The African Lotteries Association (ALA) held a meeting of General Managers of member companies on Tuesday, October10, 2017 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. The opening ceremony was under the aegis of Emmanuel Akouala-Mpan, Principal Private Secretary, representing the Minister of finance and budget of the host country, honourable Calixte Nganongo.

The Prime Minister, head of the Congolese government, held a press conference on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 in Brazzaville. On this occasion,  honourable Clément Mouamba focused on the  mission of  the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which took place from Monday, September 25, to Wednesday,  October 4, 2017 on talks with the Congo on debt and governance. The speaker said he was confident about the economic recovery of the country, which has various sources to replenish its coffers, despite its debt to the IMF estimated at 5,329 billion CFA francs or 110% of the gross domestic product (GDP). He answered questions about Congo's debt, tax loopholes, the future generations Account and Congo's loans to its African neighbours.

The 7th Regional Workshop for Training and Human Resources Managers (HR) of customs administrations of the member countries of the West and Central African Region of the World Customs Organization (WCO) ended on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at the Regional Training Center (RTC) in Brazzaville, Republic of  the Congo.

Talks for the signing of an agreement between the Congolese government and the Internatio-nal Monetary Fund (IMF) began on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 in Brazzaville. The Congo-lese side is led by both the Minister of finance and budget, Calixte Nganongo and the Chairman of the Negotiations  Technical Committee, Lucien Ebata, Special Advisor to the Head of State for external financing. The IMF delegation is led by Abdul Wane Aziz.

From Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th  September, 2017, the Republic of the Congo will host the 7th workshop of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Working Group  on Human Resources Management and Training for the West and Central African region.

The Chinese company Zheng Wei is specialized in civil work and was led by its general manager at the meeting with the Minister of Finance and Budget, Calixte Nganongo, on Saturday, September 23, 2017.

On Friday, September 15th, 2017 ten draft implementing texts of the Law 29-2013, November 18, 2013 on the creation of the national association of chartered accountants (NACA), were presented and officially handed over to the Congolese government at the headquarters of the ministry of finance and budget in Brazzaville(Republic of the Congo) by the National council of the association of chartered accountants of France, to which they had previously been sent for validation.

The ceremony for the signing of the membership agreement between the CAEMC and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took place on September 5th, 2017 in Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of the Congo. The agreement is about the Democratic republic of the Congo membership to  the Action Group against Money Laundering in Central Africa (GABAC).

The financing  of  PSCAC  amounting to 100 million US dollars (i.e. 60 billion CFA francs) will cover a period of  5 years (2017-2022). The funding agreement  was signed on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 in Brazzaville by the Manager in charge of the World bank operations for Congo, Ahmadou Moustapha Ndiaye and  the minister of finance and budget, honourable Calixte Nganongo, representing the government.

The construction work  of a government housing  in Brazzaville, near the Palais des Congres in the heart of Brazzaville is going to start soon.  The piece of news came  on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 from H.E. Can Incesu, Ambassador of Turkey in Congo, after his meeting with  the Minister of Finance and Budget, honourable Calixte Nganongo.