MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: MEETING WITH TRADEMARK AFRICA ON THE MODERNIZATION OF THE DRC’S BORDERS TO FACILITATE TRADE
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The Congolese Government through the Ministry of Foreign Trade and TradeMark Africa, an international organization which works to promote intra-African trade and continental integration in multilateral trade, are committed to further consolidating their partnership, with emphasis on the construction and digitalization of one-stop border posts, to thus reduce customs costs and delays.
Commitment made during a technical meeting this Wednesday, July 15, 2026 in Kinshasa between the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, surrounded by experts from his Ministry and the new Country Director of TradeMark Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Billy Baraka Mugisha.
In front of the press, the new Country Director of TradeMark Africa in the DRC reiterated the promise of his organization, that of supporting the DRC in the construction and modernization of the one-stop border posts of Kasindi in the territory of Beni in North Kivu on the border with Uganda and of Kasumbalesa in Haut-Katanga, on the border with Zambia, while indicating that thanks to financing from TradeMark Africa, the one-stop cross-border post of Mahagi in Ituri province was built and equipped.
On this occasion, TradeMark Africa extended the invitation to the Minister of Foreign Trade to participate in the Forum on Improving African Trade, which will take place from November 22 to 23, 2026 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; a showcase for the DRC to sell its business opportunities to increase its trade.
