika and Lake Kivu
Democratic Republic of Congo will open 10 blocks on Lake Tanganyika and six blocks on Lake Kivu for oil exploration as it attracts interest from foreign energy companies, an energy ministry official said.
The central African country, whose oil sector has been virtually paralysed since the 1970s by decades of corruption and conflict, will open the new offshore properties to bidding in April, Joseph Pili Pili, director of projects in Congo's oil ministry, told on the sidelines of a conference.

"We know Lake Tanganyika has lots of petrol because it is the only one we've got lots of data for -- seismic, magnetic -- the geology has a lot of potential," he said. Foreign firms Chevron, Total, and CNOOC had already expressed interest in the blocks, he said.
"We have to give these (blocks) to a big company because Lake Tanganyika is so deep, at 1,500 metres. It will need a lot of work," he said.

The Lake Kivu blocks, meanwhile, could provide rich reserves of natural gas, he said.
"There are 60 bn cm of gas and each year it produces 350 mm cm," he said. "It is like you are sleeping in your bed and God just produces gas for you."

Interest in Congo's oil potential has risen in recent months after big finds on the Ugandan side of Lake Albert. Oil majors Total and ENI have recently expressed interest in blocks on Congo's side of the lake, and several companies including Tullow are jostling for belated presidential decrees to ratify competing licences.
Despite its potential reserves, Congo barely registers among Africa's oil producers with just 25,000 bpd in output, all from French independent Perenco's operations in the southwest of the country.

Source: http://www.energy-pedia.com / Reuters

La société Ford de retour en RDC après plusieurs années d’absence
Kinshasa, 05/06/2010 / Economie

La société américaine Ford reprend ses activités en RDC après plusieurs années d’absence, à la faveur de l’amélioration du climat des affaires dans le pays et de sa position stratégique en Afrique.

La société américaine Ford reprend ses activités en RDC (République Démocratique du Congo) après plusieurs années d’absence, à la faveur de l’amélioration du climat des affaires dans le pays et de sa position stratégique en Afrique, a dit son directeur des opérations, Michael J. Crowley, à l’issue d’un entretien jeudi avec le Premier ministre Adolphe Muzito, à l’Hôtel du gouvernement.

M. Crowley a profité de l’occasion pour annoncer l’ouverture depuis mercredi d’un garage et des entrepôts de la société Ford à Kinshasa. Il a indiqué que ce retour en Afrique par la RDC est une contribution à la reconstruction de ce pays qui éprouve un besoin énorme en véhicules pour le déplacement des biens et des personnes.

M. François Kayibadi, administrateur-délégué de la société African Motors Company, partenaire de Ford, qui a accompagné le responsables des opérations de la société américaine auprès du Premier ministre, a déclaré pour sa part que le retour de Ford en RDC est accueilli avec joie, dans la mesure où beaucoup de Congolais vont désormais disposer de véhicules sur place tandis que les propriétaires de véhicules pourront facilement obtenir des pièces de rechange.

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Evolution economique de la Rdc Mars-juin 2010

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Projet de construction d’une nouvelle cimenterie à Songololo Version imprimable Suggérer par mail
Matadi, 15/06 (ACP)-. Le gouverneur du Bas-Congo, Simon Mbatshi Batshia, s’est entretenu jeudi dans son cabinet de travail avec un groupe d’investisseurs de la société industrielle Numba ya Akiba (RAMJI), venus lui soumettre un projet de construction d’une nouvelle cimenterie à Songololo, dans le territoire du même nom, district des Cataractes.

Le porte-parole du groupe qui s’est confié à la presse à l’issue de l’entretien, a souligné qu’en attendant le coup d’envoi des travaux de forage du gisement, une équipe de géologues est à pied d’œuvre à Songololo pour évaluer les études de faisabilité de ce projet qui bénéficie de l’appui du gouverneur de province. La date du début des travaux, la capacité de production et la hauteur du financement du projet n’ont pas été révélées à la presse. ACP/Mask./NDOM.

Projet de construction d’une nouvelle cimenterie à Songololo Version imprimable Suggérer par mail
Matadi, 15/06 (ACP)-. Le gouverneur du Bas-Congo, Simon Mbatshi Batshia, s’est entretenu jeudi dans son cabinet de travail avec un groupe d’investisseurs de la société industrielle Numba ya Akiba (RAMJI), venus lui soumettre un projet de construction d’une nouvelle cimenterie à Songololo, dans le territoire du même nom, district des Cataractes.

Le porte-parole du groupe qui s’est confié à la presse à l’issue de l’entretien, a souligné qu’en attendant le coup d’envoi des travaux de forage du gisement, une équipe de géologues est à pied d’œuvre à Songololo pour évaluer les études de faisabilité de ce projet qui bénéficie de l’appui du gouverneur de province. La date du début des travaux, la capacité de production et la hauteur du financement du projet n’ont pas été révélées à la presse. ACP/Mask./NDOM.

RAMJI. Are these investors Indian nationals? If so, one must pray that the whole project doesn’t end up like the “Titanic” mirage in Kinshasa…

RAMJI. Are these investors Indian nationals? If so, one must pray that the whole project doesn’t end up like the “Titanic” mirage in Kinshasa…

Nyumba Ya Akiba SPRL, a local Congolese company......Mustafa Rawji, the CEO. Yes, some Indian that lives in the country.

Good to see local companies participating in the reconstruction effort, that is vital, the way forward.

Une cimenterie sera implantée par une entreprise chinoise à Kimpese

Par Louis-Paul Eyenga Sana

M. Anicet Kazunda Mutangiji, ministre de l’Industrie a reçu hier dans la matinée une forte délégation d’hommes d’affaires chinois conduite par leur partenaire et consultant congolais, Jean Mopotu. Raison de cette audience qui s’est déroulée au cabinet du ministre Anicet Kazunda Mutangiji : l’implantation d’une cimenterie à Kimpese dans la province du Bas-Congo après que l’étude de faisabilité et terminée.

Ces hommes d’affaires chinois qui sont des partenaires d’Africa Union Holding en Chine sont venus discuter avec le ministre de l’Industrie après que le projet, dont le premier financement s’élève à 95 millions de dollars, soit déclaré réalisable et bénéficie de l’appui du gouvernement conformément au programme de cinq chantiers initiés par le chef de l’Etat, Joseph Kabila.

Dans une déclaration faite à la presse à l’issue de cette audience, M Jean Mopotu a dit que « le ministre de l’Industrie leur a donné des assurances du gouvernement de les accompagner dans la réalisation de leur vaste projet qui s’inscrit dans le programme de reconstruction du pays ». Il a ajouté que le gouvernement et principalement le Ministère de l’Industrie leur ont garanti qu’ils les accompagneront dans ce projet qui va donner de l’emploi aux Congolais.

Outre le projet de cimenterie à Kimpese dans le Bas-Congo, ces partenaires chinois ont également évoqué avec le ministre Anicet Kazunda Mutangiji l’évolution du projet de Télédistribution de 33 chaînes, qui a conduit, il y a 3 mois, M Lambert Mende Omalanga, ministre de la Communication et des Médias en Chine. Hormis, le projet de cimenterie de Kimpese, les hommes d’affaires chinois ont parlé de la construction d’une brasserie dans le Bandundu.

A rappeler qu’hier, le ministre de l’Industrie Anicet Kazunda Mutangiji a reçu en audience M Bertin Kanunu, nouveau secrétaire général affecté à ce Ministère après une logue période d’intérim. Ce dernier qui vient du Ministère des Affaires étrangères est venu présenté ses civilités au numéro un du ministère de l’Industrie. Le ministre Anicet Kazunda Mutangiji a invité son collaborateur immédiat à mettre son expertise pour « booster » l’industrie congolaise afin qu’elle puisse reposer sur la croissance et contribuer au développement de la RDC.


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How many cement works are they planning to build in Bas-Congo? Are all these projects really serious? If they should ever materialise it would be a big boost for the reconstruction of the country, for the competition would bring down the price of cement. IF they should ever materialise...

2 are planned, they will be 4 in total if they get built.Bas-Congo already has 2 Factories. CINAT (Cimenterie Nattional) and CILU (Cimenterie de Lukula).

But we have to wait and see. They are just planned, no one can know if they are serious.

But considering the Sino-Congolese deal (They need so much cement for the projects, all projects) and there are so much demand because of all other constructions going on all over the country.

In my opinion, they are more likely to be built because importing is way more costly.


They should also rebuilt the factory in South-Kivu, the 2 in Katanga, and then build the one in Kisangani(this one has been a mistery for the last 3 years), and then build 2 more in the 2 Kasai provinces.

In facts , i think we need to spend $1.5 billion in 5 years for 10 million metric Tonnes of Cement/year.

2 are planned, they will be 4 in total if they get built.Bas-Congo already has 2 Factories. CINAT (Cimenterie Nattional) and CILU (Cimenterie de Lukula).

But we have to wait and see. They are just planned, no one can know if they are serious.

But considering the Sino-Congolese deal (They need so much cement for the projects, all projects) and there are so much demand because of all other constructions going on all over the country.

In my opinion, they are more likely to be built because importing is way more costly.


They should also rebuilt the factory in South-Kivu, the 2 in Katanga, and then build the one in Kisangani(this one has been a mistery for the last 3 years), and then build 2 more in the 2 Kasai provinces.

In facts , i think we need to spend $1.5 billion in 5 years for 10 million metric Tonnes of Cement/year.

With that kind of money, we can be a net exporter of cement, the bas congo area is rich in lime stone and well positioned to also take advantage of the reconstruction efforts of Angola. DRC does not yet need 10 million m/t per year. One of the problems in DRC seems to be raising money for projects, I have seen many good proposals over the years but they have just stayed on paper.

btw, check out what the Sudanese done about cement, all within 2-3 years
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=604688

With that kind of money, we can be a net exporter of cement, the bas congo area is rich in lime stone and well positioned to also take advantage of the reconstruction efforts of Angola. DRC does not yet need 10 million m/t per year. One of the problems in DRC seems to be raising money for projects, I have seen many good proposals over the years but they have just stayed on paper.

btw, check out what the Sudanese done about cement, all within 2-3 years
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=604688

I know we don't need 10 million tons of cement yet. But we are at 3 million as of now and its growing every month. and we don't even produce 500,000 tonnes as we speak. I think we will rich 5 million tonnes in demand in 4-6 years time.

I think we must invest into this industry aggressively like the Sudanese and indeed take advantage of Angola's growths and Congo Brazza's growth as well. If our own demand keeps rising, and Angola is even demanding more than us,. 10 million tonnes, by spending $1.5 billion in just 3-5 years, that's a decent amount that can be made back in even less than 5 years by just exporting to Angola.

The more cement we produce , the better for our economy because it will reduce the price for our own consumers and then it will boost the construction countrywide.

$1.5 billion in 5 years, thats $300 million/ year for 2+ milllion tonnes/year. that is very possible to do and easy.

I know we don't need 10 million tons of cement yet. But we are at 3 million as of now and its growing every month. and we don't even produce 500,000 tonnes as we speak. I think we will rich 5 million tonnes in demand in 4-6 years time.

I think we must invest into this industry aggressively like the Sudanese and indeed take advantage of Angola's growths and Congo Brazza's growth as well. If our own demand keeps rising, and Angola is even demanding more than us,. 10 million tonnes, by spending $1.5 billion in just 3-5 years, that's a decent amount that can be made back in even less than 5 years by just exporting to Angola.

The more cement we produce , the better for our economy because it will reduce the price for our own consumers and then it will boost the construction countrywide.

$1.5 billion in 5 years, thats $300 million/ year for 2+ milllion tonnes/year. that is very possible to do and easy.

I am in support of anything that leads to self sustability. For $1.5B, as long as government officials stay away from it, DRC will get a lot back and like I said become a net exporter, especially to Angola. I find their econmic policies suspect, they should be doing a lot more to build institutions and local industries with the amount of finances coming in from oil but at the same time at least not all is going to waste.

back to DRC, lets wait and see what transpires after the debt relief takes full effect, then the government might be able to raise some external finances because from what I can pin point, this as one of our weak areas - raising finances.

Overall, there are so many things to organise as far as the economy and security that I think it might be too overwhelming for the caliber of people we have running the country, some of the governors seem more comfortable talking to killers than talking to potential investors.

I am in support of anything that leads to self sustability. For $1.5B, as long as government officials stay away from it, DRC will get a lot back and like I said become a net exporter, especially to Angola. I find their econmic policies suspect, they should be doing a lot more to build institutions and local industries with the amount of finances coming in from oil but at the same time at least not all is going to waste.

back to DRC, lets wait and see what transpires after the debt relief takes full effect, then the government might be able to raise some external finances because from what I can pin point, this as one of our weak areas - raising finances.

The $1.5B is a 5 years plan into cement industry alone. Making it $300 Million/year.

Spend $500 Million/ year for Steel and Iron industry.

Whilst in the Agriculture industry should be $1B/year.

$2B /year for InterState highways.

Defense industry $1B /year.

Thats only $4.8 B/year.

Overall, there are so many things to organise as far as the economy and security that I think it might be too overwhelming for the caliber of people we have running the country, some of the governors seem more comfortable talking to killers than talking to potential investors.

