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[00:01:01] This is the latest edition on TéléCongo, ladies and gentlemen, good evening and thank you for joining
[00:01:05] the initiative of the head of us to follow this newscast. On August 11th, the President of
[00:01:09] the Republic will inaugurate the tractor assembly plant
[00:01:13] of Ekokamako. Today,
[00:01:16] the general director of this company, Wilfrid
[00:01:20] Sasso, the acceleration of Ettoka was on site to make observations before
[00:01:22] the inauguration. Another inauguration that is on
[00:01:25] the horizon, is that of the reference hospital of Olombo. in the
[00:01:28] Kinkenia department, in
[00:01:32] this newscast, we will offer you a report that traces
[00:01:35] the history of this health
[00:01:38] entity. Yesterday, the great agricultural fair of Bambou
[00:01:42] Mingali opened its doors. This evening, we will show you
[00:01:45] the atmosphere of the various stands that offer the agricultural
[00:01:49] varieties that abound in the
[00:01:51] were before the deputies of 15 departments of Congo. This is the showcase of this 11 p.m. broadcast, let's get to the
[00:01:54] details. The government of the Republic,
[00:01:58] led by its head. Anatole Coliné Makoso was this morning in
[00:02:02] Parliament before the deputies and senators to present the main
[00:02:06] strategic axes of its economic and
[00:02:09] social policy for the next three years. The report is by Joachin
[00:02:13] Miafunambungu.
[00:02:17] The elaboration by the government of the medium-term budgetary framework
[00:02:20] 2027-2029 is part of the process of
[00:02:24] preparing the state budget 2027. It
[00:02:28] takes place, said the Prime Minister. in an international context
[00:02:32] characterized by great
[00:02:35] the main orientations of uncertainties linked to
[00:02:36] Coliné Makoso and the report of geopolitical shocks, notably in the Middle East and in
[00:02:39] Ukraine. According to the latest world economic outlook
[00:02:43] 1, strengthening published by the International
[00:02:45] revenue mobilization and expanding the Monetary Fund, world growth is expected
[00:02:47] to be 3.1 % in
[00:02:51] 2026 and 3.4 % in
[00:02:54] 3, restoration of 2027, down from the average of
[00:02:57] to pave the way for the nation's economic 3.5 % observed in 2024.
[00:03:01] Global inflation is expected to decrease from 4.1 % in
[00:03:04] 2025 to 4.7 % in
[00:03:07] 2026, before falling back to 3.9
[00:03:11] % in 2027. These slightly revised upward forecasts
[00:03:15] indicate the
[00:03:18] views on the broad outlines of the state disinflationary trend well integrates the will of observed since the beginning of
[00:03:19] closing 2024 is making
[00:03:22] progress. On the national level, given the
[00:03:25] degree of openness of our economy characterized by a
[00:03:29] high level of... imports, imported inflation
[00:03:32] constitutes a major challenge for the purchasing power of
[00:03:35] Congolese, which is why the government
[00:03:39] will resolutely pursue its policies to fight against the high
[00:03:42] cost of living. This budgetary framework
[00:03:45] sustainability of is nothing other than the implementation of the government's
[00:03:47] social program translated into an action plan that
[00:03:51] relies on the 10 priority actions to accelerate the
[00:03:54] march towards development. This is the set of these actions described in the
[00:03:58] social project. the acceleration of the march towards
[00:04:02] development which was resumed and detailed in 20 missions
[00:04:06] presented before the honorable deputies and which constitutes
[00:04:09] the roadmap for the 2027-2031 five-year term.
[00:04:13] In other words, the backbone of the next national development
[00:04:16] plan, for which Parliament will be
[00:04:19] consulted upstream of its elaboration. During these
[00:04:23] next three years, the government declared the Prime
[00:04:27] Minister wishes to accelerate the purification. the
[00:04:30] domestic commercial debt, for
[00:04:34] sectors with a view to IMF with a view to Anatole Coliné Makoso, this budgetary framework is
[00:04:37] a contract of trust between the government and the nation, it is
[00:04:41] at the service of our unique compass,
[00:04:44] the acceleration of the march towards
[00:04:47] development, end of quote,
[00:04:50] still in the Senate, as a prelude to the elaboration of the finance law
[00:04:54] for the 2027 fiscal year, the Prime Minister, Head of Government,
[00:04:58] Anatole Coliné Makoso, presented...
