Sama Lukonde talks economic cooperation with President Cyril Ramaphosa
On the sidelines of the Mining Indaba 2022 Forum, the Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, was received in audience, this Tuesday, May 10 in Cape Town, by the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa.
According to the Minister of Communication and Media, Door of the Government of the DRC, it was a question, during these exchanges, of the improvement and strengthening of economic cooperation between the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa. South, particularly with regard to the pooling of efforts for the development of value chains in the mining sector in order to improve the living conditions of the populations.
There is this idea of the value chain, of pooling efforts. It is a question of seeing with Zambia, as we are the two major producing countries of copper and cobalt, how to speak with the same voice. It is possible to do it with Botswana with the diamond sector, with South Africa also for the market, the opportunities. You know that in terms of economic investments, South Africa is very established in the DRC,” Minister Patrick Muyaya Katembwe told the press. South Africa also for the market, the opportunities. You know that in terms of economic investments, South Africa is very established in the DRC,” Minister Patrick Muyaya Katembwe told the press. South Africa also for the market, the opportunities. You know that in terms of economic investments, South Africa is very established in the DRC,” Minister Patrick Muyaya Katembwe told the press.
Recall that Prime Minister Sama Lukonde has been staying in South Africa since Sunday evening as part of the Mining Indaba/2022 Forum. These meetings are placed under the theme “Evolution of the African mining sector: investing in energy transition, ESG and savings”. This morning, in his speech to the entire audience, the Congolese Head of Government presented the challenges and opportunities for investment in the mining sector in the DRC. He notably called on potential investors to come to the DRC.