Investors are only interested where they can make their money quick and easy.

We don't provide in what attract investors. Security and Infrastructures . If we don't provide these 2 things, we are doomed.

The central government responsible for these things. The Angolans, Ethiopians central governments have been providing these things, thats why Investors go there.

Sounds interesting,
But i think in our case the investors would have to make it a long term project.
After all they say we have more wealth than America and Western Europe combined.
imagine all the opportunities that are there.......

@ Butembo
Concerning the role of the chef coutumier, I agree with you. Customary power in its actual form is becoming more and more incompatible with the running of a modern state, especially in the DRC. Customary law is interfering with positive law in a manner that is detrimental to modern state. Take the land distribution issue. Land that legally belongs to the state (positive law) is being confiscated by the customary chiefs (customary law), making it difficult for the state grant much needed portions of land to potential investors. This is the reason why "Hawkwood Properties" chose to build La Cité du fleuve on the river to avoid time and money consuming legal battles. Other investors who are less creative would just leave the country and go to a place that is investment friendlier.

Sounds interesting,
But i think in our case the investors would have to make it a long term project.
After all they say we have more wealth than America and Western Europe combined.
imagine all the opportunities that are there.......

We don't have more wealth than America or Europe. They do have more than we have. Thats why their countries are better and developed.

Having 100s of 100s of Scientists, Engineers, Physicists , Doctors, Architects , professors etc.. is whats being rich ...

Having what we have and don't know how to use them. its almost worthless. Look at where we are today. it's sad.:(.

True
I would like to me personally to abolish the whole ideology of tribes.
I want to see people in the country reefer to themselves as Congolese.
just like how the chines did, they took the whole tribal ideology out and it helped the country to unite and move forward economically.

BUTEMBO21

that's an impressive list that you have created on how the state should spend its money.
I hope with the debt relief projects will be able to speed up and the state will be able to function properly.

@ Butembo
Concerning the role of the chef coutumier, I agree with you. Customary power in its actual form is becoming more and more incompatible with the running of a modern state, especially in the DRC. Customary law is interfering with positive law in a manner that is detrimental to modern state. Take the land distribution issue. Land that legally belongs to the state (positive law) is being confiscated by the customary chiefs (customary law), making difficult it for the state grant much needed portions of land to potential investors. This is the reason why "Hawkwood Properties" chose to build La Cité du fleuve on the river to avoid time and money consuming legal battles. Other investors who are less creative would just leave the country and go to a place that is investment friendlier.

If i was a Governor, my first thing will be to banish these Customary antiquity thing .The land belongs to the state and its the Constitutional Amandement and it was voted by the people.

We must erase this Customary BS. There will be very less land issues that have been claiming people's lives.


We also must move from the so called Customary Marriage. this thing screws up Women's rights if the husband is dead. the husband family comes and gets everything and the woman automatically becomes miserable dirt poor.

Thats why , when i get married, i'm not doing that stone age Fiancee's prize or however they call it.

Pius and BUTEMBO21
How do you think the state will do economically since we been pardon from the debt relief. and also what changes do you think should be made to speed the reconstruction process?

By the way guys tell me to shut up if am asking to much questions
I know nothing about the states economically and politically this is my way of learning.

This is a serious issue that deserves its own “chantier”. Any modernization effort that is limited to physical infrastructure is doomed to failure; mentality must evolve as well. The state must have the courage to break many taboos that are paralysing the whole society.

This is a serious issue that deserves its own “chantier”. Any modernization effort that is limited to physical infrastructure is doomed to failure; mentality must evolve as well. The state must have the courage to break many taboos that are paralysing the whole society.

You got it. I think "Change of Mentality"; Must be Chantier # 6 :hahaha:

I love that one. Good job man.

Customary law:guns1: must go and never come back.

@ Pius

I agree, in our country we need to change our mentality when it come to development and moving forward. As time passes by things change and also culture and society change.
But we have a lot of these old farts in power and also the young are not motivated to change the way the olds run our society.
the youngs need to change the mentality of the society.

Pius and BUTEMBO21
How do you think the state will do economically since we been pardon from the debt relief. and also what changes do you think should be made to speed the reconstruction process?

By the way guys tell me to shut up if am asking to much questions
I know nothing about the states economically and politically this is my way of learning.



Why should you shut up? We all learn through constructive exchange of views. Concerning the debt pardon and the DRC economic perspective, we need to know that the country is lacking everything, which means everything is a priority. The debt pardon is a welcome decision which will allow the state to have additional yearly $300 million at its disposal but considering the country’s needs, this is just a drop in the ocean. If I had to set government priorities I would proceed as follows:

1. Reinforce state capacity
A weak state that is not able to pay its civil servants and its soldiers cannot function properly. It cannot guaranty justice, its own territorial integrity and sovereignty. In brief, it cannot guaranty its own survival. The DRC public administration is in a very bad shape.

2. Massive investment in physical and social infrastructure
Henry Morton Stanley, the first Western explorer to enter the Congo said: “without railway the Congo is not worth a penny” and he was right. The DRC needs an extensive road, railway and waterway network for its development. Today, there is almost no road or railway interconnection between different provinces, which makes it difficult to move goods and services from one region to another, from production site to the place of consumption. No economic exchange/development is possible under such circumstances.

As for the social infrastructure, the state must invest as a matter of urgency in schools, hospitals building. 40 years of wars and mismanagement have left the country with no adequate health and education systems, which are crucial for human development. The quality of education has dramatically sunk and without qualified human resources it is impossible to reconstruct the country. Moreover, millions of people are dying each year of preventable diseases, among them maybe would-have-been Nobel Prize laureates. The state must allocate funds to alleviate the generalized misery in the country to avoid social upheavals. There is more to say but I stop here.

The education system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is governed by three government ministries: the Ministère de l’Enseignement Primaire, Secondaire et Professionnel (MEPSP), the Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et Universitaire (MESU) and the Ministère des Affaires Sociales (MAS). The educational system in the DRC is similar to that of Belgium. In 2002, there were over 19,000 primary schools serving 160,000 students; and 8,000 secondary schools serving 110,000 students.
However, primary school education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is neither compulsory, free nor universal, and many children are not able to go to school because parents were unable to pay the enrollment fees.[69] Parents are customarily expected to pay teachers' salaries.[69] In 1998, the most recent year for which data are available, the gross primary enrollment rate was 50 percent.[69]
Gross enrollment ratios are based on the number of students formally registered in primary school and therefore do not necessarily reflect actual school attendance.[69] In 2000, 65 percent of children ages 10 to 14 years were attending school.[69] As a result of the 6-year civil war, over 5.2 million children in the country receive no education.[69]


We are not out of the woods just yet ... actually we are still very far from were we need to be ... but as long as we are all participating in moving this train in the right direction , the length of the journey doesn't really matter ...
"The harder the fight , the sweeter the victory "

Lubumbashi: les entreprises publiques au bord de la faillite, les syndicats à la recherche de solution
août 6, 2010

Les entreprises publiques implantées au Katanga ne produisent plus, pour certaines, depuis plus de dix ans. Les syndicats des employés, impayés depuis une centaine des mois, ont dénoncé cette situation devant les députés provinciaux réunis mercredi et jeudi 05 août à Lubumbashi.

Ces sociétés ne produisent plus faute d’investissements. Mais, elles n’ont jamais été liquidées.

Il s’agit notamment de:

Gécamines,
SNCC,
Sodimico,
Sogetel,
Fitisaf de Kalemie,
Congo étain de Manono,
ancien hôtel Karavia,
Kisenge manganèse,
Afridex, etc.
Les travailleurs ploient sous une misère indescriptible en attendant une planche de salut.

La SNCC et la Gécamines doivent chacune plus de quarante mois d’arriérés à leurs personnels, la Cimenkat, la Sogetel et Kisenge manganèse, plus de cent mois.

La Sodimico bat le record, avec un passif de cent vingt mois d’arriérés de salaire.

De leur côté, Fitisaf et Congo étain doivent encore le décompte final à leur personnel respectif.

Qu’il s’agisse d’arriérés de salaire ou de décompte final, les employés de ces différentes entreprises nourrissent toujours d’espoir.

C’est ce qui justifie l’action de leurs syndicats.

L’assemblée provinciale du Katanga a décidé de la création des groupes sociaux de travail, chargés d’étudier ces différents cas.

Ce dossier rebondit alors que le gouvernement central, relèvent les observateurs, a déjà proposé la réforme des entreprises publiques en vue de leur relance.

Du côté de la Gécamines, les agents contestent cette réforme qui prévoit la subdivision de cette entité en trois entreprises.

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One could add to the above list Miba, the Post Office, Onatra, Lac, to name a few. The downfall of these erstwhile top enterprises of the DRC is in itself a symbol of the depth of the current crisis. The only way to save them from total collapse is to inject fresh capital through PRIVATIZATION. Instead of crossing the Rubicon and do what is good for hundreds of thousands of workers and for the nation as a whole, the government prefers to stay put and let the situation deteriorate. And some wonder why frustration among the Congolese is skyrocketing.

One could add to the above list Miba, the Post Office, Onatra, Lac, to name a few. The downfall of these erstwhile top enterprises of the DRC is in itself a symbol of the depth of the current crisis. The only way to save them from total collapse is to inject fresh capital through PRIVATIZATION. Instead of crossing the Rubicon and do what is good for hundreds of thousands of workers and for the nation as a whole, the government prefers to stay put and let the situation deteriorate. And some wonder why frustration among the Congolese is skyrocketing.

Exactly. They are repeating somethings that the great dinosaurs did during the second republic.

However; they have allowed private ownership to exist (something that was not allowed during the second republic).

It will take some time (i will say about 7-10 years ) before we see a real private sector boom. Thats if Infrastructures (Roads, Rail, Power ), and most of the all Security are restored .

You can't boom without Infrastructures and Security. especially in a big country like ours.

Exactly. They are repeating somethings that the great dinosaurs did during the second republic.

However; they have allowed private ownership to exist (something that was not allowed during the second republic).

It will take some time (i will say about 7-10 years ) before we see a real private sector boom. Thats if Infrastructures (Roads, Rail, Power ), and most of the all Security are restored .

You can't boom without Infrastructures and Security. especially in a big country like ours.


I understand the need to build/rehabilitate the infrastructure in order to boost the economy. However, we should be careful not to see all economic setbacks through the lenses of infrastructure. It is not the lack of infrastructure that brought down the above listed enterprises but corruption and mismanagement. Even if the DRC had the best of roads, ports and airports and the best army in the world, all these enterprises would have gone bankrupt anyway, considering the way they were managed.
What would the newly constructed infrastructure be worth if it cannot be maintained due to corruption and mismanagement? We would be back to square one. Do we need infrastructure and security? Yes. But what we need most urgently is good governance because it is the prerequisite of economic prosperity and civil peace and security.

I understand the need to build/rehabilitate the infrastructure in order to boost the economy. However, we should be careful not to see all economic setbacks through the lenses of infrastructure. It is not the lack of infrastructure that brought down the above listed enterprises but corruption and mismanagement. Even if the DRC had the best of roads, ports and airports and the best army in the world, all these enterprises would have gone bankrupt anyway, considering the way they were managed.
[B]What would the newly constructed infrastructure be worth if it cannot be maintained due to corruption and mismanagement? We would be back to square one.Do we need infrastructure and security? Yes. But what we need most urgently is good governance because it is the prerequisite of economic prosperity and civil peace and security.

I agree about what you say of good governance is whats needed.


What i said of security and Infrastructures we both know that only good governance can bring those things.

On the other hand .

Governments don't know how to run business (other than those that Sell weapons ).

It been proven many time before.

We both know that good governance will bring Security and sustainable infrastructures (the rest will follow naturally ).

I never had faith in governments run anything a long time ago. All these state run enterprises will never rise unless they are privatized.

All these state run enterprises will never rise unless they are privatized.

You said it!

I'm already feeling sorry for the big Kinshasa Hospital thats being built. :ohno:

I haven't had the guts to say it loud so far...

This is an article I found in a Kenya newspaper. We were in the top 8 countries that have attracted FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) for the year 2009. The top 8 countries were Angola, Congo, the DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.

It reads as follows:

Uganda and Tanzania are, for the third year in a row, among the top 12 recipients of foreign direct investment in sub saharan Africa, according to the latest United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), World Investment Report.

Investment in Uganda has surged over the past three years from $733 million in 2007 to $799 million last year.

In Tanzania investment has remained steady at between $645 million and $680 million.

The two countries were not affected by the global downturn in foreign investment, as well as commodity price falls — in marked contrast to their neighbours in Kenya.

FDI in Kenya shrank dramatically from $729 million in 2007 to just $96 million in 2008, recovering a little to about $141 million last year.

While the slump resulted mainly from the political unrest in Kenya following the disputed presidential elections of December 2007, it is a reminder of how the country’s economic fortunes are tied to resolving the ongoing political uncertainties.

Only eight countries — Angola, Congo, the DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia — received higher levels of FDI than Uganda in 2009 as total FDI on the continent grew from just three per cent in 2007 to 5.3 per cent in 2009.

Unctad says that the global economic recovery remains fragile, threatened by emerging risks, constraints in public investment and other factors.

