CEMAC has frozen its Commission’s operations, reviving doubts over Central Africa’s economic integration, intra-African trade and the AfCFTA’s promise.
Samuel Kambale
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The African Development Bank and BDEAC sealed a strategic financing partnership in Brazzaville to accelerate Central Africa’s economic development.
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Congo-Brazzaville issued its first $700 million eurobond maturing in 2035 at a 9.5% coupon, marking a confident return to global capital markets.
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Experts from the two Congos validated a joint fiscal and customs framework in Kinshasa to govern the planned Brazzaville-Kinshasa road-rail bridge.
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Smuggled Cuca beer from Cabinda is flooding Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville, draining state revenue and endangering Congo-Brazzaville’s formal market and jobs.
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Presidents Faye and Sassou N’Guesso pledged closer oil and gas cooperation in Brazzaville, betting on Congo’s expertise and Senegal’s new energy finds.
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Forest Taxes in Congo-Brazzaville: 11–14bn CFA Annually Speaking as the main guest on the programme “30 jours pour convaincre en toute transparence”, Rosalie Matondo, Minister of Forest Economy, stated that …
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Congo Terminal’s 2025 TEU Record at Pointe-Noire Congo Terminal reports having processed 1,219,164 TEU over the course of 2025, a figure that marks a symbolic and operational turning point for …
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Economy & Business
At the CEMAC Summit, Denis Sassou N’Guesso Sets the Course for Regional Economic Resilience
CEMAC Brazzaville Summit 2026: What Was at Stake On Thursday 22 January 2026, Brazzaville became the diplomatic and economic epicentre of Central Africa as it hosted an extraordinary summit of …
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Brazzaville CEMAC summit: continuity over shocks As anticipated, the Heads of State of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) convened in Brazzaville on 22 January 2026. The …