VALIDATION WORKSHOP OF DETAILED STUDIES FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PORT OF KALUNDU IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH KIVU AS PART OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AND INTEGRATION PROJECT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION- PFCIGL
The detailed studies carried out by the TYPSA-BETEC Group to modernize the port of Kalundu in the province of South Kivu as part of the Trade Facilitation and Integration Project in the GREAT LAKES Region
PFCIGL financed by the World Bank were validated this Thursday in Kinshasa by experts from different structures including the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Provincial Government of South Kivu, the provincial divisions of Transport, Infrastructure and Public Works and the association of small cross-border traders as well as the civil society of South Kivu.
Chairing this workshop, Thierry Kayembe, Coordinator of PFCIGL, waited for the modernization of the port of Kalundu
whose work will be launched in May 2025 by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya will facilitate commercial exchanges, because it will have to accommodate large tonnage boats, and this for the benefit of small cross-border traders and the population, and this, within the framework of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa-COMESA
For Paulin Mwingi Birengerenge, Provincial Minister of Transport in the province of South Kivu, the modernization of the port of Kalundu must contribute to economic growth in the eastern part of the country and to integration in the Great Lakes region;
from where he threw flowers to the Minister of Foreign Trade, Julien Paluku Kahongya for his personal involvement in the execution of this project and to the World Bank which made the funds available.
Some technical and financial partners including the Ambassador of Space in the DRC, Maria Del Carmen Diez Rejas took part in this workshop.
Note that the workshop for the restitution of detailed technical studies of the modernization works of the Kalundu seaport will be held this Friday in Kinshasa under the chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Trade