It says that for the recovery to remain on track, private investment is crucial for stimulating growth and employment and that FDI has a major role to play.

The World Investment Report 2010 remains optimistic about future prospects saying that after a significant global FDI downturn in 2009, flows worldwide are expected to recover slightly this year, with a stronger recovery in 2011 and 2012.

This year’s Report focuses on climate change, and in particular the role of transnational corporations.

Unctad says that for developing countries, low-carbon foreign investment by TNCs can facilitate the expansion and upgrading of their productive capacities and export competitiveness, while helping their transition to a low-carbon economy.

However, it acknowledges that this investment also carries economic and social risks.

Unctad expects global inflows to reach more than $1.2 trillion this year, rise to $1.3–$1.5 trillion in 2011, and $1.6–$2 trillion in 2012.

However, it adds that these FDI prospects are fraught with risks and uncertainties, including the fragility of the global economic recovery.

http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Uganda%20Tanzania%20attract%20most%20foreign%20cash/-/2558/972956/-/d5oouu/-/

^^I wish the author could be more specific and provide some facts and figures. He asserts that in 2009 following almost a decade of uninterrupted growth, FDI flows to Africa fell to $59 billion — a 19 per cent decline compared with 2008, mainly due to reduction in global demand and falling commodity prices, while DRC’s FDI grew. It would be interesting to know in which sector because, logically, if FDI flows to Africa fell 19% due to commodity crisis the DRC would have been the first country to be hurt – and it was badly affected. So, in which sector did FDI flow?

Goma: actions du gouvernement provincial, le taux de réalisation est plutôt faible
Goma 10.08.2010

Paysannes du Nord Kivu

L’atelier sur la vision prospective du gouvernement provincial du Nord-Kivu pour le 2e semestre 2010 et l’exercice 2011 s’est clôturé dimanche 8 août en fin de soirée à Goma. Il ressort de ce forum de deux jours que des budgets élaborés sans tenir compte des moyens mobilisables sont à la base du faible taux de réalisation des actions du gouvernement provincial. Les membres du gouvernement provincial ainsi que les responsables des entités territoriales décentralisées et déconcentrées ont pris part à ces travaux.



Au cours de cet atelier de deux jours, chaque responsable a évalué son action dans les domaines sécuritaire, soci-économique et des investissements.

Selon les participants, certaines actions prévues ne sont pas souvent réalisées à la suite des contraintes sécuritaires et financières. A Cela, le gouverneur recommande désormais une planification réaliste pour arriver à un taux de réalisation satisfaisant. Julien Paluku explique :

« A travers cet atelier, nous avons tous compris que de fois, nous élaborons nos budgets sans tenir compte de nos moyens réellement mobilisables ; ce qui souvent réduit notre taux d’exécution. Même si nous ne pouvons pas aller à la lune aujourd’hui, au moins nous pouvons commencer à construire nos routes, à labourer nos champs, à donner des semences, à éclairer nos rues, à assainir nos villes et à lutter contre l’impunité. »

Le gouverneur de province a également recommandé à tous les cadres de la province plus de créativité et d’initiative, car, selon lui, il faut parfois sortir des sentiers bâtis pour arriver au développement d’une entité.

Pour l’administrateur du territoire de Beni, cet atelier lui a permis d’avoir des indicateurs de suivi et d’évaluation de ses actions.

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This is the most intelligent decision ever made by this government. I congratulate Sports Minister Claude Nyamugabo for his courageous and rational initiative. I hope Portfolio Minister Jeannine Mabunda will follow suit and privatize or liquidate all moribund state-owned companies. This should apply also to state’s real estate assets. The state must divest itself of management tasks; it should instead focus on collecting taxes and paying decent salaries to its civil servants. That is the only way to reinforce state capacity.

This is the most intelligent decision ever made by this government. I congratulate Sports Minister Claude Nyamugabo for his courageous and rational initiative. I hope Portfolio Minister Jeannine Mabunda will follow suit and privatize or liquidate all moribund state-owned companies. This should apply also to state’s real estate assets. The state must divest itself of management tasks; it should instead focus on collecting taxes and paying decent salaries to its civil servants. That is the only way to reinforce state capacity.

My thinking exactly, especially paying the civil servants. In some developing countries, it would appear that tax is not respected as a great source of revenue. The developed world would choke without the ability to generate revenue from taxes. As an example, in the UK the new coalition government has increased value added tax from 17.5% to 20% on all goods as a way of generating money to cope with the struggling economy.

My thinking exactly, especially paying the civil servants. In some developing countries, it would appear that tax is not respected as a great source of revenue. The developed world would choke without the ability to generate revenue from taxes. As an example, in the UK the new coalition government has increased value added tax from 17.5% to 20% on all goods as a way of generating money to cope with the struggling economy.


That is the fundamental problem many SSA are facing – a self-inflicted problem. They ignore the fact that taxation – just taxation – is the primary source of revenue for the state. Of the four types of tax assessments (property, customs, income and sales) they often opt for one only, customs, neglecting the other three. They overtax import and export goods (thank goodness the DRC government is coming to its senses in this regard) which hinders economic growth, which in turn reduces state revenue. On the other hand indirect taxation (VAT) is nonexistent. Can you imagine that all Congolese musicians who are earning millions do not declare revenue and are therefore not liable to tax? The same goes for all those who are building luxury houses all over the country. What a loss of income for the state! The success of the reconstruction programme will depend on the fiscal reform the government must initiate.

There are Taxes that needs to be collected by the State , Federal and City governments.

1. Payroll Tax. (The Tax you pay from each paycheck).

2. Income Tax. (Depending on your income, you'll pay once a Year).

3. Property Tax (Onw a Car, House, Building etc...).

4. Profit , Windfall Tax (Comapnies like GECAMINES, MIBA, COHYDRO, make a certain amount of Benefit, they will have to pay a certain amount of money to the State and City governments of their operations and Federal Taxes as well.).

5. Slales Tax (When you buy something like a Car, House, eletronics etc...).

6. There is also Tax paid on things like Parking, Rent, etc...).



We need to classify these Taxes, as wellas CODE name them by the Law VOTED BY THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES.

Let everything be Private.

Except for Education, Healthcare.

Someone has to advise these brothers to go invest in the country coz with what they are spending in Bentleys,Hammers,Ferrari,etc....they can open very profitable businesses back home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_H6KLxNAJs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFNokvS-efk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqU9kR6UotE&feature=related

Firstly we all know investing in Congo it is a nightmare,a bomb clicking. Onasis has the right to spent his money on whatever, if he decide today to buy a Bugati Veyron today instead of investing in Congo Dem, well you know what more right to him. his money,he works his ass for it. I personally know couple of friends that worked for Onasis in the past he is smart, money dont fall from the sky. Going back to investing in Congo have u ever invested in congo? it is a comple fuckingggggggggg nightmare. Let me tell you my friend a bite okk, I work for $20/H 10hours a day in the toughest and worst weather condition u could ever imagine,but for some reasons for the love of Congo I alway put my money back home. Fucking stressful every day I must go online try to dig informations what is going on east Beni,butembe,kasinde and kisangani,calling from west,north to east. Dealing with an useless fucking corrupt government,tax??? from left right bottom crazy fuck. Kisangani to beni or butembo by the time we reach our destination road toll $250 even so we have all the legal papers work, plus show me the road u fixing with the $250.+++ dealing with "affrontements entre FARDC et ADF-Nalu à Eringeti, deux rebelles tués et trois soldats blessés" I was also looking into investing in manufacturing locally cement roof tile instead of importing from Uganda or china. This is just one example now u can see why investor backing off

Firstly we all know investing in Congo it is a nightmare,a bomb clicking. Onasis has the right to spent his money on whatever, if he decide today to buy a Bugati Veyron today instead of investing in Congo Dem, well you know what more right to him. his money,he works his ass for it. I personally know couple of friends that worked for Onasis in the past he is smart, money dont fall from the sky. Going back to investing in Congo have u ever invested in congo? it is a comple fuckingggggggggg nightmare. Let me tell you my friend a bite okk, I work for $20/H 10hours a day in the toughest and worst weather condition u could ever imagine,but for some reasons for the love of Congo I alway put my money back home. Fucking stressful every day I must go online try to dig informations what is going on east Beni,butembe,kasinde and kisangani,calling from west,north to east. Dealing with an useless fucking corrupt government,tax??? from left right bottom crazy fuck. Kisangani to beni or butembo by the time we reach our destination road toll $250 even so we have all the legal papers work, plus show me the road u fixing with the $250.+++ dealing with "affrontements entre FARDC et ADF-Nalu à Eringeti, deux rebelles tués et trois soldats blessés" I was also looking into investing in manufacturing locally cement roof tile instead of importing from Uganda or china. This is just one example now u can see why investor backing off

Indeed, this is the sad reality on the ground, mostly in the northeastern part of the country. Corruption is a major deterrent for investment whereas insecurity hinders investment and trade. But it is corruption that engenders insecurity. Therefore, in order to put an end to the latter one must tackle the former head-on. As far as the DRC is concerned, the only way out of the vicious circle is the realization by the leadership that anti-corruption struggle is a matter of life and death for the country and not a convenient propaganda tool destined to soothe national and international public opinion and fool donor countries and organizations. He who sows the wind, reaps the storm.

Firstly we all know investing in Congo it is a nightmare,a bomb clicking. Onasis has the right to spent his money on whatever, if he decide today to buy a Bugati Veyron today instead of investing in Congo Dem, well you know what more right to him. his money,he works his ass for it. I personally know couple of friends that worked for Onasis in the past he is smart, money dont fall from the sky. Going back to investing in Congo have u ever invested in congo? it is a comple fuckingggggggggg nightmare. Let me tell you my friend a bite okk, I work for $20/H 10hours a day in the toughest and worst weather condition u could ever imagine,but for some reasons for the love of Congo I alway put my money back home. Fucking stressful every day I must go online try to dig informations what is going on east Beni,butembe,kasinde and kisangani,calling from west,north to east. Dealing with an useless fucking corrupt government,tax??? from left right bottom crazy fuck. Kisangani to beni or butembo by the time we reach our destination road toll $250 even so we have all the legal papers work, plus show me the road u fixing with the $250.+++ dealing with "affrontements entre FARDC et ADF-Nalu à Eringeti, deux rebelles tués et trois soldats blessés" I was also looking into investing in manufacturing locally cement roof tile instead of importing from Uganda or china. This is just one example now u can see why investor backing off

Welcome to ssc drc, introduce yourself (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1139569) here comrade.

A lot of this statement rings true and to those of us that have put hard earned monies into DRC for various reasons, the pain and the stories are all the same but who will build the country if we turn our back on her? Perseverance will see us through, the wind is blowing the world power structure to asia so our time will come.

Welcome to ssc drc, introduce yourself (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1139569) here comrade.

A lot of this statement rings true and to those of us that have put hard earned monies into DRC for various reasons, the pain and the stories are all the same but who will build the country if we turn our back on her? Perseverance will see us through, the wind is blowing the world power structure to asia so our time will come.

You're absolutely right. When all is said and done, perseverance remains the best of all possible options. In spite of all the setbacks endured by the people, there is a dynamics of change of mentality that can be observed among the younger generation; a growing awareness that ethically the country has fallen into abyss and the time has come to pull it out of it. There is a good chance that this new mindset translates into deeds in the near future, mostly in the field of governance.

Moreover, turning one's back on investment in the DRC is the worst option because nature abhors a vacuum. If the Congolese refuse to invest in their country, others will fill the gap and reap the benefits. This phenomenon is striking in Kinshasa where even petty trade is controlled by Indian, Pakistani, and recently Chinese immigrants.

You're absolutely right. When all is said and done, perseverance remains the best of all possible options. In spite of all the setbacks endured by the people, there is a dynamics of change of mentality that can be observed among the younger generation; a growing awareness that ethically the country has fallen into abyss and the time has come to pull it out of it. There is a good chance that this new mindset translates into deeds in the near future, mostly in the field of governance.

Moreover, turning one's back on investment in the DRC is the worst option because nature abhors a vacuum. If the Congolese refuse to invest in their country, others will fill the gap and reap the benefits. This phenomenon is striking in Kinshasa where even petty trade is controlled by Indian, Pakistani, and recently Chinese immigrants.

This is one of the things that frustrated me the most last time out in Kin but it also motivates me. This statement does not apply to everyone but what I saw was a population that has been stripped off its confidencem, possibly through decades of hardships, etc.

Can someone please tell me what the Chines have built or work they Been doing with the Big signing???

I don't know if its just me, when we compare Angola and and their contracts with China I can see progress and infrastructure improving in Angola. But in our country I don't see what work the Chinese have done.
Can someone tell me what work they are doing??????

Can someone please tell me what the Chines have built or work they Been doing with the Big signing???

I don't know if its just me, when we compare Angola and and their contracts with China I can see progress and infrastructure improving in Angola. But in our country I don't see what work the Chinese have done.
Can someone tell me what work they are doing??????

Things are changing;there are now a lot of small business own and operate by Congolese ..... specially in retails. Chinese and many foreigners are mainly in wholesale. I think this has do with banking industry which is now for first time in many years able to make credit available to local. Beltexco, Congo Furture and Roff congo all work with Pro-Credit and Rawbank.

