The president of the Franco-Congolese Chamber of Commerce (CCIFC), Ambroise Tshiyoyo pleaded for an active and powerful « Francophonie economique ». This implies that Europe and France are rethinking economic cooperation structures with Africa and the DRC by directing, he recommended, financial resources towards the private sector, the only creator of wealth and jobs, and by Therefore true development engine.

« Such an orientation of the economic Francophonie would, from our point of view, constitute a real economic lever for African countries in general and an initial response to the question of illegal immigration, which is at the root of the tragedy that is being played out today. in the Mediterranean », he said in his words of circumstance, at the opening of the sixth French Week in Kinshasa.

Indeed, this argument is based on the weakness according to which the volume of commercial transactions between the DRC and France reflects neither the excellence of the institutional relations, nor the quality of the cultural affinities between the two countries.

At the CCIFC, the official instrument of economic cooperation between France and the DRC, efforts are being made and hopes remain valid.

« There is a way to do better if we put in place a win-win partnership to, on the one hand, give the European (French) industry a chance to breathe new life, and on the other hand to allow our economy to become competitive through the appropriation of new technologies and the installation of the value chain », said Ambroise Tshiyoyo.

Some of the reforms undertaken by the government at the normative, regulatory and even legislative level to improve somewhat the climate of the Businesses are hailed by the CCIF and many other operators as well as partners of the development.

If they combined with the good performance of public finances by making the DRC maintain the stability of the macroeconomic framework, the latter remains very fragile due to the almost chronic dependence on the extractive sector, itself exposed to the vagaries of the markets. international commodity prices.

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Hence, the need and the urgency to diversify the sources of income and install a value chain to integrate the largest segment of the population in the production chain and create a true Congolese middle class that will ensure growth sustainable and inclusive.

Ambroise Tshiyoyo took the opportunity to draw the attention of entrepreneurs and investors to other areas of interest for Diversification, Transformation for a New Momentum. This is the case of agribusiness, tourism, manufacturing, the industrial fishery, the forestry industry, etc.

« We remain convinced that the exploitation of all these sectors is the most effective way to ensure the resilience and inclusivity of our economy; and enable the DRC to play its proper role in the development of the economies of Africa as a whole. The DRC, should not continue to be considered only as a market, we must build an economy that brings something to the rest of the world and this can only be done through the diversification and installation of the value chain », he pleaded.

Eric TSHIKUMA