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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: STRATEGIC MEETING WITH LEADERS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY - AJC ON THE PROMOTION OF THE INSTALLATION IN THE DRC OF INDUSTRIAL UNITS TO BOOST THE COUNTRY'S PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES AND ITS EXPORTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET

Renowned as a global economic power and influential in American political circles, the Jewish Community of the United States of America - AJC is now committed to moving up a gear to capture the business opportunities offered by the Democratic Republic of Congo in several sectors including commerce with more than 100 million consumers, agriculture with 80 million
hectares of arable land, energy, health, transport and infrastructure by installing processing units, to thus support the country in increasing its productive capacities and the volume of its exports on the international market; assurances made this Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Kinshasa to the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya by Stanley Bergman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of this organization, accompanied by Wayne Sussman, Africa Director of the AJC and Serge Tshibangu, Chairman of US-UK Africa Business Council, Former High Representative of the Head of State.
By reassuring these investors of the improvement of the business climate and support from the Government, the Minister of Foreign Trade indicated that the DRC is the best destination for investments in Africa, while calling on them to develop a Special Economic Zone around the deep water port of Banana in the province of Kongo Central, the first segment of which will be inaugurated next December by the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, because in 5 years, this port will receive a million of containers

A joint commission of experts was set up to develop a road map, thus accelerating the establishment of American Jewish Community societies which maintains strong relationships with many key decision-makers on a global scale.

Note that the expected installation of companies belonging to American Jewish Committee-AJC in the DRC is the result of a strategic meeting between the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, who had at his side the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya and the leaders of this organization, organized last September in Washington in the United States of America, as part of the consolidation of relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Israel and the United States of America.