After being received at the US State Department, the Congolese Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku Kahongya, and his colleague from Finance, Nicolas Kazadi, met with the team from the American Agency for International Development Finance (DFC) led by its Executive Director, Scott Nathan.
During this strategic meeting, the American financial agency announced that it will support the acceleration of the realization of the pan-African project to establish the first factory for the production of electric battery precursors in the province of Haut-Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
For the Congolese delegation, this expression of interest from DFC is a cause for satisfaction.
Moreover, representatives of the Congolese government have requested that the American agency also support the establishment of Special Economic Zones in the six (6) industrial areas in the country.
It is worth noting that these meetings took place in the presence of Denis Lecouturier, Kakule Vuko, and Jean-Marie Kanda, respectively the General Director, Deputy General Director, and Administrator of the Congolese Battery Council (CCB).
