On Friday, July 11, 2025, in Brazzaville, Anatole Collinet Makosso, Prime Minister and Head of Government, hosted the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Sino-Congolese Bank for Africa (BSCA.Bank). He was joined by, among other dignitaries, the Monetary Authority of Congo, Christian Yoka; the Chinese Ambassador to Congo, An Qing; the Managing Director of the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), Zhiheng Wang; and the Chairman of the Board of Directors (Chairman) of BSCA.BANK, Rigobert Roger Andely.
On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Brazzaville, the National Assembly adopted, in plenary session, two bills proposed by the Government, represented by Minister of Finance, Budget, and Public Portfolio Christian Yoka.
The 27th session of the Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund's Capacity Development Center for Central Africa (AFRITAC Central or AFC), which opened in hybrid mode on Tuesday, June 17, closed on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), the Minister of Economy, Planning, and Regional Integration, Ludovic Ngatsé, representing his colleague Christian Yoka, Minister of Finance, Budget, and Public Portfolio, and current Chair of the AFRITAC Central Steering Committee, opened the 27th meeting of the Committee. The ceremony was attended by several prominent figures, including Philippe Egoumé, Director of this technical assistance arm of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Brazzaville, the Commission responsible for supporting the Human Resources Directorate (HRD) in collecting needs from future users of an Integrated Human Resources Management System (HRMIS) of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio (MFBPP) held its second session in the meeting room of the Ministry. Led by Jean-Marie Montsagna, Director of Human Resources and Coordinator of the Commission, this meeting allowed members to first clarify the challenges of the reform, which aims to provide the Ministry with a centralized, modern, and efficient IT system, enabling optimized human resources management, transparency, traceability, and the integration of HR processes. The meeting then allowed them to discuss the collection of needs from future users of the integrated system and to define the next steps to ensure its implementation.
The elective General Assembly of the Congolese Workers' Trade Union Confederation (CSTC), section of the General Directorate of the Budget (DGB), was held on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Brazzaville, at the premises of the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and Public Portfolio. A new nine-member Executive Board was established. It is headed by its Secretary General, Jean Mpoako.
On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Brazzaville, François Mounzéo Breitzer, Tax Advisor, representing Christian Yoka, Minister of Finance, Budget, and Public Portfolio, launched the awareness campaign for the implementation instructions for the tax provisions of Law No. 47-2024 of December 30, 2024, on the Finance Act for the year 2025. He was joined by the Director General of Taxes and State Property (DGID), Ludovic Itoua, and the Director of General Audits and Research, Séraphin Ndion.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, Hilaire Mavoungou, Acting Chief of Staff to Christian Yoka, Minister of Finance, Budget, and Public Portfolio, oversaw the handover of service between David Martin Obami, outgoing Director general, and Marie Ghislain Yebas Mandelo, the new Director general of the Congolese Sinking Fund (CCA), appointed by Decree No. 2025-116 of April 18, 2025.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, Hilaire Mavoungou, Acting Chief of Staff to Christian Yoka, Minister of Finance, Budget, and Public Portfolio, oversaw the transfer of service between two outgoing Deputy Directors General of the Treasury (DGAT), namely: Sylvère Armel Dongou and Gertrude Stéphanie Mouaya, on the one hand, and Hylarion Stève Ibobi Ollessongo, former Paymaster General, recently appointed sole DGAT, on the other.
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