Mulopwe

Can someone please tell me what the Chines have built or work they Been doing with the Big signing???

I don't know if its just me, when we compare Angola and and their contracts with China I can see progress and infrastructure improving in Angola. But in our country I don't see what work the Chinese have done.
Can someone tell me what work they are doing??????

Although am not fun of Joka...... a lot of people including myself did under estimate him. Let's give him credit... he has been able to stabilize the economy... now we have record private investors bringing cash for different project .... this is what we need.

Things are not perfect. Slowly .... there is qualitative change.... a lot major infrastructure work is under way in Kinshasa and Mbuji Mayi (these are cities I visited last month)... it may take time but will be done.

Mulopwe

Mulopwe,

Congo and Congolese are better off when doing private business. If only security and infrastructures are provided . Thats all Congolese need.

Can someone please tell me what the Chines have built or work they Been doing with the Big signing???

I don't know if its just me, when we compare Angola and and their contracts with China I can see progress and infrastructure improving in Angola. But in our country I don't see what work the Chinese have done.
Can someone tell me what work they are doing??????

This is a pertinent question. My answer is that they have not done anything of substance so far. The Chinese private (or semi-private) sector has not invested in the Congo, be it in manufacture industry, in real estate, in agriculture or in any other sector. There is a joint venture that has started in the mining sector within the framework of the so-called “Chinese Contracts”. Apart from that there are only Chinese petty traders who are swarming the Congolese market with shoddy goods.

Even the Chinese government has not done anything worth justifying a strategic partnership so far. The only realizations I can think of are the financing of the Bukavu-Kavumu road (30kms) and the construction of the so-called Chinese Hospital in Ndjili/Kinshasa. This is less than meager for a country as big as and as popuplous as the DRC (2,365,000 km² and 60,000,000 + inhabitants). Even in Gambia it would not be enough.

As for the “Chinese Contract”, it is difficult to know what the monies are being earmarked for. Almost all infrastructure works done so far are financed by the World Bank, the EU, Great Britain, Japan, France and the Congolese themselves.

On the other hand, china is importing massively (legally and illegally) cheap raw materials from the Congo.

IN CONCLUSION

So far the so-called win-win Sino-Congolese partnership is benefiting only one party, namely China. The Congolese must be vigilant and not sell off the country to China out of despair. The Chinese are tough customers and they are taking advantage of our weaknesses.

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Pourquoi autant désinformations, c'est n'importe quoi, vous êtes pas le deuxième pays Francophone après la France, c'est complètement faux !!!:ohno:
Le deuxième pays c'est MONACO...

Voici la liste des pays francophone :

La France (Les Iles: La Martinique, La Nouvelle-Calédonie, La Réunion, La Polynesie Française, La Guadeloupe, La Guyane Française, La Mayotte, St Pierre, Saint-Martin )
Le Monaco
La Belgique
Le Luxembourg
Le Canada (Quebec)
L'Algerie
Le Maroc
Le Sénégal
L Bénin
Le Burkina Faso
Le Mali
La Mauritanie
Le Burundi
La Côte d’Ivoire
Le Cambodge
Le Cameroun
Le Niger
Les Comores
Le Congo
Le Ruanda
Le Gabon
Les Seychelles
La Suisse
La Guinée
Le Tahiti
RDC
Le Tchad
Haïti
Le Togo
Le Laos
Le Viêtnam
Le Madagascar

Pourquoi autant désinformations, c'est n'importe quoi, vous êtes pas le deuxième pays Francophone après la France, c'est complètement faux !!!:ohno:
Le deuxième pays c'est MONACO...

Voici la liste des pays francophone :

La France (Les Iles: La Martinique, La Nouvelle-Calédonie, La Réunion, La Polynesie Française, La Guadeloupe, La Guyane Française, La Mayotte, St Pierre, Saint-Martin )
Le Monaco
La Belgique
Le Luxembourg
Le Canada (Quebec)
L'Algerie
Le Maroc
Le Sénégal
L Bénin
Le Burkina Faso
Le Mali
La Mauritanie
Le Burundi
La Côte d’Ivoire
Le Cambodge
Le Cameroun
Le Niger
Les Comores
Le Congo
Le Ruanda
Le Gabon
Les Seychelles
La Suisse
La Guinée
Le Tahiti
RDC
Le Tchad
Haïti
Le Togo
Le Laos
Le Viêtnam
Le Madagascar

Tout dépend des critères utilisés. Pour moi le critère le plus logique afin d'établir un tel classement est le nombre d'habitants. La langue officielle de TOUT les congolais est le français et le nombre de congolais est estimé a 72 millions, le classement est vite fait!!! Bien sûr on peut toujours établir des classements qui nous arrangent en choisissant d'autres critères moins objectifs! Au lieu de crier tout de suite à la désinformation soyez un peu logique: "il y aurait plus de francophones à Monaco qu'en RDC", ce classement me semble plus que ridicule contrairement à la vidéo qui émane d'une organisation publique et officielle!!!

Pourquoi autant désinformations, c'est n'importe quoi, vous êtes pas le deuxième pays Francophone après la France, c'est complètement faux !!!:ohno:
Le deuxième pays c'est MONACO...

Voici la liste des pays francophone :

La France (Les Iles: La Martinique, La Nouvelle-Calédonie, La Réunion, La Polynesie Française, La Guadeloupe, La Guyane Française, La Mayotte, St Pierre, Saint-Martin )
Le Monaco
La Belgique
Le Luxembourg
Le Canada (Quebec)
L'Algerie
Le Maroc
Le Sénégal
L Bénin
Le Burkina Faso
Le Mali
La Mauritanie
Le Burundi
La Côte d’Ivoire
Le Cambodge
Le Cameroun
Le Niger
Les Comores
Le Congo
Le Ruanda
Le Gabon
Les Seychelles
La Suisse
La Guinée
Le Tahiti
RDC
Le Tchad
Haïti
Le Togo
Le Laos
Le Viêtnam
Le Madagascar

Cher Monsieur (ou Madame),
Tout d’abord, permettez-moi de vous souhaiter la bienvenue à ce forum. A en juger par vos premières interventions, il me semble que vous êtes décidé à en découdre avec la République Démocratique du Congo. Rien provenant des intervenants congolais à ce forum ne semble trouver grâce à vos yeux. Vous voilà en train de contester la deuxième place en importance de la RDC après la France dans le monde francophone en préférant, à sa place, Monaco. Loin de moi l’intention de vous tourner en ridicule, je voudrais néanmoins exposer certains faits objectifs qui permettront aux internautes d’établir la vérité.
La superficie de Monaco : 2.02 Km²
La superficie de la RDC : 2.345.349 Km²
La population de Monaco : 30.586 habitants
La population de la RDC : 70.916.439 habitants
PIB de Monaco : 6,581 milliards de $ US (2009)
PIB de la RDC : 21,507 milliards de $ US (2009)
De ce qui précède, pourriez-vous éclairer les internautes pourquoi et en quoi Monaco est le deuxième pays francophone après la France ?
Enfin, croyez-vous qu’en cas d’urgence le monde francophone ferait appel à l’armée monégasque qui compte zéro soldats ou aux FARDC (Forces armées de la RDC) qui en compte 130.000?
Conseil gratuit : Parler pour ne rien dire n’honore pas son homme.

This guy really got to be mad to come up like that. he got to take it easy. Dont feel offended or upset.

By the way, Monaco is not a country per se!

Cher Monsieur (ou Madame),
Tout d’abord, permettez-moi de vous souhaiter la bienvenue à ce forum. A en juger par vos premières interventions, il me semble que vous êtes décidé à en découdre avec la République Démocratique du Congo. Rien provenant des intervenants congolais à ce forum ne semble trouver grâce à vos yeux. Vous voilà en train de contester la deuxième place en importance de la RDC après la France dans le monde francophone en préférant, à sa place, Monaco. Loin de moi l’intention de vous tourner en ridicule, je voudrais néanmoins exposer certains faits objectifs qui permettront aux internautes d’établir la vérité.
La superficie de Monaco : 2.02 Km²
La superficie de la RDC : 2.345.349 Km²
La population de Monaco : 30.586 habitants
La population de la RDC : 70.916.439 habitants
PIB de Monaco : 6,581 milliards de $ US (2009)
PIB de la RDC : 21,507 milliards de $ US (2009)
De ce qui précède, pourriez-vous éclairer les internautes pourquoi et en quoi Monaco est le deuxième pays francophone après la France ?
Enfin, croyez-vous qu’en cas d’urgence le monde francophone ferait appel à l’armée monégasque qui compte zéro soldats ou aux FARDC (Forces armées de la RDC) qui en compte 130.000?
Conseil gratuit : Parler pour ne rien dire n’honore pas son homme.

Ecoutez, je n'ai rien contre le peuple du RDC, seulement je n'aime pas désinformations (méthode de régime de dictateur) ! Vous dite que vous êtes 70, 916 439 habitants, certe mais, excuse-moi, toute la poputations Congolaise ne parlent pas français !!!

Ecoutez, je n'ai rien contre le peuple du RDC, seulement je n'aime pas désinformations (méthode régime de dictateur) ! Vous dite que vous êtes 70, 916 439 habitants, certe mais, excuse-moi, toute la poputations Congolaise ne parlent pas français !!!

Mais plus de 50% parle Francais.

70% de Congolais save ecrire , lire et parle Francais. Alors, 70% de 70 million = ?

Va au bibioteque est tu va voir les nouveaux Livre qui dit que las RDC est 2eme pay francophone . Livre ecrite par la France elle meme.

Mais plus de 50% parle Francais.

70% de Congolais save ecrire , lire et parle Francais. Alors, 70% de 70 million = ?

Va au bibioteque est tu va voir les nouveaux Livre qui dit que las RDC est 2eme pay francophone . Livre ecrite par la France elle meme.

Arrêtez, vous n'allez pas me faire croire que 70% du peuple Congolais parlent et écrivent français... Et vous voulez dire à la bibliothèque ?!!! Pas besoin d'aller à la bibliothèque, pour savoir le pourcentage !!!.. :ohno:

"Aux langues congolaises se superposent le français et l'anglais, deux langues européennes, dont l'une est officielle depuis longtemps: à peine 10 % (env. quatre millions de locuteurs) des Congolais savent le français, contre 1 % pour l'anglais. Cet article 4 est devenu l'article 1er dans la version de février 2006."

Le voici la source de l'information : http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/czaire.htm

Arrêtez, vous n'allez pas me faire croire que 70% du peuple Congolais parlent et écrivent français... Et vous voulez dire à la bibliothèque ?!!! Pas besoin d'aller à la bibliothèque, pour savoir le pourcentage !!!.. :ohno:

"Aux langues congolaises se superposent le français et l'anglais, deux langues européennes, dont l'une est officielle depuis longtemps: à peine 10 % (env. quatre millions de locuteurs) des Congolais savent le français, contre 1 % pour l'anglais. Cet article 4 est devenu l'article 1er dans la version de février 2006."

Le voici la source de l'information : http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/czaire.htm

Vous n’êtes d’accord pas avec le classement de la RDC comme deuxième pays francophone, soit. Mais, dites-moi, pourquoi ne classez-vous pas la Belgique ou le Canada ou la Suisse ou la Côte d’Ivoire comme deuxième pays francophone après la France? Pourquoi seulement Monaco ?
En bref, quels sont vos critères de classement ?

Vous n’êtes d’accord pas avec le classement de la RDC comme deuxième pays francophone, soit. Mais, dites-moi, pourquoi ne classez-vous pas la Belgique ou le Canada ou la Suisse ou la Côte d’Ivoire comme deuxième pays francophone après la France? Pourquoi seulement Monaco ?
En bref, quels sont vos critères de classement ?

D'accord je vous donne raison, et je reconnais mon tort pour ce classement (Monaco en 2ème position), mais je n’accepte pas non plus le classement de la RDC en deuxième position !

D'accord je vous donne raison, et je reconnais mon tort pour ce classement (Monaco en 2ème position), mais je n’accepte pas non plus le classement de la RDC en deuxième position !

Dont acte.

La Chine et la RDC entendent désormais coopérer sans passer par des intermédiaires, révèle l’ambassadeur chinois à Kinshasa
Kinshasa, 04/09/2010 / Politique

Réagissant à l’article du journal Le Potentiel présentant la Rdc comme perdant dans la tripartite de coopération Chine-OCDE-Afrique, l’ambassadeur chinois à Kinshasa indique que Beijing n’envisage pas passer par des intermédiaires dans ses échanges avec Kinshasa

La Chine n’a nullement l’intention de renier ses engagements envers l’Afrique. Elle n’est pas non plus prête à reculer ou à changer d’option. Sa vision pour l’Afrique demeure donc inchangée. Toute initiative censée la détourner de son objectif est vouée à l’échec. C’est l’essentiel de la réaction nous adressée par l’ambassadeur de la Chine en RDC, à notre manchette parue à l’édition du 1er septembre dernier.

En titrant à sa Une du 1er septembre 2010 : « Tripartite Chine-OCDE-Afrique : RDC perdant », Le Potentiel a suscité un débat qui n’a pas laissé indifférente l’ambassade de la Chine en RDC qui a réagi vivement aux conclusions de notre journal. Sans doute, pour recadrer le débat et vider toute forme de polémique sur le sujet.

