Signature of an agreement for the production of electric batteries between DRC and Zambia
The President of the DRC, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo and the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema The Congolese and Zambian Heads of State had a one-on-one meeting followed by the signing of the Agreement between Zambia and the DRC relating to the value chain of electric and renewable batteries. Several speeches were made to this effect. In particular those, successively, of the Chancellor of the University of Zambia, the President of Manufacturing Industries, the Governor of the Central Bank of Zambia, the representative of Afriximbank for Southern Africa, the representative of Uneca, on the Zambian side , and the Minister of Industry Julien Paluku, on the DRC side. All, in their speeches, welcomed the pioneering role of the Congolese and Zambian Heads of State in the pooling of legal aspects for the exploitation of minerals. The Congolese Head of State introduced his by declaring that it is for him "a historic day, a great pride for Africa that is this signing cerem...