[00:05:00] all the hypotheses that could allow the
[00:05:02] a disorderly exploitation of government to achieve its objectives. Report by Florent
[00:05:05] Anguel. Budgetary orientation debate, an exercise that
[00:05:08] allowed the Prime Minister, Head of
[00:05:12] I wanted to announce that the head of state Government. indeed a gold market in
[00:05:14] to present the broad outlines of the budgetary policy for the coming years
[00:05:18] and the main economic hypotheses that will guide
[00:05:20] the elaboration of future finance bills. Continuing his
[00:05:24] presentation, Anatole Colony Makoso presented the country's
[00:05:27] macroeconomic perspectives, the forecasts of public revenues and expenditures
[00:05:31] as well as the priorities adopted by the government for the coming
[00:05:35] years, forecasts that take into account both the government program
[00:05:38] pursuing the march towards development and the international
[00:05:42] economic context. The government continued, will take all
[00:05:46] necessary measures to initiate the process of
[00:05:49] debt reduction and strengthen economic growth in order to
[00:05:54] the state. Allennel Colonel Makosso returns to the main
[00:05:58] objectives of the state for the coming years. After hearing him,
[00:06:02] the senators formulated 17 recommendations, this to
[00:06:06] reinforce the government's action. The contribution of the
[00:06:08] Bretton Woods institutions for the realization of all these forecasts.
[00:06:12] proves important to remind Anatole Colin
[00:06:15] Makoso. We remain in the Senate where the Congolese
[00:06:19] postal sector continues to mobilize the attention of
[00:06:22] senators. The Economy and Finance Committee continued its
[00:06:26] series of hearings by receiving the Director General of
[00:06:29] Sopeco, the Post and Savings Company of Congo after
[00:06:33] having already heard the Minister of Posts, Telecommunications
[00:06:37] and Digital Economy. Once again, Florent
[00:06:40] Anguelle.
[00:06:43] from one chamber to another, in accordance with the provisions of the
[00:06:47] organic law relating to finance laws which stipulates that the
[00:06:50] government must present its ambitions to parliament within the framework of its
[00:06:54] economic and social policy for the next three
[00:06:57] years, Anatol Kolini Makosu and
[00:07:00] his entire government the National
[00:07:04] Assembly. For the head of the
[00:07:07] government, the aim for this 2027-2029
[00:07:10] triennium is to consolidate the major macroeconomic
[00:07:14] and budgetary balances. In terms
[00:07:17] of macroeconomic balance, it will be a question of finding the right
[00:07:20] balance between three imperatives:
[00:07:24] continue debt reduction to restore our room for maneuver and our
[00:07:28] credibility,
[00:07:30] ensure the stabilization of the macroeconomic framework to maintain an
[00:07:34] environment conducive to investment,
[00:07:37] and finance the basic infrastructures essential for our
[00:07:41] development, as well as the structural transformation of our
[00:07:44] economy. These are
[00:07:47] state action for the next three years to achieve
[00:07:51] these objectives:
[00:07:57] tax base;
[00:08:00] 2, control and rationalization of public
[00:08:03] expenditure;
[00:08:07] budgetary credibility.
[00:08:09] 4, consolidation of surpluses. over the entire
[00:08:13] period. 5, strengthening of
[00:08:16] treasury management and domestic debt
[00:08:20] 6 strengthening performance and
[00:08:23] accountability of budgetary program managers
[00:08:27] 7 reduction and optimization of public
[00:08:30] debt 8
[00:08:32] optimization of budgetary risk management
[00:08:36] 9 establishment of safety cushions to strengthen the
[00:08:39] resilience of the national economy in the face of shocks.
[00:08:43] 10: continuation of efforts to rebuild foreign
[00:08:46] exchange reserves.
[00:08:50] Ultimately, the present medium-term budgetary framework
[00:08:53] aims to guarantee the financial
[00:08:57] the state, to reduce dependence
[00:09:01] on oil resources,
[00:09:04] to improve budgetary sincerity, and
[00:09:07] to make the program budget a real public management tool. The
[00:09:11] Head of Government wished to clarify to the honorable deputies that
[00:09:15] the government's financing strategy does not
[00:09:18] rely solely on market borrowings. The
[00:09:22] government also counts on the budgetary support of technical
[00:09:26] and financial partners, notably the IMF, the World Bank, the
[00:09:29] African Development Bank and AFD, the French Development
[00:09:32] Agency. Their support will be of precious
[00:09:36] contribution, which is why he pleaded before
[00:09:39] this other chamber of Parliament that the
[00:09:42] government should continue discussions with the
[00:09:46] concluding a new program focusing this
[00:09:49] time on resilience and
[00:09:53] sustainability.
