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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE DRC IN THE REGIONAL SEMINAR OF RESTITUTION AND CONSULTATIONS RELATING TO PREPARATIONS FOR THE 3RD SUMMIT ON FINANCING WOMEN AND YOUTH IN AFRICA, ON THE MARGIN OF THE 61ST SESSION OF THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ADB HELD IN BRAZZAVILLE

Dispatched by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, experts from the Democratic Republic of Congo took active part this Tuesday, May 26, 2026 in Brazzaville in the Regional Seminar of Restitution and Consultations relating to the preparations for the 3rd summit of Women and Youth in Africa, on the sidelines of the 61st Session of the Annual Assembly of the African Development Bank-AfDB held on 26 to May 27, 2026 in the capital of the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville).
Organized under the theme "Decentralized Financial Systems and Entrepreneurship of Women and Youth, Levers of Empowerment and Professional Integration", this regional seminar brought together representatives of the Department of Economic Development, Trade, Industry, Mines and Tourism of the African Union, but also of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo and Cameroon, the National Councils of Women and Youth, Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations of Youth and Women as well as Technical and Financial Partners; objective, to set up a Strategic Regional Fund dedicated to the Financing of Women and Youth, structured around savings, micro-credits, subsidies, faith-based loans and guarantees.

On behalf of the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, the Head of the Integration and Trade Policy Division within the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Florence Ngalia Dzene, pleaded for the integration within this program of women, young people and people living with disabilities who practice informal trade at the borders of the DRC with its 9 neighbors.

Note that the Brazzaville declaration focused on the harmonization of regulatory and tax frameworks in order to remove obstacles to inclusive and cross-border financing, strengthening the institutional and technical capacities of financial actors and beneficiaries by integrating training, mentoring, digitalization and access to markets, mobilization of regional and international resources to support entrepreneurship in the agri-food, digital, green economy and industry sectors.