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DRC WEEK IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: BUSINESS DINNER WITH AMERICAN INVESTORS

American investors based in California working in several areas including trade, agro-business, the battery and electric vehicle industry and infrastructure, but also the banking sector now seduced by the opportunities offered by the Democratic Republic of Congo well sold yesterday Monday Silicon Valley by the Minister of State, Minister, Minister of the Environment, Eve Bazaiba and her colleague from Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, and this,
during a business dinner organized with Equity Group headed by its CEO, James Mwangi.

These American businessmen say they are very interested in the various facilities put in place by the DRC to attract investors, including the public-private partnership, the investment code and the law on the Special Economic Zones regime.

Taking advantage of this forum, the Minister of State, Minister of the Environment, and the Minister of Foreign Trade, invited them to deal directly with the DRC instead of continuing to go through the commission agents who distinguish themselves in the systematic plunder of Congolese minerals by destabilizing the East.

Shortly before, the Minister of Foreign Trade accompanied by the Governor of Haut-Katanga, Jacques Kyabula went to the County of Administration Building where he was received by his supervisor, David Haubert.

On site, Julien Paluku Kahongya
convinced Californian entrepreneurs to come and participate in the AGOA 2025 Forum in Kinshasa next July to discover the opportunities offered by the DRC.

It was also an opportunity for the Governor of Haut-Katanga to sell the potential of his province which is full of strategic minerals.

Also included was the visit to the Department of Foot and Agriculture where he secured the partnership in the context of technology transfer to help the DRC develop its agriculture.