FORUM ON CONGO READY FOR INVESTMENT ORGANIZED IN KINSHASA BY THE STARTUP CONGO RIVER CAPITAL
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THE THEME “THE FUTURE OF DRC-USA TRADE” DEVELOPED BY MINISTER JULIEN PALUKU KAHONGYA.
Developing the theme "the future of trade Democratic Republic of Congo-United States of America" during the Forum on Congo ready for investment organized this Wednesday, January 28, 2026 in Kinshasa by the startup Congo River Capital, the Minister of Foreign Trade, on behalf of the Congolese Government, reassured the participants that the agreement signed recently in Washington between the DRC and the United States of America is not a sell-off of minerals Congolese, rather a strategic agreement which now allows American companies to set up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which at the same time constitutes a guarantee for peace, he added.
On this occasion, he gave details on the attributions and skills of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the DRC including the regulation and regulation of trade between the DRC and the rest of the world, the supervision of trade agreements and the control of the quality and conformity of everything that enters and leaves the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Addressing the chapter of the integration of the DRC into international trade and the conquest of markets throughout the world, the Minister of Foreign Trade said that the ratification of the agreement on trade facilitation of the World Trade Organization-WTO today enabled the DRC to launch the total dematerialization of procedures for import, export and transit of goods which reduces costs, delays and administrative hassles, for the benefit of operators economic, called upon to seize the opportunities offered by the American, British and Chinese markets conquered by the Government; because products made in DRC will enter without payment of customs duties, insisted Julien Paluku Kahongya.
Furthermore, the Minister announced that funding will be made available to startups that will be eligible to participate in international fairs.
Note that several other themes were developed during this forum.
