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03 Mar
2023

Congo/France banking cooperation

Jean-Baptiste Ondaye, Congolese Minister of Economy and Finance, received in audience, Friday March 3, 2023, in his office, Nicolas Dufourcq, Director General of the Public Investment Bank of France (Bpifrance). The latter was accompanied by Armel Fridelin Mbouloukoué, Director General of the Guarantee and Support Impulse Fund (FIGA) of the Republic of Congo.
03 Mar
2023

French President's working visit to Brazzaville

Jean-Baptiste Ondaye, Minister of Economy and Finance, representing the Congolese government, and Nicolas Dufourcq, Managing Director of the Public Investment Bank of France (Bpifrance), representing the French party, signed on Friday March 3, 2023 , at the Presidency of the Republic, two Financing Agreements between Congo and two French technical and financial partners, namely: AFD and Bpifrance.
28 Feb
2023

Campaign to popularize the instruction on the application of tax provisions in Pointe-Noire

Ten days after the Department of Brazzaville, Ludovic Itoua, Director General of Taxes and Lands (DGID), launched, on Tuesday February 28, 2023, in the conference room of the Autonomous Port of Pointe-Noire (PAPN), the popularization campaign , in the Departments of Pointe-Noire and Kouilou, of the instruction for the application of the tax provisions of Law No. 77-2022 of December 27, 2022, on the Finance Law of the Congolese State, financial year 2023. 668 billion of F CFA are expected from the tax administration in this budget.
17 Feb
2023

Popularization of the tax provisions of the 2023 finance law

Friday, February 17, 2023 in Brazzaville, Jean-Baptiste Ondaye, Minister of Economy and Finance, launched the campaign to popularize the instruction for the application of the tax provisions contained in Law No. 77-2022 of December 22, 2022 on the Finance Act for the year 2023. This instruction dates from February 8, 2023 and was signed by Ludovic Itoua, Director General of Taxes and Domains (DGID). 
13 Feb
2023

Congo-World Bank cooperation

From Monday February 13 to Tuesday February 21, 2023, a team from the World Bank (WB) is staying in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), for an identification mission with a view to preparing the second budget support operation of this international financial institution of Bretton Woods for the Republic of Congo. This mission was received at an initial meeting by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Jean-Baptiste ONDAYE, and his colleague from the Budget, Public Accounts and Public Portfolio, Ludovic NGATSE. 
31 Jan
2023

Restitution of the mission of the IMF and WB team on the evaluation of public investment management in Congo

Jean-Baptiste Ondaye, Congolese Minister of Economy and Finance, opened, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 in Brazzaville, the meeting to present the conclusions of the joint mission led by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). ), on the assessment of Public Investment Management (PIM), including the consideration of climate change in the Republic of Congo (PIMA/C-PIMA, for short). In the presence of Nicolas Million, Resident Representative of the IMF in Congo, and Claude Wendling, Head of Joint Mission, and Principal Economist at the IMF.
18 Jan
2023

Communication from the Inspector General of Finance for the attention of employers' organizations

Managers or representatives:
 
  • the Employers’ and Interprofessional Union of Congo (UNICONGO);
  • the National Union of Economic Operators of Congo (UNOC);
11 Jan
2023

Seminar to review and validate State cash management optimization tools

Athanase Ngassaki, Chief of Staff, representing Jean-Baptiste Ondaye, Minister of Economy and Finance, opened, on Wednesday January 11, 2023 in Brazzaville, the work of the seminar on the examination and validation of tools for optimizing the government cash management. In the presence of the Directors General of the financial authorities and representatives of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), as well as the Postal Bank of Congo (BPC).
22 Dec
2022

Central African Monetary Union (UMAC)

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Jean-Baptiste Ondaye, has been appointed head of the ministerial committee of the Central African Monetary Union (Umac) for a one-year term, at the end of a meeting of the community institution held on 22 December in Douala, Cameroon.
20 Dec
2022

National Balance of Payments Committee of Congo (CNDBP)

On Tuesday 20 December 2022, the National Balance of Payments Committee (CNDBP) of Congo met at the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) in Brazzaville. The meeting was chaired by Franck Mondésir Mbouayila Tsassa, Director General of the Economy, in the presence of Appolinaire Akilabi, representing Roger Gossaki, Director General of the Currency and External Financial Relations (DGMRFE). The Committee noted that Congo's economic and financial transactions with the rest of the world resulted in a current account surplus of CFAF 829 billion 200 million in 2020 (or 13.0% of the Gross Domestic Product - GDP), but down by 13.3% compared to 2019, when it stood at CFAF 956 billion 400 million (or 11.6% of GDP).