Sama Lukonde reaffirms DRC govt’s determination on the creation of electric battery manufacturing plants at the local level

May 11 in Cape Town, South Africa, on the sidelines of the Indaba Mining investing Forum, the Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde answered questions from the press. The head of the Congolese government combed through all the relevant issues at the center of the Indaba Mining conference. 

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he reaffirmed loud and clear the determination of the Democratic Republic of Congo to position itself, in Africa, in the production of electric batteries with regard to a large deposit of Lithium available to the Country.

is an ongoing process. You saw us go to Zambia. You have seen us reaffirm this here at Indaba with other African countries,” said Prime Minister Sama Lukonde.

The Head of Government also reassured potential investors about the country’s security issue, which remains under the control of the Republic’s defense forces, which are sparing no effort to bring peace to the East and secure investments.

other reintegration strategies that we want to have especially people who demobilize from these armed groups. The appeal that is launched is that in the pacification work that we are doing, very quickly at the same time as we are working on the infrastructures, we are going to secure the investments that may come and allow rapid development, “he said. he reassured.

The Head of Government of the Warriors also says that he has taken the necessary measures with regard to the artisanal exploitation of minerals and the protection of children and pregnant women in mining quarries. 

“Craftsmanship remains a reality in the DRC with a large number of our Congolese compatriots who are in this sector. It is up to us, as a government, to bring some security to this sector. It is a evolutionary sector of course to be supervised until its transformation towards the industrial. But before arriving there, it would be necessary to make sure that we can work according to certain standards. First at the level of the Laws of the country, you saw that “there are structures that are supposed to help this sector to regulate crafts through certain strategic products including cobalt. Today, with the action of the Government,we are going to make sure to put in place this instrument which will come to accompany and give the standards with which the cooperatives which are supposed to supervise these craftsmen and guarantee in particular that we can make sure of not having children or pregnant women in the Mines and guarantee them a certain education”, undertook the Prime Minister.

Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde leads a strong government delegation to the Indaba Mining Investing Forum where he had the opportunity to present the opportunities offered by the DRC in the mining sector and in the energy transition in the face of global warming.