Economy & Business

Rediscovering a Foundational Study First published in Paris by Anthropos, “Histoire économique du Congo 1880-1968” remains an indispensable compass for scholars and policymakers seeking to decode the structural DNA of …

Scientific summit underlines economic stakes Brazzaville’s sun-drenched campus of the National Institute for Research in Engineering Sciences, Innovation and Technology pulsed with unusual excitement as scholars, entrepreneurs and policymakers convened …

A surprise announcement reverberates through Brazzaville The word “surprise” is rarely used lightly in fiscal matters, yet it aptly describes the scene that unfolded last week in Brazzaville’s convention centre. …

JECA 2025 in Paris galvanises economic diplomacy For forty-eight concentrated hours, the vaulted salons of the Palais du Luxembourg abandoned parliamentary routine for the buzz of entrepreneurs comparing term sheets …

A Quiet Yet Firm Campaign Takes Shape When Ngatsé Itoua Mbola, secretary for economic affairs at the Federation of Professional Transport Workers of Congo, arrived at the bustling Total market …

Private-sector commitment meets national vision Brazzaville’s conference halls assumed a resolutely forward-looking atmosphere on 26 September, when Africa RSE Congo, the Congolese subsidiary of the pan-African advisory group Afrique RSE, …

Faith and Enterprise Converge in Pointe-Noire For two intense August days, the Archdiocese of Pointe-Noire abandoned its customary liturgical cadence for the brisk tempo of business pitches and policy dialogue. …

Brazzaville signals a data-driven era For three days in mid-September 2025, a conference room in central Brazzaville became the nerve centre of Congo-Brazzaville’s latest fiscal modernisation effort. Thirty senior officials …

Regional snapshot of non-performing loans The 2024 annual report released by the Central African Banking Commission, COBAC, offers a rare x-ray of the six-nation CEMAC microfinance landscape. It registers 178 …