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Congo Terminal launches an unprecedented bitumen-sand dredging operation at Pointe-Noire’s Môle Est, blending heavy machinery with strict marine safeguards.

Congo-Brazzaville’s cabinet granted Dangote Fertilizer Limited Congo an exploitation permit for the Mengo potash deposit on June 18, 2026, covering 325 million tonnes of proven reserves and projecting 800 jobs …

Congo-Brazzaville’s commerce ministry and the Federation of Millers agreed in Pointe-Noire on June 15, 2026 to pursue a flour price floor and require 10 percent cassava flour integration in bread …

CEMAC Council president Ludovic Ngatsé warned on June 13, 2026 that the bloc faces imminent suspension of payments, with only 9.4 billion FCFA collected of the 50.2 billion expected from …

CEMAC ministers met in Brazzaville to confront shrinking community revenues, a common mining policy and regional free roaming during the 45th UEAC session.

Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso inaugurated the Franprix supermarket at Brazza Mall on June 11, marking a new retail milestone at Congo’s largest shopping center, built for 45 billion FCFA …

At a seminar with Finance Minister Christian Yoka, the IMF resident representative laid out five reform priorities for Congo-Brazzaville: diversification, fiscal consolidation, debt sustainability, structural reforms, and social protection.

Brazzaville welcomed over 1,500 francophone business leaders from June 9-13, 2026 for the 7th FIEF, the first time the forum has been held in Central Africa.

Congolese construction giant MBTP has secured a $150 million contract to build the Noatum Ports container terminal in Pointe-Noire, set to create 9,000 jobs and reshape Central Africa’s logistics landscape.