MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON STRENGTHENING THE PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES OF THE DRC: CONTINUATION OF THE PANELS THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2026 IN KINSHASA
Opportunities and challenges for agricultural modernization and added value, international trade of the DRC, foreign investments and policies aimed at attracting strategic FDI (Integrated Development Environment) in order to create added value in priority sectors, informality as a challenge and its impact on the development of the private sector and the productivity of the economy as a whole,
regional integration, proposed strategy to derive benefits and guard against threats, public-private partnerships and private sector development as key elements of the structural transformation of the DRC, bridging the digital divide and ensuring digital transformation, challenges and opportunities, environmental sustainability in the exploitation of natural resources, towards the sustainability of the energy sector, plans and strategies, obstacles and challenges as well as transport infrastructure and connectivity; are among the themes addressed this Wednesday, March 18, 2026 in Kinshasa by sectoral Ministers and experts in the panels, on the second day of the high-level National Workshop on strengthening the productive capacities of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
For example, in his presentation, the Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Muhindo Nzangi indicated that the Government has decided to rehabilitate the Support and Production Center for Agricultural Services-CAPS in the 26 provinces and 15 stations of the National Institute for Agronomic Study and Research-INERA as well as the granting of subsidies to boost agricultural production in the DRC.
Speaking about the DRC's international trade, challenges and opportunities in the context of structural transformation, Jean-Lucien Bussa, Minister of Territorial Planning, insisted on productive diversification, export-oriented industrialization and dynamic insertion into world trade.
Emphasizing the green economy, the Minister of State, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Marie Niange Ndambo declared that the DRC today has forestry engineers who take charge of the management of Congolese forests.
The Minister of Entrepreneurship and SME Development, Justin Kalumba, for his part, placed emphasis on support and facilitation for SMEs.