Pour donner un sceau officiel à sa position, c’est le premier d’entre tous les fonctionnaires de la représentation diplomatique de la Chine en RDC, M. Wu Zexian, ambassadeur plénipotentiaire de la République populaire de Chine en RDC, qui nous a fait parvenir sa réaction. Un seul message y transparaît. La Chine n’entend pas changer d’option.

A la lecture du point de vue exposé par le diplomate chinois, le pays de Mao a tracé sa voie et n’entend pas s’en détourner. Sans détours, Wu Zexian réaffirme sa volonté de coopérer avec l’Afrique et la RDC sans intermédiaire. Ce qui efface toute forme d’équivoque sur le sujet.

Quant à la rencontre prévue, courant septembre à Kinshasa entre la Chine, les pays de l’Ocde et l’Afrique sur les projets d’infrastructures dans le continent noir, Wu Zexian nie l’implication de son pays dans ce forum. « L’Ambassade n’est pas au courant de l’organisation d’une telle rencontre. Il pourrait s’agir d’un colloque organisé par telle ou telle institution internationale comme il en a été le cas dans le passé », précise-t-il.

Par ailleurs, le diplomate chinois affirme que son pays, qui a connu guerre et colonisation, ne s’associera jamais à un pays où une organisation quelconque pour nuire aux intérêts d’un autre pays développé ou en développement comme lui.

Par contre, elle poursuivra sans désemparer sa politique de coopération avec les pays africains en général et avec la RDC sur la base du principe de « respect mutuel, égalité, avantage réciproque, non ingérence dans les affaires intérieures d’un partenaire », quelles que soient les pressions.

C’est donc une méprise de la part de ceux qui ont voulu associer la Chine, l’Afrique et la RDC dans une organisation privée qui aurait dû, si cela était officiel, connaître une large diffusion de part et d’autre de deux gouvernements respectifs.

Etait-ce juste un ballon d’essai pour tester la réaction de l’opinion, aussi bien en Chine qu’en RDC ? Si tel est le cas, les organisateurs de cette rencontre devaient déjà revoir leur calcul. Car, entre le Chine et l’Afrique en général, et La RDC, en particulier, il n’y a plus de domaines réservés qui exigeraient une quelconque intermédiation ou l’autorisation préalable d’une tierce partie. Pour la Chine, le choix a été fait- la stratégie pour y parvenir l’ayant été aussi.

L’époque des rapports triangulaires, où seul l’Occident avait un mot à dire sur l’Afrique, à en croire l’ambassadeur de la Chine en RDC, est donc révolue. La Chine ayant clairement affiché sa position, c’est à l’Afrique, particulièrement à l’intérioriser pour s’en servir dans son ambitieux chantier de la reconstruction.

Ci-dessous, l’intégralité de la réaction de l’ambassadeur de la Chine en RDC.

Réaction de l’ambassadeur de Chine en RDC

Monsieur le rédacteur en chef du Potentiel et cher ami,

J’ai lu à mon grand étonnement un article publié à la première page de votre journal paru le 1er septembre, lequel a mentionné une rencontre tripartite prévue pour ce mois-ci à Kinshasa entre la Chine, l’Afrique et les pays de l’OCDE, et supposée « destinée à sceller le rapprochement entre la Chine et le bloc occidental pour mieux contrôler l’Afrique, et par ricochet la RDC ».

Je souhaite donc donner ma réponse comme ci-dessous :

1) L’Ambassade n’est pas au courant de l’organisation d’une telle rencontre. Il pourrait s’agir d’un colloque organisé par telle ou telle institution internationale comme il en a été le cas dans le passé. Et si c’est effectivement le cas, je voudrais préciser que j’ai déjà eu l’occasion d’assister, à plusieurs reprises, à ce genre de colloque à Kinshasa, au cours desquels je défendais à chaque fois fermement, clairement, et sans la moindre équivoque la coopération sino-congolaise. Il n’a jamais été question de porter préjudice à notre coopération sur laquelle reposent nos intérêts communs. Je ferai exactement la même chose s’il y a une nouvelle occasion.

2) La Chine observe toujours les principes fondamentaux qui guident sa coopération avec ses partenaires, à savoir : respect mutuel, égalité, avantage réciproque, non ingérence dans les affaires intérieures d’un partenaire. Il n’est donc absolument pas question pour la Chine de réaliser ses profits aux dépens des intérêts d’un partenaire, encore moins en s’alignant avec une quelconque partie tierce.

En ce qui concerne sa coopération avec l’Afrique, la Chine saisit toutes les occasions pour faire connaître à la communauté internationale la réalité des choses et pour éviter que certain scepticisme ou certaine réticence déroute l’opinion internationale et africaine.

3) Il ne suffit pas de me lire. Il suffit de chercher la vérité dans les faits qui sont là.

Veuillez agréer, cher monsieur le rédacteur en chef, l’expression de ma haute considération.


Wu Zexian
Ambassadeur de la République populaire de Chine en RDC


Le Potentiel

RELANCE DE L'INDUSTRIE - Nsele préparé pour redonner un nouvel élan à l'économie du pays
Vendredi, 10 Septembre 2010 00:00

La commune périphérique kinoise garde encore les traces d'une industrialisation brusquement stoppée. Des ruines de la Cité du parti en passant par les imposantes usines en arrêt et de grandes fermes dont le gigantesque domaine agropastoral de la Nsele (Daipn), toutes ces grandes infrastructures reprendront bientôt du service grâce à la création d'une zone spéciale économique de quatre cents hectares avec possibilité de l'étendre jusqu'à six cents hectares au maximum. C'est une expérience pilote, a rassuré un expert. Cependant, des projets du genre ont, autrefois, existé sans avoir réellement porté des fruits faute de volonté politique. Tous les paramètres de nature à en assurer la réussite sont réunis, a-t-on constaté sur place. La localisation géographique favorable, non loin du Daipn et d'autres usines de transformation notamment celle de production du lait en sont les preuves. A quelques kilomètres, s'étendent au moins trois ports publics et privés. Et, non loin de là, un autre projet tout aussi important est en train de se concrétiser progressivement. Il s'agit de la Cité du fleuve, la vingt- cinquième commune de Kinshasa, une œuvre unique en République démocratique du Congo, en cours de matérialisation. « Les ingénieurs sont même en avance par rapport aux délais initiaux. On pensait que cela pourrait prendre une forme à partir de deux ans mais, visiblement, Kinshasa aura sa première île aménagée pour accueillir les constructions modernes plus tôt que prévu », a expliqué Auguy Balanda, coordonnateur de la Cellule d'appui au projet des zones économiques spéciales.


A partir du centre ville, la distance est de plus ou moins cinquante-cinq kilomètres pour rejoindre la zone. Juste à l'entrée, au niveau du camp des travailleurs du Daipn, s'est créé un petit marché où sont vendus des produits vivriers. « Imaginez que l'on puisse construire ici un supermarché, que les opérateurs économiques puissent acheter directement auprès des paysans et des fermes. Imaginez une deuxième ville pour Kinshasa, un grand pool de développement. Regardez ce gros poulet, il coûte trois mille francs congolais. Il est facile de s'en procurer au Daipn doté d'un élevage de cent mille poulets. Si les activités industrielles reprennent ici, Kinshasa en ressentira directement les effets », a fait remarquer un expert. Le projet est plus ambitieux qu'on ne le pense car l'on estime déjà nécessaire de construire des hôpitaux et d'autres services sociaux.

Laurent Essolomwa

Les engins achetés par le chef de l’Etat pour le centre et le sud sont arrivés au Katanga

Mise en ligne vendredi 24 septembre 2010


http://nyota.net/engins_24_09_10.jpgMoins d’un mois après sa visite d’évaluation des travaux des 5 chantiers dans les parties sud et centre du pays, le président de la République matérialise sa promesse. En effet, plusieurs engins destinés aux travaux de développement des provinces du Katanga, du Kasaï Oriental, du Kasaï Occidental et du Maniema sont arrivés par le poste frontière de Kasumbalesa au Katanga. Ce premier lot et composé des vidangeurs, des tracteurs, des foreuses, des motos et des Camions. L’événement vaut son pesant que le gouverneur de la province cuprifère par laquelle sont arrivés les engins, a organisé une caravane motorisée de ces matériels en guise de sensibilisation de la population sur la réalisation par Joseph Kabila de sa promesse.

Un engagement inéluctable qui fait fi des conjectures de mauvaises langues enclines à détourner l’énergie nationale de l’effort du développement du pays. Mettant une sourdine sur les propos des détracteurs, le président de la République se concentre sur les actions concrètes qui parlent d’elles-mêmes. Les engins ainsi réceptionnés serviront dans plusieurs domaines, notamment l’assainissement, l’agriculture, les infrastructures routières.

En avant-goût, le gouverneur Moïse Katumbi Chapwe a organisé le mardi 22 septembre une caravane motorisée ayant arpenté les principales artères de la ville de Lubumbashi. Après avoir donné le go avec le démarrage d’un engin, Moïse Katumbi a passé le flambeau à son ministre provincial des Infrastructures, Urbanisme et Transport, Laurent Kahozi pour conduire la caravane.

Celle-ci est allée du dépôt de l’Agetraf sur l’avenue Kiwele, avec un tour à la commune de Ruashi pour sortir par l’avenue Kundelungu. La chaussée de Kasenga a conduit la Caravane au centre ville en passant par les routes Kilobelobe, des Plaines pour se retirer par l’avenue Sendwe. De là, elle a longé l’avenue du Marché pour prendre celle de la Digue dans la commune de Kenya.

Les communes de Katuba et Kamalondo et leurs populations ont aussi vu les engins achetés par le chef de l’Etat Joseph Kabila Kabange pour le développement de la Rdc.

J.M.

RELANCE DE L'INDUSTRIE - Nsele préparé pour redonner un nouvel élan à l'économie du pays
Vendredi, 10 Septembre 2010 00:00

Very encouraging news. However, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Let us see if and when the project will materialize, knowing that it is a government initiative...

Not so good news for the country at this moment. I think we are paying for some of this mismanagement in the mining sector.



Absence de bonne gouvernance et de transparence

Le climat des affaires hypothèque les appuis budgétaires 2011

Par Le Potentiel


La RDC pourrait financer seule son budget 2011 au cas où elle ne montrerait pas patte blanche concernant trois dossiers auxquels le FMI tient comme à ses prunelles. Il s’agit de la résiliation du contrat KMT et d’une firme allemande, de même que l’opacité sur les pas-de-porte chinois. Bref, le climat délétère des affaires pourrait hypothéquer les appuis budgétaires en 2011.

La mission du Fonds monétaire international (FMI) a séjourné à Kinshasa, capitale de la République démocratique du Congo, du 5 jusqu’au 16 septembre 2010 pour évaluer la 2ème revue du programme signé en décembre 2009. Il s’est agi, en fait, de voir si le gouvernement congolais a rempli les termes sur la revue structurelle.

Deux constats ont été dégagés. Du point de vue des critères quantitatifs, «tout est bon», a conclu la mission. Le plafond des avoirs extérieurs nets et le plafond des avoirs intérieurs nets ont été jugés satisfaisants.

Par contre, c’est au niveau des réformes structurelles qu’il se pose des problèmes qui risquent de recaler ladite revue. Quels sont ces problèmes majeurs ?

Le premier, c’est l’affaire KMT/CMD, une firme de droit canadien évoluant dans le secteur minier. Le gouvernement congolais a résilié ce contrat, perdant de vue que la Banque mondiale y était associée à travers la Société financière internationale (SFI). Première bourde. Car, après avoir arraché la concession minière à l’entreprise canadienne KMT/CMD, le gouvernement congolais l’a cédée, de gré à gré, à un autre opérateur. Les clauses du contrat sont demeurées obscures. Curieusement, à son tour, le nouvel «acquéreur» a aussitôt revendu ses droits. «S’il l’on a revendu de sitôt, cela signifie que des bénéfices ont été réalisés », ont vite conclu les experts du FMI. Mais, hélas ! Aucune trace dans les livres du gouvernement ! Rien n’est mentionné dans le rapport officiel de l’Etat. Où seraient donc passées ces recettes, s’est interrogé le FMI.

Le deuxième problème est du même genre. Le gouvernement est accusé d’avoir bloqué le compte d’une ONG allemande, allant jusqu’à contester les titres de propriété sur les immeubles sensés lui appartenir. Or, l’Allemagne figure au nombre des partenaires importants de la RDC. Bousculer ce poids lourd ne pouvait pas laisser le FMI indifférent.

Ce dossier, autant que d’autres, est venu renforcer l’idée selon laquelle l’amélioration du climat des affaires en RDC demeure une gageure. Ce ne serait pas un acquis comme certains officiels le prétendent.

Par ailleurs, la transparence s’est aussi invitée au débat, particulièrement dans les transactions. Ainsi, le paiement des pas-de-porte touchant aux concessions minières s’effectue dans un environnement d’opacité totale. Les contrats chinois font également partie des dossiers ne bénéficiant pas d’une réelle transparence. Les experts du FMI n’auraient pas retrouvé dans les rapports officiels, l’enregistrement de ces opérations relatives aux pas-de-porte chinois.