[00:09:55] Our apologies, you have just seen Prime Minister
[00:09:59] Anatole Coliné Makoso who was before the deputies for a
[00:10:02] directional debate. In the Senate, as I told you,
[00:10:06] the Congolese postal sector continues to mobilize the attention of
[00:10:10] senators, the economy and finance committee. continued its
[00:10:13] series of hearings by receiving the director general of
[00:10:17] Sopeco, the Post and Savings Company of Congo after
[00:10:21] having already heard the minister of posts and telecommunications.
[00:10:25] and the digital economy, report Florent
[00:10:28] Anguelle.
[00:10:30] Facing the members of the Senate's Economy and
[00:10:34] Sopeco gave an overview of the company. She
[00:10:38] presented the main constraints faced by this company,
[00:10:41] including financial difficulties, the decline in
[00:10:45] the volume of traditional postal activities, due to the
[00:10:48] digital transformation, the challenges related to the modernization of
[00:10:51] infrastructures, as well as the recovery prospects initiated
[00:10:54] by the direction. The discussions with the senators also
[00:10:58] made it possible to address several issues
[00:11:01] governance, its economic viability, the quality of public
[00:11:05] postal service, the preservation
[00:11:08] of jobs, and the strategies envisaged to adapt Sopeco to the
[00:11:12] new market requirements. The situation of Sopeco's salaries,
[00:11:15] payment delays, the difficulties
[00:11:19] faced by Sopeco to reassure our expectations
[00:11:22] was, of course, to express the difficulties that... we
[00:11:25] encounter difficulties that
[00:11:28] can be resolved by a full
[00:11:31] and complete action of the state, the supervisory ministry, the members
[00:11:35] of this commission reaffirmed their commitment to the sustainability of this public
[00:11:39] enterprise considered as an essential link in the economic
[00:11:42] development of the postal sector, for them, one of the solutions to save
[00:11:46] Sopeco from this spiral is the establishment of a restructuring
[00:11:49] committee, this exchange is part of
[00:11:51] a serial story we could call a serial story.
[00:11:56] and there it's the soft landing we had,
[00:11:58] we started with uh
[00:12:01] the workers so inter-union,
[00:12:05] we had to deal with the most urgent
[00:12:07] and the solutions so short-term it's
[00:12:11] the obtaining of these 6 months of salary payment until the end of
[00:12:14] December and then
[00:12:18] it was necessary now to have this meeting
[00:12:22] with the director general to uh
[00:12:25] see if she adheres to this
[00:12:28] approach of restructuring which was
[00:12:30] uh induced
[00:12:34] by the minister by setting up a restructuring
[00:12:37] committee with this hearing, the economy and finance committee of
[00:12:41] the Senate now has a global idea of this
[00:12:43] situation.
[00:12:46] the budgetary orientation debate also took place in the National
[00:12:50] Assembly under the leadership of its vice-president Léon
[00:12:54] Alfred. Pimba. The presentation of the budgetary framework
[00:12:57] by Prime Minister Anatole
[00:13:01] the Economy and Finance Committee provoked several reactions from
[00:13:05] deputies. Report Cyril
[00:13:07] Safubati. At the Parliament Palace, the work of the budgetary
[00:13:11] orientation debate was in full swing under the authority of the first
[00:13:15] vice-president of the National Assembly, Léon Alfredo Pimba.
[00:13:18] An important political step
[00:13:22] choices before the examination of the finance law. Supported by Maurice
[00:13:25] Mavongu, president of the Economy Committee: the budgetary
[00:13:28] orientation debate is a political step in the
[00:13:32] preparation of the finance bill for the N+1
[00:13:35] fiscal year. This crucial
[00:13:37] step allows parliamentarians to express their
[00:13:43] budget over a period of 3 years. The budgetary
[00:13:46] orientation debate which is now
[00:13:50] opening, will therefore make it possible to assess the
[00:13:54] orientations proposed. by the government along
[00:13:57] with the results already obtained, financial
[00:14:00] constraints
[00:14:03] and the priorities of the populations we represent. At the rostrum, the Prime
[00:14:07] Minister, Head of Government, Anatol Coliné Makusso, presented
[00:14:10] the medium-term budgetary framework. The executive is banking
[00:14:14] on robust growth of 5.2%
[00:14:17] in 2026, and sustained momentum over the period
[00:14:21] 2027-2029, based on economic diversification.
