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ARPCE sees alarming slip in SIM ID Brazzaville—The Congolese telecom watchdog, the Agency for Regulation of Posts and Electronic Communications, says the country’s SIM-card identification effort has back-pedalled. Only 9.13 …

Growth forecast signals steady rebound Brazzaville’s latest macro-economic outlook, unveiled by Justice Minister Aimé Ange Wilfrid Bininga before Parliament, projects national growth at 3.6 percent in 2026, up from 3.1 …

72-Hour Business Registration Sets Regional Benchmark Brazzaville’s entrepreneurs can now walk into the Congolese Agency for Enterprise Creation and walk out three days later with a fully registered company, a …

Brazzaville gears up for Forum Vox Éco 2025 The banks of the Congo River are already feeling a buzz ahead of 13 November 2025, the date set for the third …

Nobel Prize honors innovation research The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, awarded on 13 October, placed the spotlight firmly on innovation as a driver of long-term prosperity. Israeli-American economic …

High-speed milestone for remote districts Twenty villages from the Niari forest to the Sangha river can now stream lectures and file online tax returns at speeds once limited to the …

Brazzaville hosts pivotal ASSA-AC board The bright hall of Brazzaville’s Radisson Hotel buzzed on 14 October as the ninth board meeting of the Central African Aviation Safety Agency, ASSA-AC, opened …

Mid-term review underscores steady progress Halfway through its five-year timetable, the Project for the Acceleration of Digital Transformation, known by its French acronym PATN, gathered its steering committee in Brazzaville …

Brazzaville WEF charts female business hub In Brazzaville, the second Women Economic Forum closed with a confident pledge: transform the Republic of Congo into Central Africa’s reference hub for female-led …