MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE CO-OPERATION: THE DRC AND GHANA COMMIT TO BOOSTING THEIR TRADE
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ghana have now committed to boosting their trade by revising the cooperation agreement signed by the two states in 2014, following the technical meeting held on Monday 26 October 2026 in Accra between the Minister for Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya, and the Ghanaian Minister for Trade, Industry and Agribusiness, Elisabeth Ofosu-Adjare, on the sidelines of the signing ceremony for the Accra Convention on Negotiable Bills of Lading.
The two countries have also agreed to establish DRC-Ghana Chambers of Commerce in Kinshasa and Accra to enable economic operators to take full advantage of this economic and trade cooperation, as well as to provide mutual diplomatic support regarding candidacies put forward to international institutions, the DRC’s Minister for Foreign Trade stated.
The DRC’s accession to PAPSS, a pan-African payment and settlement system which strengthens the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), headquartered in Accra, was welcomed by the Minister for Foreign Trade in a statement to the national and international press.
It should be noted that Minister Julien Paluku Kahongya led a large delegation comprising experts from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Transport, Communications and Infrastructure Development, Finance and technical services.
