Ange Makaya

Festive marketplace returns to Brazzaville Brazzaville’s Avenue de la Base retreated behind glittering garlands on 17 December as the second Christmas Market opened its gates, offering congolese families an early …

Higher capital bar takes shape Banks in the six-nation CEMAC bloc will soon need far deeper pockets. A fresh COBAC regulation, approved at an extraordinary session in Libreville, lifts the …

COBAC Raises Capital Floor Starting 1 January 2026, any bank seeking or maintaining a licence in the six-nation Central African Economic and Monetary Community must show at least 25 billion …

Brazzaville hosts inaugural human capital forum Over two intensive days, more than 300 managers, entrepreneurs, researchers and students converged on Brazzaville’s conference centre for the first National Human Capital Forum, …

Community Tourism at the Heart of Congolese Strategy In a packed conference hall overlooking the Congo River, Minister of Cultural, Tourism, Artistic and Leisure Industries Marie-France Lydie Hélène Pongault declared …

Workers call for fleet renewal at STPU On 4 December in Brazzaville, employees of the state-linked Société de transport publics urbains gathered outside the depot to read a declaration framed …

Food import bill weighs on CEMAC economies CEMAC’s six member states collectively spent roughly 2 500 billion FCFA, or USD 4.35 billion, on food imports between 2021 and 2023, according …

Brazzaville stakes in regional trade Brazzaville—In a move seen by traders as a potential turning point for Central Africa’s logistics bottlenecks, the African Export-Import Bank has appointed Business Facilities Corporation …

Congo SME Finance Gets 21 Million Euro Boost The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank Group arm that courts private capital, has signed a 14.5-billion-franc CFA loan with Bank of …