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Makutano 2025 Strategic Note: From an Economy of Potential to a Strategy of Power – Time to Choose.
This document is the Makutano 2025 Strategic Note: Time to Choose, the comprehensive report of the discussions that marked a decisive turning point in the dialogue between the Government and the private sector.
Strategic Note & Report of the Makutano Talk of 11 October 2025.
This document captures the depth and richness of the discussions held at the Makutano Talk of 11 October 2025, devoted to […]
Makutano Talk – Economic Sovereignty
This summary note captures the richness of the discussions held during the very first Makutano Talk on 21 June 2025 in the Makutano room of the Makutano Club House, organised around a central question: Does the DRC have the means to match its ambitions in terms of economic sovereignty?
Visit and delivery of parcels to the Ministry of National Defence and Veterans of the DRC for our Congolese armed forces.
We wanted to answer this call on this Easter Sunday, a Sunday of sharing. We came to deliver some parcels for our armed forces, to tell them that they are not alone and that we remain mobilised behind them until the very last hour.
Impact of systemic risk measures on portfolio diversification: Evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Anaclet Kipupi Kitenge and J.W. Muteba Mwamba
From the fear of floating to the fear of losing foreign exchange reserves: the interventionism of the Central Bank of Congo in the face of recurrent tensions on the foreign exchange market
Emmanuel Sungani and André M. Nyembwe
Cryptocurrencies and regulatory challenges in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Trésor Gauthier M. Kalonji and Serge Songolo
The Need for Climate Risk Insurance for Smallholder Farmers in Africa
John M. Ulimwengu et Francis Mulangu
Evolution of Trade in Financial and Insurance Services between the DRC and Belgium: Implications for the Congolese Banking and Insurance Sectors
André Nyembwe
Lack of Awareness and Weak Remuneration of Insurance Brokerage in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Possible Solutions.
Louison Ekofo
Leasing in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Regulatory Pitfalls and Adjustments Needed for Sound Accounting Practice
Jean-Marie Tumba Kabalambi
Is the Congolese Banking Industry Hostile or Favourable to New Entrants?
André M. Nyembwe, Honoré Mbantshi et Emmanuel Sungani
Financing Elections in an Uncertain Environment and the Rationality of the Macroeconomic Decision-Maker: Implications for Electoral Reform<br>Working Paper No. 02/2021
SUMMARY This paper examines the problem of a macroeconomic decision-maker who would like a rational financing of elections in the face of uncertainty, while […]
The Judicialisation of the Electoral Dispute at the Fédération des Entreprises du Congo: Facts and Legal Arguments<br>Working Paper No. 01/2021
SUMMARY On the occasion of the election of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fédération des entreprises du Congo (FEC) held on […]
« Implementation of the Subcontracting Law in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Analysis of the Economic and Legal Rationale »
Day: Thursday, 10 December 2020, 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Kinshasa time.Venue: Restaurant & Terrasse Okapi, Pullman Grand HotelModerators: […]
Economic and legal analysis of the risk of enforcing the subcontracting law in the private sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo<br>Working paper no. 02/2020
ABSTRACT In 2017 the Congolese legislator enacted a law on subcontracting in the private sector, which reserves the exclusive right […]
In pursuit of the economic independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo<br>Working paper no. 01/2020
ABSTRACT Sixty years after gaining its political independence, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is still in pursuit […]
THE DANCE OF THE FRANC AND OF PRICES IN THE DRC: THE INFERNAL WALTZ?
Webinar of 15 August 2020 After the four exceptional highlights that brought together several hundred online participants, the Makutano network […]
WHAT IF, AFTER FLOYD, THE PRESS TOOK AN INTEREST IN THE TRAGEDY OF BENI?
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Kinshasa time. Debate moderation: Annie MUTAMBA, communication and public affairs consultant […]
In pursuit of the economic independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Webinar of 1 August 2020 As part of the commemoration of the independence of the DRC, the Makutano network […]
In pursuit of the economic independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Launch conference of the Makutano Institute Rationale and purpose On the occasion of the commemoration of the political independence of the Republic […]
Private Equity, Crowdfunding, Business Angels or financial innovations: how to finance a company in the DRC?
Webinar of Saturday 25 July 2020.
Webinar: how to create a factory of industrial champions in the DRC
Webinar of Saturday 25 July 2020.
BUILDING A FACTORY OF INDUSTRIAL CHAMPIONS IN THE DRC
Webinar of 18 July 2020 As part of the first of the Makutano Sixtieth Anniversary Webinars, 4 international experts including Kako […]
Prevention in national languages
Because we do not take in information with the same clarity when it is broadcast in our mother tongue, […]
Wells to encourage health prevention
Around fifty people turned out for the fundraiser organised within the network […]
20 women scientists receive the Makutano and Investing in People Asbl scholarships
Thanks to a first fundraising campaign launched in January 2020, the Investing in People non-profit and Makutano […]
Meeting with Doctor Muyembe
A fruitful conversation between Doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Director of the Biomedical Research Institute of the DRC, Felly Samuna, CEO of Congo […]
100 sewing workshops against the Coronavirus
On the initiative of the Makutano Network and the UNDP, around a hundred sewing workshops in Kinshasa were called upon to offer their services for […]
The support of the Makutano Think Tank and ANAPI to the Government
Nicole Sulu and Anthony Nkinzo handed over to H.E. the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Planning, Mrs Elysée Munembwe, a memorandum compiling the proposed economic measures of the Makutano network and ANAPI.