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DRC
Congolese employers complain of tax ‘harassment'

Company bosses in DR Congo are unanimous in their assertion that they were subjected to a record number of tax inspections by the various financial authorities in 2023. They have long denounced what they see as "harassment".

Subscribers only Politics, Business 31.01.2024

Inner circles | DRC
Gécamines boss Kaputo Kalubi stymied by political interference

The close political and financial scrutiny of the DRC's state-owned mining firm is hobbling its efforts to develop Katanga's natural resources, and its new management team has been unable to carry out the necessary restructuring.

Subscribers only Mining 02.12.2022

Gécamines headquarters in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, on the 16th January 2021.

DRC
Kinshasa orders Afriland to pay treasury millions levied on transporters

The DRC subsidiary of a Cameroonian bank stands accused of illicitly retaining fees that were supposed to finance rail network improvements.

Subscribers only Finance 21.01.2022

DRC
Yuma's sidelined rivals rise to top at Gécamines

The new Gécamines chairman, Alphonse Kaputo Kalubi, was for a long time sidelined by Albert Yuma, who has just been ousted from the helm of the state-owned mining company. It seems that the new managing director appointed at the same time was not a Yuma favourite either.

Subscribers only Mining 09.12.2021

DRC
Tshisekedi's ambassador Luc Gérard Nyafe builds local mining networks

Still in talks with Banro over the purchase of its Namoya gold mine in eastern DRC, the businessman and diplomat has already founded a company to embark on mining activities in his homeland.

Subscribers only Mining 26.10.2021

Spotlight | DRC
Dan Gertler keeps up his reputation to weigh against Tshisekedi

Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, who is not on good terms with the US authorities and has lost his protectors in Tel Aviv, remains a player in DRC whom the Tshisekedi administration is reluctant to push out.

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2021

DRC
North and South Kivu inspired by Katanga's model for gold and 3T exports

The procedure for exporting minerals from North and South Kivu is an administrative headache, a situation that the DRC employers' federation believes leads to smuggling of gold and the 3Ts to its neighbours. The organisation is calling for the creation of a single exports processing station.

Subscribers only Mining 25.08.2021

DRC
Senate president's supporters fall out with Gécamines boss over artisanal miners

Albert Yuma's statement on freelance miners during his visit to South Kivu at the beginning of July did not go down well with allies of Modeste Bahati.

Subscribers only Mining 29.07.2021

DRC
Ex-chamber of mines boss Simon Tuma-Waku to grow agricultural business

The deputy managing director of Tenke Fungurume Mining, former minister and ex-chair of the DRC's chamber of mines is ploughing ahead with plans to farm the land he owns in Haut-Katanga.

Free access Mining, Business 05.04.2021

Spotlight | DRC, Southern Africa
Copperbelt mineral exports dry up after hike in cross-border tolls

Several haulage companies have stopped exporting minerals mined in the DRC and are restricting themselves to transport operations within the country, claiming that tolls imposed when crossing into Zambia are prohibitively high.

Subscribers only Mining 26.02.2021

DRC
Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

Several members of Félix Tshisekedi's entourage are implicated in the controversy surrounding the re-election of the president of the Fédération des entreprises du Congo.

Subscribers only Business 11.12.2020

Albert Yuma Mulimbi, President of the Federation of Businesses of Congo (FEC).

DRC
Copperbelt truckers beg Congolese PM to slash border tolls

Congolese truckers working for Copperbelt miners are demanding that the Kinshasa government slash the tolls they pay to re-enter the country to help them compete fairly with foreign drivers.

Free access Mining 08.12.2020

DRC
Chamber of Mines plays hide and seek with civil society on VAT talks

A meeting on the controversial subject of VAT payments by mining companies in the DRC had been due to take place in the offices of the Chamber of Mines. When NGOs, and civil society bodies made it clear they wanted to take part, however, another venue was found and the meeting took place out of the public eye.

Subscribers only Mining 23.09.2020

Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines lets CNMC spend millions rather than respect local content rules

CNMC has signed a deal with Gécamines whereby the Chinese mining giant will fork out $5m to avoid having to hire a local firm for the construction of its copper and cobalt mine Kambove, as required by Congolese law.