Les conséquences n’ont pas tardé. Par solidarité à la SFI, la Banque mondiale a suspendu un crédit de 100 millions de dollars américains destinés au soutien du secteur privé en RDC, notamment le projet «Pro-Mines» très attendu par le gouvernement pour la relève de ce secteur. D’où, 180 millions USD en faveur de la RDC ne seront pas décaissés de sitôt.

Ce n’est pas tout. Tous les appuis budgétaires prévus en cette fin d’année ne viendront pas. Il en est de même de tous les projets encore dans les pipelines qui n’en sortiront pas jusqu’à nouvel ordre. Les experts du FMI ont eu des interrogations du genre : «Vous nous demandez de l’argent, mais où part votre propre argent ?».

Il est donc plausible que tant que cette situation ne sera pas tirée au clair, la deuxième revue ne sera pas conclue. De même, le budget de l’Etat pour l’exercice 2011 ne pourrait pas bénéficier de l’appui des Institutions de Bretton Woods.

Avant le point d’achèvement = après le point d’achèvement

Encore une fois, il se pose le problème de bonne gouvernance et de transparence. Toutes les garanties présentées à la Banque mondiale, par la RDC sous la signature du Premier ministre, en réponse d’une correspondance adressée au président de la République sous la forme d’ultimatum, n’auraient pas été respectées. La Banque mondiale qui s’occupe du volet structurel semble avoir mis en branle ses menaces formulées la veille de l’atteinte du point d’achèvement de l’initiative PPTE.

Tous les espoirs nés à la suite de l’effacement de près de 90% de l’ardoise de la dette de la RDC risquent d’être anéantis. Des financements supplémentaires ne seront pas décaissés en faveur de la RDC. Conséquence : le budget de la République sera financé essentiellement par des ressources internes. Ce qui n’est pas une tâche facile quand on connaît la faiblesse de mobilisation des recettes dont fait montre le gouvernement. L’autre corolaire préjudiciable serait de voir s’amenuiser comme peau de chagrin l’assiette fiscale à la suite de l’asphyxie du monde des affaires. Sans une amélioration notable du climat des affaires et une plus grande transparence dans la conclusion des marchés, il serait illusoire pour les Congolais d’espérer un mieux-être significatif après le point d’achèvement. Les mêmes difficultés vont persister voire s’aggraver. Après tant d’efforts, le peuple congolais ne mérite pas pareil traitement. Les responsabilités restent donc à établir.

http://lepotentiel.com/afficher_article.php?id_article=101486&id_edition=5097

^^The above article lays bare the rogue nature of the Congolese state. In spite of the fact that the country is under intense international scrutiny due to instability in the East, the debt relief and many other problems, the Congolese government is still cheating, cooking the books, extorting investors and taking the international community for a ride on virtually all contentious issues. Just imagine what would happen if they were left to their own devices, without control…The situation is getting out of hand because of the absence of leadership. The knowledge that this situation will persist for at least six more years makes one sick.

We are shooting ourselves in the foot. I honestly dont think we will emerge as a strong and powerful economic country with such practices. It hurts to see that we are still not being organized and reconstruction is being done without long-term plan. We just have no ambition, no long-term plan.

We are shooting ourselves in the foot. I honestly dont think we will emerge as a strong and powerful economic country with such practices. It hurts to see that we are still not being organized and reconstruction is being done without long-term plan. We just have no ambition, no long-term plan.

You are right and this is the proof thereof:

Pétrole du Lac Albert, la justice des Iles vierges stoppe l’exploitation des blocs 1 et 2
Kinshasa, 30.09.2010

Dans une décision temporaire prise le 21 septembre 2010, la division commerciale de la Haute cour de Justice des Iles vierges a interdit à Caprikat et Foxwhelp de ne plus s’engager dans l’exploitation des blocs 1 et 2 du Graben Albertine, en Ituri dans la Province Orientale. Les deux entreprises, ont obtenu, en juin 2010, une autorisation du président de la RDC, Joseph Kabila pour exploiter les réserves pétrolières des ces blocs litigieux.

Caprikat et Foxwhelp prévoyaient déjà la production du pétrole en 2011 sur les deux blocs acquis mais toujours querellés.

Tullow Oil qui était dans la course sur les mêmes blocs depuis 2006 avait ainsi porté plainte.

Les ennuis judiciaires ralentiraient les ambitions et planifications de Caprikat et Foxwhelp.

Mais les deux sociétés ont encore la possibilité d’introduire un recours dans les trois prochaines semaines.

En attendant, aucune de leurs filiales ou toute société de droit congolais ou major qui lorgnait dessus ne peut faire quoi que ce soit sur les blocs, estime la justice des Iles vierges.

Toute transaction commerciale ou cession des parts est donc suspendue par cette décision.

Leur concurrente Tullow Oil, considère cette décision comme une première victoire judiciaire.

La britannique n’avait pas obtenu d’ordonnance présidentielle, seul préalable pour être propriétaire d’un bloc pétrolier, selon la loi congolaise.

Elle ne se voit pas non plus perdre ce qu’elle a investi en 5 ans sur ces blocs.

Le gouvernement congolais qui cherche des moyens supplémentaires pour la reconstruction via l’exploitation pétrolière ne pourrait se sentir que mal à l’aise, affirment des observateurs.

Mais pour l’heure, aucune réaction officielle enregistrée côté congolais.

Cette affaire en arbitrage peut aller jusqu’à trois ans.

A court terme, c’est le développement de l’Ituri qui pourrait aussi être hypothéqué.

Les populations de cette région du Nord-ouest de la RDC riche en pétrole attendent n’attendent qu’une chose : voir les retombées concrètes de l’exploitation pétrolière dans leurs milieux.

Copyright Radio Okapi

Congo Premier Proposes $6.7 Billion Budget for 2011; Sees Growth at 6.8%

Congolese Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito proposed a budget of $6.7 billion for 2011 and said the economy is expected to expand 6.8 percent, while inflation is forecast to average 9.9 percent for the year.

Muzito submitted the proposals to parliament today in Kinshasa, the capital, his office said in an e-mailed statement. Three billion dollars of the budget will come from external sources, the statement said.

Higher mineral prices may help Congo’s economy expand 6.1 percent this year, better than the 5.4 percent anticipated at the beginning of the year, Muzito said last month. The Central African nation holds 4 percent of global copper reserves, is among the world’s largest producers of cobalt and industrial diamonds, and is Africa’s largest producer of tin ore, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s website.

The International Monetary Fund said on Sept. 17 that the country’s short-term economic outlook “has significantly improved.” Congo is recovering from more than a decade and a half of conflict that destroyed most of the country’s infrastructure and left its economy in disarray.

The Central Bank of Congo has cut its benchmark interest rate this year by almost 50 percentage points to 22 percent. Annualized inflation was 7.5 percent as of Sept. 26, half the average rate projected for the year by the central bank and down from 45 percent at the end of 2009.

Courtesy of Bloomberg

Africell Holding, a subsidiary of Lintel Holding, has revealed that it is preparing to launch a bidding process with vendors to roll out a mobile network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). SYS-CON Media reports that the move follows the finalisation of additional wireless frequency allocations, with the company saying that it is ready to roll out services with 9MHz of bandwidth in the 1800MHz band plus 4MHz of 900MHz band spectrum. Africell currently operates mobile networks in Gambia and Sierra Leone.

http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=34784&email=html

Belgium now decides to invest in Congo....... Thanks China, competition is a beautiful thing...


A Belgian economic and trade mission composed of over 200 businessmen staying in Wallonia and Brussels in the DRC since Sunday 14 November. The mission is organized by the Governments of the Region Brussels-Capital and Wallonia, the Economic and Commercial Representation of the Regions Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia in the DRC, the Délégation Wallonie-Bruxelles.

The plenary session which took place last Monday at the Hotel Memling has experienced four periods: the word of the Belgian Ambassador Dominique Struyen, the Congolese Minister of Land Affairs Kisimba Ngoy in charge of Land Affairs by the Interim Plan , the Brussels Minister in charge of Economy, Employment, Scientific Research and Foreign Trade Benedict Cerexhe and finally the presentation of companies and organizations that are part of the Belgian economic mission of the Economic Counselor of the Embassy of Belgium Jérôme Roux.

Belgo-Congolese relations are in good shape

The Belgian ambassador said that despite some ups and downs, the Belgian-Congolese relations are rosy. The talks he had held January 24, 2009 with the Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs had clearly defined areas of cooperation: a frank, constructive and permanent, mutual respect for institutions and one another; a spirit of equality and reciprocity in a win-win. Mr. Dominique Struye recalled that bilateral cooperation is based on the political sector, military, industry and finance began, agriculture, health, education, the consular sector, ...

Minister Kisimba Ngoy praised the long-standing relations between Belgium and the DRC. The arrival of a mission in the DRC economy and trade, he said, is the manifestation of the government's willingness to work with the private sector in the context of a win-win cooperation. Thus, the Congolese government is sparing no effort to improve the business climate. To do this, it has established a steering committee which has prepared two roadmaps that contain a detailed process to minimize to operate a business, to get national recognition, the building permit, the liberalization of insurance ... It is with pride that the Minister said that these efforts have brought the country to win 7 seats (the 182nd to 175) in the list of countries that have improved the business climate.

Then came the presentation of Belgian companies and organizations participating in the mission. They are near 70 (corporations, consulting firms, law firms, research institutes, training institutes, ...) which are mainly in three sectors, namely construction, retail trade energy, water and environment, transportation and urban mobility.

Field Trip

After the plenary session, a field visit in the transport and urban mobility has been organized. The representatives of some selected companies have hiked along the river Provincial Minister of Planning and the Transportation Luzolanu Rody Mpika. The walk took them to the shipyard of Chanimétal. They also made a trip by train to the port of Kinshasa's central station.

A Roundtable on Construction

In the course of the afternoon, while talks were ongoing between firms, he held a Round Table managed the construction of which topics were focused on training, standardization, certification and control works. There were Belgian proposals for a revival of the sector before the coordinator Amidou Sere Congolese Ministry of Infrastructure, Construction and Reconstruction not plank on the topic "What funding for construction and infrastructure in the DRC?"

Late afternoon, the Belgian delegation and the provincial executive of Kinshasa had a working session. And in the evening opened the week gourmet Belgian Grand Hotel Kinshasa. On Tuesday, many activities are planned. There is a seminar on fishing, a round table on transport and urban mobility with proposals for a revival of the Belgian rail network Onatra (Matadi-Kinshasa online and online CFU-urban railway) including the presentation a tramway project in Kinshasa and a Round Table on Energy and Water. Meanwhile talks are continuing interentrprises.

I don't think this is their first time coming for an economic mission. If I'm not mistaken they came about 3 years ago and the french came about 2 years ago and we haven't seen any major or interesting investment.

When it comes to this trip, I will wait until something solid happens. No excitement for me. We know the story.

I don't think this is their first time coming for an economic mission. If I'm not mistaken they came about 3 years ago and the french came about 2 years ago and we haven't seen any major or interesting investment.

When it comes to this trip, I will wait until something solid happens. No excitement for me. We know the story.

+1000000.

Nothing is going to be done with this pigheads government.

I know we don't need 10 million tons of cement yet. But we are at 3 million as of now and its growing every month. and we don't even produce 500,000 tonnes as we speak. I think we will rich 5 million tonnes in demand in 4-6 years time.

I think we must invest into this industry aggressively like the Sudanese and indeed take advantage of Angola's growths and Congo Brazza's growth as well. If our own demand keeps rising, and Angola is even demanding more than us,. 10 million tonnes, by spending $1.5 billion in just 3-5 years, that's a decent amount that can be made back in even less than 5 years by just exporting to Angola.

The more cement we produce , the better for our economy because it will reduce the price for our own consumers and then it will boost the construction countrywide.

$1.5 billion in 5 years, thats $300 million/ year for 2+ milllion tonnes/year. that is very possible to do and easy.

Hi Butembo

I thought that Lafarge had bought CINAT? Are these different projects? There was also talk a while back of a Congolese company called Nyumba Ya Akiba building a plant in Bas Congo - do you know anything about that? I must admit, I'm really struggling to keep up with all the developments in the DRC in the sector - which can only be a good thing for the country!

Hi Butembo

I thought that Lafarge had bought CINAT? Are these different projects? There was also talk a while back of a Congolese company called Nyumba Ya Akiba building a plant in Bas Congo - do you know anything about that? I must admit, I'm really struggling to keep up with all the developments in the DRC in the sector - which can only be a good thing for the country!

The reason you are struggling to keep up is because Congolese politicians have masteres the art of manipulation and confusing people that's all! Since a kid, I have seen and even cheered out loud when certain projects were announced, they even hold opening ceremonys to mass applause. In any case, government development projects can be vetoed by the World Bank or IMF any time so even when they want to, hands are tied behind the back.

If you are personally interested in putting your money in DRC, my humble advise would be for you to go there, I have lost a lot trying to get things done remotely. You have to be extremely lucky, especially with the people you are working with if you don't plan to set foot in the country. There is a lot of money to made on once you are on the ground but you will need money to make money, also if you're gonna stay there for a while, a 4X4 is a necessity.

