OPENING OF THE 1ST EDITION OF THE DRC-USA ECONOMIC AND INVESTMENT FORUM THIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025 IN WASHINGTON:
The DRC is a Republic of business, a Republic of opportunities and a Republic where billions of American dollars reside, dear American investors come and develop agriculture with the DRC which has 80 million hectares of arable land, energy with a potential of 100,000 megawatts, infrastructure with 153,000 kilometers to build, a hundred ports, airports, railways, but also has strategic minerals which are used in the manufacture of batteries and electric vehicles in the fight against global warming; the DRC has prepared by consolidating the improvement of the business climate with the facilities offered by the investment code and the Special Economic Zones regime, it's up to you to play through the National Agency for the Promotion of Investments -
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It is with these terms that Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya spoke this Tuesday, October 14, 2025 in Washington before the heads of large American companies at the opening of the first edition of the Economic and Investment Forum Democratic Republic of Congo-United States of America, the go of which was given by the Prime Minister, Judith Suminwa,
representing the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi.
On this occasion, the Minister of Foreign Trade invited American investors to join the Lobito Corridor project in the form of an integrated program that aligns local processing of minerals, infrastructure, energy, transport, agriculture, trade and skills development for the well-being of the populations of the DRC, Angola and Zambia.
This forum, which brings together American investors, sectoral Ministers, some provincial Governors, heads of public and private companies in the DRC and the Governor of the Central Bank of Congo, aims to consolidate a strategic and structuring relationship between the Democratic Republic and the United States of America by attracting American investments to the DRC.
Note that the discussions and debates were held with the Prime Minister, Judith Suminwa Tuluka who responded to several concerns of American investors by reassuring them of the various facilities and the protection of their investments by the Congolese State, while calling on these American businessmen to support the process of pacification of the East of the country.
Ministers, General Directors and business leaders of the DRC sold the opportunities offered by their respective sectors
