On Friday, July 4, 2025, the Minister of Finance, Budget, and Public Portfolio, Christian YOKA, began his working visit to Pointe-Noire with the Departmental Directorates of Customs and Indirect Taxes in Pointe-Noire and Kouilou.

The Congolese Minister of Economy and Finance, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Ondaye, opened, on Tuesday December 12, 2023 in Brazzaville, the regional seminar of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), under the theme: “The modernization of procedures customs measures to achieve the objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area (ZLECAF)”.

Tuesday May 23, 2023 in Brazzaville, Ludovic Ngatsé, Congolese Minister of Budget, Public Accounts and Public Portfolio, acting as Jean-Baptiste Ondaye, Minister of Economy and Finance, opened the work of the Regional Conference on the application of effective customs control and securing the trade of toxic chemicals in Africa. In the presence of Guénolé Mbongo Koumou, Director General of Customs and Indirect Duties of the Republic of Congo, Vice-President of the World Customs Organization for West and Central Africa (WCO-AOC).

Three speeches were delivered at the opening, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), of the 26^th Meeting of Experts of the Conference of Directors General of Customs of the World Customs Organization (WCO) for the West and Central Africa region (WCA). This meeting was held under the theme ‘’Accelerating the Digital Transformation of Customs by developing a Data Culture and a Performing Ecosystem’’. 

From Monday 16 to Friday 20 May 2022, Brazzaville (capital of the Republic of Congo), hosted the workshop to launch the Pilot Programme for setting up a Regional Network of Champions of the Modernization of Customs Human Capital Management (RRCM-GCHD). These meetings were organized by the Regional Training Center (RTC) of Brazzaville, West and Central Africa Region (WCA), in partnership with the World Customs Organization (WCO).

On Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October 2021 in Brazzaville, a hundred Congolese candidates participated in the 3^rd and 13^th editions of the competitive entrance examination and test to the Central African Economic and Monetary Community's Inter-State Customs School (EIED-CEMAC) for the private training of customs agents, controllers and inspectors.

The Minister of Finance and Budget, Calixte Nganongo, officially launched, Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at the headquarters of the General Directorate of Customs and Indirect Duty (DGDDI) in Brazzaville, the activities of the platform "Tracking", called "Ekengué" or electronic monitoring and surveillance of goods in transit.

From Monday 15 to Friday 19 June 2020, in the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 45 tax managers and cashiers from the Large Enterprises Unit (UGE) and the Medium Enterprises Unit (UME) will be trained in the use of the E-TAX project (new Online Payment System for Duties, Taxes and Fees) which will soon replace the old SYSTAF system.

The World Customs Organisation (WCO) celebrates, each year, the World Customs Day. “Sustainability at the heart of Customs’ action for People, Prosperity and Planet” is the theme that the international community has chosen to celebrate this day, Sunday 26 January 2020.