Le ciment importé exempté de toute taxe au Katanga.

Lubumbashi, 01/04 (ACP) – Le ciment importé vient d’être exempté de toute taxe administrative au Katanga pour encourager la reconstruction. Cette nouvelle a été annoncée par M. Moïse katumbi Chapwe, gouverneur de la province du Katanga, au cours d’un conseil provincial des tenu la semaine dernière à Lubumbashi.

L’autorité provinciale a informé les membres du conseil provincial de la volonté du Chef de l’Etat de rendre effectif le développement du pays par la matérialisation des projets. Le matériel et les intrants agricoles importés sont également exemptés de taxes afin de promouvoir les activités agro-pastorales en RDC, a ajouté le gouverneur.

Ces deux mesures bénéfiques sont consécutives à la visite de travail effectuée au Katanga du 04 au 11 mars 2011 par le Premier ministre Adolphe Muzito, rappelle-t-on.


ACP/Mask

This needs to be everywhere, not just 1 province.

And what the hell are we still importing? :bash:


Moron central government.

Rehabilitating Katanga's 3 cement factories and Sud-Kivu's Factory, and expanding CILU so they produce at least 1 million tonnes/year each is dificult?:
If spend $6-700 million in 3 years to raise production to 55 million tonnes is has? :cripes:

This needs to be everywhere, not just 1 province.

And what the hell are we still importing? :bash:


Moron central government.

Rehabilitating Katanga's 3 cement factories and Sud-Kivu's Factory, and expanding CILU so they produce at least 1 million tonnes/year each is dificult?:
If spend $6-700 million in 3 years to raise production to 55 million tonnes is has? :cripes:

True, that is what should be done to ensure national self-sufficiency in cement production. However, the government should not intervene directly; it should rather leave this task to the private sector. It should limit its role to improving the business climate in the country (low taxes, improvement of legal protection of investments, reform of the judiciary, etc.) Calling on the government to intervene in the economic domain is a remedy that is worse than the disease one pretends to cure.

True, that is what should be done to ensure national self-sufficiency in cement production. However, the government should not intervene directly; it should rather leave this task to the private sector. It should limit its role to improving the business climate in the country (low taxes, improvement of legal protection of investments, reform of the judiciary, etc.) Calling on the government to intervene in the economic domain is a remedy that is worse than the disease one pretends to cure.

Puis,

The government needs and should intervene indirectly via loan guaranty to those business who would to get involve.

Fact is that current administration has no vision or carefully coordinated plan for this huge nation period. Sick tired of excuses...

Mulopwe

Puis,
Fact is that current administration has no vision or carefully coordinated plan for this huge nation period.
Mulopwe

Indeed, this has been a major problem for the last four and a half years: some good will on the balance sheet but little competence, vision and probity. In my opinion, this is due to the fact the government formation was based on political rather than on meritocratic criteria. Whoever wins the next presidential election must avoid making the same mistake, if the country is to recover economically.

True, that is what should be done to ensure national self-sufficiency in cement production. However, the government should not intervene directly; it should rather leave this task to the private sector. It should limit its role to improving the business climate in the country (low taxes, improvement of legal protection of investments, reform of the judiciary, etc.) Calling on the government to intervene in the economic domain is a remedy that is worse than the disease one pretends to cure.

It must intervene , directly or indirectly. Me (If i was the government) plan would be direct involvement by putting these factories back in business with production of 5 million tonnes/year n mind. Then sell them to local investors to ensure money stays in the country.

VILLAGE NTONDELE YA INVENTEUR YA MEYAMICIN

D-WnRfRfMSg

Par Lingala facile.

It must intervene , directly or indirectly. Me (If i was the government) plan would be direct involvement by putting these factories back in business with production of 5 million tonnes/year n mind. Then sell them to local investors to ensure money stays in the country.

Well, all these production units used to belong to the state, which mismanaged and ran them down in the first place. Do you realistically believe that the very same state would be able to rehabilitate them and manage them so successfully as to make them attractive to private investors? BTW, all state-owned companies are currently either deep in the red or virtually bankrupt: RVA, ONATRA, MIBA, GECAMINE, RVM, etc. Are cement factories so special as not to suffer the same fate?

INVENTEUR YA DIAZOSTIMUL

mgT-po8orN0

Par Lingalafacile.

Well, all these production units used to belong to the state, which mismanaged and ran them down in the first place. Do you realistically believe that the very same state would be able to rehabilitate them and manage them so successfully as to make them attractive to private investors? BTW, all state-owned companies are currently either deep in the red or virtually bankrupt: RVA, ONATRA, MIBA, GECAMINE, RVM, etc. Are cement factories so special as not to suffer the same fate?

I just said , "IF", I was. We both know this government. but my suggestion was just rehabilitate them, then immediately sell them to local investors.

These guys investing in Phamaceuticals shows what we can do if we had a government.

More often than not, conspiracy theories – pet subject of many Congolese intellectuals - about the “wicked” U.S.A. intent on dismembering the RDC in order to get its hands on Congo's natural resources are disproved by reality. Case in point:

Les Etats-Unis annulent la totalité de la dette de la RDC

Kinshasa, 28.04.2011

L’accord relatif à l’annulation de la totalité de la dette de la RDC vis-à-vis des Etats-Unis d’Amérique a été signé, le mardi 26 avril, à Kinshasa. Cette dette s’élève à environ 1, 823 milliards USD.

Lors de la cérémonie de la signature de cet accord, le ministre congolais des Finances, Matata ponyo, a remercié l’ambassadeur américain en RDC pour cette annulation de la dette.

Il a aussi donné la liste des institutions américaines qui ont prêté à la RDC.

Ainsi, du montant global de cette dette, le pays devait:

* 378 667 000 USD au département américain de l’Agriculture
* 204 816 000 USD à l’Agence des Etats-Unis pour le développement international (USAID)
* 261 064 500 USD au département de la défense
* 979 281 900 USD à la banque américaine d’import export Exim Bank.


Matata Ponyo a affirmé que seule la dette publique de la RDC est concernée par cette annulation. Les dettes commerciales du pays vis-à-vis des Etats-Unis ne sont pas annulées

Radio Okapi

Bonne nouvelle. À combien s'élève le restant de la dette, tout pays confondus, désormais ?

Pénurie des produits pétroliers à l’Est de la Rdc.Kinshasa, 05/05/2011 / Economie


Signalons que l’enveloppe globale à mobiliser pour la mise en œuvre du plan de la relance de la SNCC est évaluée à 591,9 millions de dollars américains.

Les difficultés qu’éprouvent la société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo « SNCC » d’acheminer par voie ferrée les produits pétroliers et autres denrées à leur destination notamment à l’Est, et au Sud de la RDC sont à la base de la pénurie de ces produits dans ces contrées, a confié lundi à l’ACP, un opérateur économique.

Selon la source, le prix du litre d’essence à l’Est du pays a triplé et se vend actuellement à 10.000Fc tandis que d’autres produits qui sont évacués du lieu de production vers les autres de consommation par la voie ferrée de la SNCC se font rares provoquant ainsi la surenchère.

Il a ajouté que le moindre arrêt du trafic ferroviaire dans cette partie du pays constitue un drame entrainant des conséquences immédiates auprès de la population qui se voit dépourvue des denrées de première nécessité, tel le savon, le sel, l’huile, les épices, etc.

La SNCC constitue la clé de voute de la relance de l’économie pour l’Est et le Sud du pays. Son réseau ferroviaire de 3.641 km dont 858km électrifiés, dessert sept provinces de la RDC et est interconnecté à 7 pays de la sous-région ; Zambie, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Afrique du Sud, Angola, Tanzanie et le Mozambique.

Outre le transport ferroviaire, le SNCC gère quatre principaux ports fluviaux et 4 ports lacustres. Son réseau ferroviaire est divisé en 3 entités : la région Nord qui comprend les deux Kasaï, le Sud qui inclut le Katanga et une partie du Maniema et l’Est, plus vaste, qui s’étend du Nord au Sud-Kivu et une partie de la Province Orientale.

Signalons que l’enveloppe globale à mobiliser pour la mise en œuvre du plan de la relance de la SNCC est évaluée à 591,9 millions de dollars américains.

Acp

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Nord Kivu, Sud Kivu, Province Oriental, Maniema . The most affected by the wars are agin on the mercy of this stone age government. Screwed by same government that they voted in. They choose to depend on enemies instead of being self sufficient .

Gas and Cement (On the top of messsup security) are screwing the lives more.

le ciment de nouveau produit localement dans l'est de la RDC

Jeudi 12 Mai 2011 à 13:00:00

La relance de la Cimenterie de Katana, située à proximité de la ville de Bukavu, dans le Sud-Kivu, pourrait contribuer à la baisse de prix du ciment importé négocié à plus de 50 dollars américains.

Plusieurs paramètres font du redémarrage des activités de cette cimenterie un événement de haute portée économique pour les principales villes de l'est, à savoir Kindu, Bukavu et Goma. En effet, elle n'a plus produit un seul sac de ciment ces 20 dernières années. Ensuite, autre fait et non des moindres, la cimenterie couvre une large zone où se concentrent d'importants travaux de reconstruction des infrastructures tant sociales qu'économiques. Concrètement, elle est capable d'alimenter en ciment au moins cinq provinces, en l'occurrence le Sud-Kivu, le Nord-Kivu, le Maniema, la province Orientale et même le nord du Katanga.

Le gouvernement a tenu à initier les travaux de réfection de cette cimenterie afin qu'elle puisse rendre de nouveau service aux populations de l'est en tant que pilier incontournable de l'exécution des 5 chantiers dans cette partie du territoire national. Plusieurs projets s'intéressent notamment aux secteurs sociaux pour doter les provinces de l'est des infrastructures capables de faire face à la pression démographique et aux besoins de développement des économies locales.

L'on cite, par exemple, l'éducation avec les constructions attendues de nouveaux bâtiments de l'enseignement dont les universités, les instituts supérieurs et les centres de recherche. La reprise des activités dans l'est laisse entrevoir une possibilité de faire monter la courbe de l'emploi. Le vent de modernisation va ainsi continuer à souffler dans ces provinces qui ont connu les atrocités de la guerre.

Laurent Essolomwa

Source: http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=49083&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=24&cat_id=&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=0&select_year=0

Very good news for South Kivu and the whole eastern part of the country.

Very good news for South Kivu and the whole eastern part of the country.

I wish they can elaborate. We need to know what is being done exactly. If am not mistaken, Forest Group bought it years ago.

Mulopwe

I wish they can elaborate. We need to know what is being done exactly. If am not mistaken, Forest Group bought it years ago.

Mulopwe

You are right. This looks like a propaganda ploy, an attempt by the author of the article to sell the revival of the Katana cement factory as a result of a government initiative, whereas this production unit belongs to Interlacs, which is a branch of Groupe Forrest International. Last year, they decided to team up with Heidelberg Cement to boost cement production at CILU( Bas-Congo), Kabimba (Katanga) and Katana (Kivu). This is probably the materialization of that deal; the government has nothing to do with it.

They have been calling everything 5 chantiers.

Like Luange and Mponzo bridges, Kisangani-Beni road, Kin-Kikwit Road, Matadi-Kin road etc... Everything is By the government.

Samething they said about Sucrerie de KILIBA (Sud-Kivu). They just showed the news. Bang. the government has brought back the factory :hahaha:

Anyways. We all already know how they do :hahaha:

^^ Even Eclairage public which people Praised Cinq Chantier with was from donated funds by EU :hahaha:



(At least a few people in BK were aware of where the street lights came from)



This whole Cinq Chantier Propaganda is meant to give people an illusion that any investment or project taking place in the country is by the efforts of Kabila and his government. I heard from an excited Kinoi that Kabila is building a 32 storey building in Kinshasa :hahaha: The poor guy was not informed that Rakeen is a private investor :ohno: If "La cite du Fleuve" Materialises under the title Cinq Chantier then clueless people will never doubt the power of "Cinq Chantier"

^^ Even Eclairage public which people Praised Cinq Chantier with was from donated funds by EU :hahaha:



(At least a few people in BK were aware of where the street lights came from)



This whole Cinq Chantier Propaganda is meant to give people an illusion that any investment or project taking place in the country is by the efforts of Kabila and his government. I heard from an excited Kinoi that Kabila is building a 32 storey building in Kinshasa :hahaha: The poor guy was not informed that Rakeen is a private investor :ohno: If "La cite du Fleuve" Materialises under the title Cinq Chantier then clueless people will never doubt the power of "Cinq Chantier"

The 5 works (les 5 chantiers) was originally Joseph Kabila's project of society that he presented to the congolese population.

Joseph Kabila was elected under the program: The 5 Works. Once elected , the government made it its own programme and later that progranne was presented before the national representation at the Assembly who adopted it.

It became known the "les 5 chantiers de la république" and concern not just the head of state JosephKabila and its government (we somtimes confuse the 2 instututions) but every citizen

The 5 works is a framework through which differents progrmmes : private or public or private-public , bilateral or multilateral will take effect.

Every projects (not just government;s) will work inside the 5 chantiers
It is everybody 's business.

. Rakeen was a public-private venture.

