OPENING OF THE DAVOS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
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JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE, MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ANNOUNCED SEVERAL PANELS TUESDAY JANUARY 20, 2026
The 56th edition of the Modial Economic Forum in Davos, which brings together political leaders, business leaders, bankers, scientists and members of civil society estimated at more or less 3,000, started this Tuesday, January 20, 2026 in Switzerland; objective, debate global issues, identify common solutions, facilitate cooperation and inspire concrete actions.
Speaker in several panels including how Africa can prosper in the new economy and booming south-south cooperation, on the sidelines of this World Economic Forum which deals with several themes including Artificial Intelligence and cryptocurrency, geoeconomic confrontation and energy transition, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, member of the delegation of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo to seal strategic partnerships brought a prospective vision 2030-2040 by reclassifying the concept of south-south cooperation, far from being a second-rate club, it must rather be perceived as a community of solidarity of interests and a lever for co-industrialization
On this occasion, he pleaded for the creation of powerful strategic axes to thus move from supplier of natural resources to technological engine.
The Minister revealed that Africa has 800 billion US dollars lying dormant in pension funds which will allow it to raise funds while also asking the European Union to make funding available for the continent instead of continuing to finance the crisis in Ukraine
Let us point out that the DRC's own action for secure multilateral trade occupies all the front lines at this major annual business meeting.
