MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE: TECHNICAL MEETING WITH BORONNE SANDIP VERMA ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DRC-UNITED KINGDOM ECONOMIC FORUM IN LONDON FROM NOVEMBER 2 TO 4, 2026
It is as a prelude to the holding of the Economic Forum, Democratic Republic-United Kingdom, which will take place from November 2 to 4, 2026 in London, that the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya had a technical meeting this Monday, September 7, 2026 in Kinshasa with Baroness Sandip Verma, Head of the British commercial partnership consortium, specializing in the areas of Trade, International Development, Energy, Governance and Cooperation between public institutions and private actors, Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Energy and Climate Change, Chancellor and Ambassador of the University of Roehampton
On the agenda, the strengthening of dialogue between public authorities, and Congolese and British companies, but also, the mobilization of British investors to come and capture the business opportunities offered by the DRC in several areas including Trade, Agriculture, Mines, Energy and the Environment and the promotion of the competitiveness of products made in DRC on the British market, where 99.8% are exempt from customs duties
On behalf of the Congolese Government, the Minister of Foreign Trade reassured his host on the improvement of the business climate with the investment code and the regime of Special Economic Zones, which grant several facilities to investors, once established in the DRC and on the protection of the Congolese State.
On this occasion, Julien Paluku Kahongya pleaded for the opening of the London-Kinshasa air line by Britsh Airlines, especially for cargo ships and the installation in Kinshasa of the Visa Delivery Office, to thus facilitate Congolese economic operators.
In response, the British entrepreneur promised to be the Ambassador of the DRC to the British authorities and investors
Note that at the London business forum, the Minister of Foreign Trade will be responsible for several structuring projects and will be accompanied by the Directors General of the National Agency for the Promotion of Investments-ANAPI and the National Agency for the Promotion of Exports-ANAPEX.