Government encourage private investment by creating conditions for them to invest their money.

The fact that there are so many investment, is in the benefit not only to the government bit alos the congolese people. It is the role of the government to attract privae capital.

You are rightup to a certain point by saying there is propaganda but we must also admit that the government has play its part.

In all capiatlist countires, geerally government benefit when theprivate investors come back to invest which we have not seen for a long , long time in DRC

The role of the government is to create favorable condition for invetors private or foreign capital to come and invest.

Cite du Fleuve: event thoughit is a private , private investors had to get approval from the government . It is a sign that the confidence has returned.

There is no illusion, these contructins are real and congolse and kinois have never seen such
great constructin work. Let 's give credit when it is due.

L'ancien grenier de la RDC n'a pas renoncé à sa vocation agricole mais la découverte de minerais très diversifiés dans son sous-sol a fait naître de nouvelles ambitions pour son économie renaissante grâce à la mise en œuvre des projets capables d'aider à l'amélioration des échanges commerciaux.

Depuis les années 1990, l'industrie minière s'est essoufflée avec le départ de la Sominki autrefois versée dans l'exploitation de la cassitérite et d'autres minerais. Les exploitants artisanaux ont alors pris la relève. On leur doit la découverte de nouvelles richesses jusque-là inconnues. Le sous-sol contient une diversité de minerais dont le diamant, l'or, le coltan, le cobalt et même le cuivre.

Malgré l'évacuation des tonnes de minerais à l'actif de l'exploitation artisanale, le retour à celle dite industrielle constitue une vraie réponse aux problèmes de développement de la province. La contrée reste enclavée et sans réelles infrastructures de base. Il faut ainsi y attirer des investissements lourds capables de doper l'économie locale, créer de l'emploi et ouvrir la province au reste du pays et même de la sous-région à travers des réseaux de communication ferroviaire et fluvial.

L'actuelle équipe dirigeante à la tête du Maniema a focalisé ses actions sur la nécessité d'intensifier la circulation des personnes et des marchandises en résorbant le grave déficit en infrastructures routières notamment celles capables d'assurer une meilleure desserte agricole. En outre, le déficit représente aussi un obstacle pour les investisseurs potentiels vu le risque de se heurter au problème d'évacuation des minerais.

Le Maniema, héritier de 53% de la superficie de l'ex-Grand Kivu, doit son sous-développement à son état d'enclavement. Une source provinciale n'a pas exclu aussi la mauvaise redistribution des richesses lors du découpage territorial car les bâtiments officiels, par exemple, sont restés dans l'actuel Sud-Kivu, plus précisément à Bukavu, son chef-lieu. Pour autant, la province est à l'heure des grands travaux. Sa capitale, Kindu, dispose actuellement d'hôtels pour offrir les conditions idéales de séjour aux investisseurs en mission de prospection.

Laurent Essolomwa

Very good news for South Kivu and the whole eastern part of the country.

They need to tell people how much cement will be produced. I doubt that its even 100,000 MT per year.

I doubt this factory will even be enough for Sud and Nord Kivu alone. Let alone the other 3 province. . There are 3 more cement factories in Katanga that must be brought back to life if they want to tackle the deficit and end imports.

They need to tell people how much cement will be produced. I doubt that its even 100,000 MT per year.

I doubt this factory will even be enough for Sud and Nord Kivu alone. Let alone the other 3 province. . There are 3 more cement factories in Katanga that must be brought back to life if they want to tackle the deficit and end imports.

Well, Katana is a very small production unit with only 25,000 MT per year prior to its closure back in the 1980’s. Even if the production were to double or treble it would still be light years away from covering the regional demand. Nevertheless, its revival, along with the construction of another factory near Kisangani, is a good omen for times to come.

Pictures: http://www.3tamis.org/Assets/images/photos/BKV%20images/080725%20Katana%20Cimenterie/index.html

Well, Katana is a very small production unit with only 25,000 MT per year prior to its closure back in the 1980’s. Even if the production were to double or treble it would still be light years away from covering the regional demand. Nevertheless, its revival, along with the construction of another factory near Kisangani, is a good omen for times to come.

Pictures: http://www.3tamis.org/Assets/images/photos/BKV%20images/080725%20Katana%20Cimenterie/index.html

Thanks. Thats not even enough for Bukavu and Goma cities alone. better than nothing.

The 3 factories in Katanga must be revived as well. The one in Kisangani will still not meet the damand.

reviving them whilst doubling or trippling their capacities should be something on the mind if they want Cement to be cheap and help out speed up constructions on the private sector.

If the demand is 3 million MT/year today and we produce less than 500,000 MT/year. We could save billions that will stimulate in the national economy.

Anyways. I think the country needs to be producing at least 7 million MT/year.

I really resent the Central government being the one with these factories.:bash:

le ciment de nouveau produit localement dans l'est de la RDC

Jeudi 12 Mai 2011 à 13:00:00



Source: http://www.brazzaville-adiac.com/index.php?action=depeche&dep_id=49083&oldaction=liste&regpay_id=0&them_id=24&cat_id=&ss_cat_id=0&LISTE_FROM=0&select_month=0&select_year=0



Very good news at last

Very good news at last

Eza kitoko mingi te. Eza mwa ok. Miloko nako mona importation esili, exportation ebandi, nde nako loba , "Sango ya kitoko mingi".

CIMENT : BAISSE SENSIBLE DE LA PRODUCTION A LA CIMENTERIE DE LUBUDI
Le 25 juin, 2010 à 10 h 52 min

De 300 t à 100 t par jour, la production du ciment à la cimenterie de LUBUDI dans la province du Katanga connaît une baisse sensible. Et ce, au moment où la demande de ce produit ne fait que croître suite aux nombreux chantiers érigés dans le pays (routes, ponts, bâtiments…)




Si des raisons profondes n’ont pas été données sur les causes réelles de cette mauvaise production, il n’en demeure pas moins que les industries locales (CINAT, CILU) ne cessent de se plaindre du peu de cas que le gouvernement leur accorde cela notamment dans leurs besoins en capitaux frais pour de nouveaux investissements, principalement pour accroître leur capacité des productions.

Alors que la demande congolaise est estimée à 3 millions de tonnes par an, les industries locales rassemblées ne produisent que 800.000 tonnes par an. Ce qu’est nettement insuffisant.



Des contacts nourris entre le gouvernement et les partenaires chinois sont enregistrés ces derniers jours pour déplacer vers la Province Orientale, le matériel de la nouvelle cimenterie qui sera bâtie dans cette partie du pays. De même que le partenariat Lafarge (31 %) et CINAT pourra finalement produire ses effets après de longues négociations.


http://www.entreprendre.cd/2010/06/ciment-baisse-sensible-de-la-production-a-la-cimenterie-de-lubudi.html

1 year old news. but informative about facts in the industry.


So the country produces only 800,000 MT per year. but demand at 3 million MT per year.

Whilst most factories are out of business, construction has started to boom. But no plans to tackle prices by eliminating deficits.

Something that can easily be done by rehabilitating and expanding existing dead factories.

Contrats minier, pétrolier et forestier : le grand déballage
Par Le Potentiel

Kinshasa, 04.06.2011

La République démocratique du Congo a décidé de briser le mystère sur les contrats signés dans les mines, les hydrocarbures et la forêt. Une façon de répondre à l’un des engagements contenus dans la matrice pour la gouvernance économique convenue récemment avec la Banque mondiale. L’heure est donc à la transparence. Bien que sceptiques, des ONG internationales telles que Global Witness ont réagi positivement à cette annonce. Le gouvernement sera-t-il en mesure de tenir le pari ? L’heure du grand déballage a sonné.

« La République démocratique du Congo deviendrait-elle plus transparente ? C’est du moins ce que tient à proclamer le gouvernement, à quelques mois des élections générales - présidentielle et législatives - prévues en octobre 2011. La preuve, la voici : selon un décret daté du 20 mai, publié sur le site du ministère des Mines, la RDC publiera désormais ses contrats signés dans les secteurs minier, pétrolier et forestier. Chiche ? ».

C’est par cette interrogation, genre métaphore, que le magazine international Jeune Afrique rend compte de la décision prise par le gouvernement, par un décret du 20 mai 2011, de verser dans la place publique tous les contrats miniers, pétroliers et forestiers.

Depuis un temps, la Banque mondiale a gelé une bonne partie de ses opérations en RDC faute de transparence dans le secteur des ressources naturelles. D’intenses négociations ont été alors engagées entre la RDC et des experts de la Banque mondiale, pour se solder finalement sur une matrice pour la gouvernance économique. Le gouvernement avait souscrit à un certain nombre d’engagements, notamment la publication de tous les contrats signés dans les secteurs clés des mines, des hydrocarbures et des forêts. C’était, entre autres, la condition imposée par la Banque mondiale pour réadmettre la RDC dans son système d’aide au développement.

Apparemment, la RDC semble avoir compris la leçon. Selon une information publiée dans le site officiel du ministère des Mines, le gouvernement s’est engagé à publier, par un décret du Premier ministre, tous les contrats miniers, pétroliers et forestiers.

LE REVERS DE LA MEDAILLE

Quand on connaît l’opacité avec laquelle certains d’entre eux – si pas la plupart – ont été signés, il faut dire que le gouvernement est sur la voie de se faire hara-kiri.

Rien ne dit donc, commente-t-on dans certains milieux, que l’annonce du gouvernement sera suivie d’effets réellement positifs.

Des clauses contractuelles secrètes, prédit-on, peuvent être envisagées et les moyens d’évasion fiscale sont si sophistiqués que même un gouvernement, fortement déterminé, a du mal à éradiquer la corruption.

Le gouvernement l’a-t-il alors fait sous pression ? Est-il prêt à aller jusqu’au bout de sa logique ? Brisera-t-il la glace qui entoure encore certains contrats tels que Caprikat et Foxwelp dans le secteur pétrolier ou les contrats chinois dans le secteur minier ? Bien des questions sur lesquelles l’opinion s’interroge.

Toujours est-il que, depuis le 20 mai 2011, la RDC vient de mettre sur la place publique tous les contrats signés dans les secteurs minier, pétrolier et forestier.

Plus de mystère donc sur les contrats signés dans le juteux secteur des ressources naturelles. Au nom de la transparence, le gouvernement a décidé de tout déballer. Tout contrat conclu entre l'Etat congolais ou une entreprise publique et une société nationale ou étrangère pour l'exploration ou l'exploitation des ressources minières, pétrolières ou forestières sera publié dans les soixante jours suivant son entrée vigueur, indique le décret signé par le Premier ministre et les ministres des Mines, de l'Energie et de l'Environnement.

Les contrats seront ainsi publiés au Journal officiel, sur le site Internet des ministères concernés et aussi dans des quotidiens locaux, est-il précisé. La décision est saluée de tous bords. C’est le cas de l’ONG britannique Global Witness qui a longtemps milité dans ce sens.

Dans un communiqué publié hier vendredi depuis son siège de Londres, l’ONG britannique pense que cette décision constitue une initiative positive qui pourrait contribuer à réduire la corruption dans le pays si elle est pleinement appliquée.

L'ONG regrette toutefois la non-publication à ce jour des accords, jugés, selon elle, «opaques» conclus en 2010 dans les secteurs pétrolier et minier avec des entreprises jusque là inconnues. De même que les modifications au contrat mines contre infrastructures signé en 2007 entre Kinshasa et un groupement d'entreprises chinoises ; contrat renégocié par la suite à la baisse en 2009, passant de 9 à 6 milliards de dollars.

LE GRAND DEFI

La RDC vient de se fixer un grand défi. Tout le monde l’attend au tournant pour juger finalement non seulement de sa bonne foi, mais surtout de sa capacité à venir à bout de la grande maffia qui s’est développée autour de ses ressources naturelles, particulièrement dans sa partie Est.

Grand pays, troisième en superficie dans le continent noir, comme la RDC est un exportateur majeur de minerais et sa forêt humide, de par sa taille, est la deuxième au monde. Le pays détient un tiers des réserves mondiales de cobalt et produit 18% des diamants du monde.

Paradoxalement, sa population vit sous le seuil de la pauvreté. Et, le pays se trouve dans le rang des Pays pauvres très endettés (PPTE). C’est dans sa partie Est que le pays vit «la malédiction de la richesse». En effet, la concurrence et la grande razzia autour des minerais, dont l'étain et le tantale (tous les deux largement employés dans le secteur de l'électronique), alimente un conflit de longue date qui a fait à ce jour plus de 5 millions de morts.

Very good news for the business climate in the DRC.

Posco, Samsung, Among S. Korean Companies to Sign Congo Deals

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak led a delegation representing companies including Samsung Corp., Pohang Iron and Steel Co. and the Korean National Oil Corp. in signing seven agreements with Democratic Republic of Congo.

The two countries will cooperate on projects ranging from copper and cobalt mines to oil exploration, water infrastructure and solar energy, Congo’s Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito said at a signing ceremony today with Lee in Kinshasa, the capital, without giving details.

To contact the reporter on this story: Michael J. Kavanagh in Kinshasa at mkavanagh9@bloomberg.net.

Koreans have been signing deals, but nothing has been done.

I heard this deal is as big as Chinese deal not to say bigger...