[00:14:25] the purification of domestic debt and rigor in the management of public
[00:14:29] funds, but before getting to the heart of the matter, the economy commission
[00:14:32] scrutinized the documents transmitted, raising 11 major
[00:14:36] concerns: non-transmission to parliament
[00:14:39] of medium-term spending frameworks, by nature,
[00:14:43] by function and by
[00:14:46] ministry, in accordance with article 9, paragraph
[00:14:49] 2 of the organic law relating to finance
[00:14:52] laws, financing strategy for the
[00:14:56] electricity and water
[00:14:59] improving access and quality of public services
[00:15:03] as well as the list of main projects to be
[00:15:05] financed in the next three years. These
[00:15:09] observations and the government's presentation immediately opened the
[00:15:13] way to a rich and direct debate in the assembly. but there is
[00:15:16] in our country today a real problem in our
[00:15:20] ecosystems,
[00:15:22] they are degraded everywhere.
[00:15:27] gold,
[00:15:30] the populations would like to know if there is
[00:15:35] our country. because the devastated
[00:15:38] spaces are not restored, when Mr.
[00:15:42] Prime Minister speaks of the growth rate of Congolese oil,
[00:15:45] I have the distinct
[00:15:48] impression that he does not
[00:15:50] present uh logging,
[00:15:54] mining
[00:15:56] and even gas,
[00:16:00] as if our country no longer produced gas, as
[00:16:04] if our country no longer exploited wood, as if our other
[00:16:07] country no longer exploited mines, what exactly
[00:16:10] is the projection for these three things, what exactly
[00:16:14] is it? constructive exchanges that testify to the
[00:16:17] vitality of parliamentary control, the government is now expected to translate
[00:16:21] these orientations into
[00:16:24] budget. This budgetary framework
[00:16:27] 2027/2029 targets an average growth
[00:16:31] of 6.1% per year and revenues close to
[00:16:34] 3000 billion CFA francs. At the end of the exchange,
[00:16:38] the first vice-president of the National Assembly, Léon Alfredo
[00:16:41] Opimba, summarized the work, highlighting the
[00:16:45] main concerns of the deputies. Once again,
[00:16:48] Cyryl Safubacci.
[00:16:52] Relying on the new social project of the head of state Denis
[00:16:57] the march towards development and despite an international
[00:17:01] environment marked by geopolitical uncertainties, the
[00:17:04] government displays resolute ambitions. For the period.
[00:17:07] 2027/2029, the national economy is expected to show
[00:17:11] an average growth of 6.1% per year,
[00:17:14] driven by the dynamics of the oil and non-oil sectors. Inflation,
[00:17:18] for its part, will remain controlled around 3%. On the public
[00:17:21] finance side, budgetary revenues will increase to reach
[00:17:25] 2971 billion CFA francs in
[00:17:28] 2027, 3060 billion CFA
[00:17:31] francs in 2028, and 3149.7
[00:17:34] billion in 2029. In contrast, expenditures... will be rigorously
[00:17:38] controlled, rising from 2601.4
[00:17:41] billion CFA francs in 2027 to
[00:17:44] 2730.4 billion in 2029, thus guaranteeing
[00:17:48] budget surpluses and the continuation of debt reduction. Faced
[00:17:52] with the technical and sectoral concerns raised by the national
[00:17:55] representation, Prime Minister Anatol Kolin Makoso was keen to
[00:17:59] provide precise clarifications on the executive's strategy. Despite the
[00:18:02] efforts we make in terms of financing or
[00:18:05] budgeting of...
[00:18:07] social services, we know that we must always
[00:18:11] continue these efforts, education,
[00:18:15] health, the problems we have at the CHU, the
[00:18:19] problems our university students pose, are
[00:18:22] real problems, the problems posed by retirees are
[00:18:26] real problems, it is not necessarily a question of budgeting, when you
[00:18:30] see the budgets, our intentions are good, the problems we have are questions of
[00:18:33] treasury, concerns welcomed by the bureau of the National Assembly, in
[00:18:37] closing this sequence, the first vice-president of the National Assembly Léon
[00:18:41] Alfredo Pimba underlined the relevance of the questions raised on behalf
[00:18:45] of the population. This session, it was recalled
[00:18:48] in the report that was read to us,
[00:18:52] the National Assembly to participate in the process
[00:18:55] of budget elaboration. Important points were raised,
[00:18:59] recognized by the government, the question of water and electricity, it must
[00:19:03] be taken into account, it is an important social issue. The
[00:19:06] question. of the queues of municipalization, there is the question of
[00:19:10] recruitment in the civil service and finally a question related
[00:19:13] to the deposit and consignment fund, the deposit and consignment
[00:19:17] fund, I would like to reassure
[00:19:20] the government that
[00:19:22] we will deal with this matter diligently, this first
[00:19:26] budgetary orientation debate of the new five-year term of Head of State Denis Sasso
[00:19:30] Ngesso is essentially an
[00:19:33] exercise of accountability and high foresight that
[00:19:37] traces the path of the future national development plan and resolutely
[00:19:41] commits the socio-economic future of
[00:19:43] Congo. At the Prime Minister's Office, the Prime
[00:19:47] Minister met with the administrator of Congo,
[00:19:51] at the African Development Bank, Regisse la
[00:19:54] Couée des Rang. At the heart of this meeting, the partnership
[00:19:57] between Congo and this development institution.