Subscribers only Mining 31.07.2020

Gécamines facilities at the Kambove copper mine (Haut-Katanga).

DRC
Subcontracting law: mining boss Albert Yuma puts old rival Kalej Nkand in his place

The debates that led to a cut in the sub-contracting regulation authority's prerogatives have rekindled an old dispute between its managing director Kalej Nkand and the chairman of the Congolese employers' association, Albert Yuma, within the state mining company Gécamines.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 25.06.2020

The Congolese employers' association chairman Albert Yuma.

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Federation des Entreprises du Congo

DRC
Congolese employers complain of tax ‘harassment'

Inner circles | DRC
Gécamines boss Kaputo Kalubi stymied by political interference

DRC
Kinshasa orders Afriland to pay treasury millions levied on transporters

DRC
Yuma's sidelined rivals rise to top at Gécamines

DRC
Tshisekedi's ambassador Luc Gérard Nyafe builds local mining networks

Spotlight | DRC
Dan Gertler keeps up his reputation to weigh against Tshisekedi

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North and South Kivu inspired by Katanga's model for gold and 3T exports

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Senate president's supporters fall out with Gécamines boss over artisanal miners

DRC
Ex-chamber of mines boss Simon Tuma-Waku to grow agricultural business

Spotlight | DRC, Southern Africa
Copperbelt mineral exports dry up after hike in cross-border tolls

DRC
Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

DRC
Copperbelt truckers beg Congolese PM to slash border tolls

DRC
Chamber of Mines plays hide and seek with civil society on VAT talks

Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines lets CNMC spend millions rather than respect local content rules

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In Focus | DRC, Israel
Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

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Sococ founders to build roads in Kasaï

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DRC Congolese employers complain of tax ‘harassment'

Inner circles | DRC Gécamines boss Kaputo Kalubi stymied by political interference

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DRC Yuma's sidelined rivals rise to top at Gécamines

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DRC North and South Kivu inspired by Katanga's model for gold and 3T exports

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Spotlight | DRC, Southern Africa Copperbelt mineral exports dry up after hike in cross-border tolls

DRC Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

DRC Copperbelt truckers beg Congolese PM to slash border tolls

DRC Chamber of Mines plays hide and seek with civil society on VAT talks

Spotlight | DRC Gécamines lets CNMC spend millions rather than respect local content rules

DRC Subcontracting law: mining boss Albert Yuma puts old rival Kalej Nkand in his place

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Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

DRC
Congolese employers complain of tax ‘harassment'

Inner circles | DRC
Gécamines boss Kaputo Kalubi stymied by political interference

DRC
Kinshasa orders Afriland to pay treasury millions levied on transporters

DRC
Yuma's sidelined rivals rise to top at Gécamines

DRC
Tshisekedi's ambassador Luc Gérard Nyafe builds local mining networks

Spotlight | DRC
Dan Gertler keeps up his reputation to weigh against Tshisekedi

DRC
North and South Kivu inspired by Katanga's model for gold and 3T exports

DRC
Senate president's supporters fall out with Gécamines boss over artisanal miners

DRC
Ex-chamber of mines boss Simon Tuma-Waku to grow agricultural business

Spotlight | DRC, Southern Africa
Copperbelt mineral exports dry up after hike in cross-border tolls

DRC
Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

DRC
Copperbelt truckers beg Congolese PM to slash border tolls

DRC
Chamber of Mines plays hide and seek with civil society on VAT talks

Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines lets CNMC spend millions rather than respect local content rules

DRC
Subcontracting law: mining boss Albert Yuma puts old rival Kalej Nkand in his place

In Focus | DRC, Israel
Tshisekedi's trio of unofficial advisors

Spotlight | DRC
Sococ founders to build roads in Kasaï

DRC
Mining G7 scuppered by returning trio

DRC
Nyembo seeks a share of road-building bonanza by mining bitumen

DRC
Miners put on a brave face over subcontracting law