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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE THE AUDA-NEPAD COUNTRY OFFICE IN THE DRC INAUGURATED THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 IN KINSHASA

24 hours after the signing of the agreement between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the African Union Agency for Development - New Partnership for Africa's Development-AUDA-NEPAD, under the supervision of the President of the Republic, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the Office which will house this African development agency in the DRC was inaugurated this Friday, August 7, 2026 in Kinshasa by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Personal Representative of the President of the Republic on the AUDA-NEPAD Steering Committee, Julien Paluku Kahongya and the Executive Secretary of AUDA-NEPAD, Nardos Bekele-Thomas, in the presence of experts from both parties.

Speaking on this occasion, the Minister of Foreign Trade invited AUDA-NEPAD to support the DRC in consolidating the construction of its Soft power and in mobilizing innovative financing for the benefit of integrative projects including the Grand Inga and the development of infrastructure to facilitate intra-African trade, as part of the implementation of the African Union's 2063 agenda.

In her intervention, the Executive Secretary of AUDA-NEPAD, Nardos Bekele-Thomas said she was very amazed by the determination and pragmatism of the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi and his Government to consolidate this strategic partnership

Note that the Executive Secretary of AUDA-NEPAD placed her signature in the guestbook, before visiting together with Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya the well-equipped premises of the AUDA-NEPAD Country Office in Kinshasa.