[00:20:01] Joichin,
[00:20:05] the partnership between the Congolese government, the Lababa group
[00:20:09] has been satisfactory, declared the administrator of Congo
[00:20:12] Alabade Regisse la Couée desérant before
[00:20:15] continuing that there are still challenges to be met and we are
[00:20:19] working with the Congolese authorities to meet them.
[00:20:23] The first part was to congratulate the Congolese authorities following
[00:20:26] the organization of the annual meetings of the Bad group which took
[00:20:30] place last May, so that was the
[00:20:33] first point, the second point, we also participated yesterday in the great
[00:20:37] agricultural fair of Congo and we also congratulate Congo
[00:20:41] for the perpetuation of this exercise given that it is the second
[00:20:45] edition and it should also be known that we at the African
[00:20:48] Development Bank. we support the agricultural sector through
[00:20:52] a project called the bag product and which supports value
[00:20:56] chains, another topic on which we discussed
[00:20:59] with His Excellency the Prime Minister and the national
[00:21:02] development plan of Congo. Congo is preparing a
[00:21:06] new national development plan.
[00:21:08] Regarding this national plan, we suggested
[00:21:11] to the Congolese authorities to
[00:21:16] industrialization and economic diversification.
[00:21:20] and finally we also discussed with His Excellency
[00:21:24] the Prime Minister about the ongoing activities
[00:21:27] at the bade for Congo
[00:21:31] and these include the preparation of future projects
[00:21:35] notably in the energy sector and the transport sector,
[00:21:38] so that is in essence the discussions we had
[00:21:42] and I will conclude by simply saying
[00:21:45] that the relations between the Abad and Congo are strengthening
[00:21:49] more and more, that said, the African Development
[00:21:52] Bank remains committed to supporting Congo
[00:21:56] in the structuring of these projects.
[00:22:00] Let's talk about economy again in this newscast, BGF Bank
[00:22:03] is holding a series of board of directors meetings
[00:22:07] of its subsidiaries in the CEC zone, in the presence of
[00:22:10] the group's general director Henri Claude Oima. These
[00:22:14] meetings aim to evaluate mid-term performance of the businesses
[00:22:17] and... subsidiaries, but also to project
[00:22:21] towards new strategic orientations.
[00:22:24] Report by Héritier
[00:22:26] Banabel.
[00:22:30] Achieving good results is not the only ambition of BGF Bank
[00:22:34] Congo. It aims to be a bank that is ever more resilient,
[00:22:38] more efficient, more innovative and more exemplary in terms of
[00:22:41] governance. Gathered to evaluate the results of the 1st half
[00:22:45] of 2026 and define the directives for the second
[00:22:48] half. The administrators of BGF Bank Congo ensure
[00:22:52] the bank's financial soundness and the preservation
[00:22:55] of the interests of clients, partners and
[00:22:58] shareholders. Our collective responsibility
[00:23:02] consists less of noting the performance
[00:23:05] achieved than of appreciating their
[00:23:08] quality, their durability and their
[00:23:12] capacity to prepare
[00:23:15] the future. The various points on our agenda
[00:23:19] will allow us to fully
[00:23:23] exercise this mission, the
[00:23:26] monitoring of decisions taken during our previous
[00:23:30] session, the conclusions of the group's
[00:23:34] supervisory college, as well as the proposed
[00:23:38] corrective measures,
[00:23:41] the alignment of our strategy
[00:23:45] with the BGFI
[00:23:47] 2000... 30
[00:23:50] vision the work of our specialized
[00:23:53] committees which constitute the first
[00:23:56] level of control of the
[00:24:00] council, the financial results
[00:24:04] semi-annual and the
[00:24:09] prospects for the fiscal year. From this meeting, it appears that the
[00:24:12] first-half indicators are open for BJF Bank
[00:24:16] Congo, which continues its growth trajectory and
[00:24:20] reaffirms its commitment to financing the national
[00:24:23] economy. The results of BG Fibank
[00:24:26] Congo for the first half are
[00:24:30] in line with the budget and our forecasts for the year
[00:24:33] 2026, we will be beyond
[00:24:36] the budget, so we are absolutely delighted that the Bijuban Congo
[00:24:39] is reclaiming its place, which is the country's first
[00:24:43] institution, and that it continues to support
[00:24:47] economic operators. It continues to support... and institutions within the appreciation
[00:24:50] of mid-term performance and achievement
[00:24:53] of year-end objectives,
[00:24:57] the Chairman of the Board of Directors counts on the proper
[00:25:00] execution of the recommendations retained.
