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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE LAUNCH OF NATIONAL WORKSHOP TO STRENGTHEN THE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES OF THE DRC THIS TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026 IN KINSHASA

Launch this Tuesday, March 17, 2026 in Kinshasa of a high-level national workshop on strengthening the productive capacities of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in which decision-makers, the private sector, experts and university professors are taking part; objective, to strengthen productive capacities focused on industrialization, economic diversification and inclusive growth for the promotion of exports of products made in DRC.

This work will be culminated in the development of the Country Program Document with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-UNCTAD, an outcome of the economic and commercial diplomacy carried out by the Government under the leadership of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, said the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya.
Giving the go to this high-level National Workshop, on behalf of the Prime Minister, Judith Suminwa Tuluka, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Economy, Daniel Mukoko Samba insisted on the local transformation of Congolese natural resources, objective, to make the DRC a competitive country.

The country program will contribute to making the DRC one of the strong economies in Africa and the world, declared Mushie Belelegn, Head of the Productive Capacity and Sustainable Development branch within the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-UNCTAD.

Note that several panels led by sectoral Ministers including that of Planning, Mines, Industry, Agriculture Economy, Foreign Trade and experts including those from UNCTAD as well as university professors were there for this first day.