[00:25:02] I therefore invite the general management to pursue with
[00:25:06] determination the implementation of the guidelines
[00:25:10] adopted today,
[00:25:12] particularly those relating to
[00:25:16] the execution of the strategic plan aligned
[00:25:19] with... BGFI 2030, to the monitoring
[00:25:23] of recommendations from control bodies, to
[00:25:27] risk management, to
[00:25:30] strengthening the quality of
[00:25:32] assets, as well as to the continuous
[00:25:35] improvement of our operational
[00:25:39] efficiency. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of
[00:25:43] BJF Bank Congo, Jean-Dominique Okemba, invites all
[00:25:46] managers to work to maintain the institution's ambition
[00:25:50] to offer each of its customer segments
[00:25:52] tailored solutions and excellent service
[00:25:56] quality.
[00:26:02] Denis Sassou Nguesso will
[00:26:05] the tractor assembly plant installed in the Malouku industrial
[00:26:09] zone on August 11th. This plant has a
[00:26:12] production capacity of 10 tractors per day. We bring
[00:26:16] you behind the scenes of this factory in this report by
[00:26:19] Célestin O'Cano Yerika. Agriculture
[00:26:22] in a broad sense is the central pillar of the economic
[00:26:26] diversification strategy championed by the
[00:26:29] President of the Republic Denis Sassou Nguesso. Faced with the
[00:26:32] country's dependence on oil, the head of state has
[00:26:36] made agriculture one of the absolute priorities of his
[00:26:40] development program. This political
[00:26:43] ambition relies on mechanization to
[00:26:48] work, to retain rural populations and to make
[00:26:52] agricultural professions attractive to young people. Eco
[00:26:55] Kamaco, a mixed Sino-Congolese
[00:26:58] public limited company specializing in the assembly and
[00:27:01] manufacturing of tractors and agricultural
[00:27:04] equipment, fully embraces
[00:27:08] state Denis Sassou Nguesso, who places mechanization at
[00:27:12] the center of his agricultural policy. The factory
[00:27:15] is located in the Malouku Industrial and Commercial Park
[00:27:19] within the special economic zone, a factory
[00:27:22] that is designed to assemble 10 tractors per
[00:27:25] day, destined for the Congolese market, but also for
[00:27:29] export to Central Africa.
[00:27:32] Engineer Liu Ziozung explains
[00:27:35] the assembly line process.
[00:27:48] First the tank, the carburetor, after
[00:27:52] it will continue
[00:27:54] to advance, it also has the seat
[00:27:58] installed, the cabin, the c.
[00:28:02] the hood, yes, after it
[00:28:06] still has the footrest, the
[00:28:09] binou, yes, the last, the
[00:28:12] post, meaning we say it assembled
[00:28:15] twelve, we will go out, we
[00:28:17] do, yes, meaning this
[00:28:21] three hours, it's already finished, we have made all the
[00:28:24] preparations to welcome the
[00:28:27] President's visit, the main objective
[00:28:31] pursued by Echo Maco by CEO Willy and Toka
[00:28:34] is to mechanize national agriculture to increase
[00:28:38] productivity and reduce food
[00:28:42] imports. The agricultural machinery engineer Eli
[00:28:45] Massamba appeals to agricultural operators. It's
[00:28:49] really, given the price, it's the tactic that will not be too expensive, it will be within the reach
[00:28:53] of practically all Congolese who want to do agricultural mechanization well. We
[00:28:57] have three qualities of tractors here: the first quality at
[00:29:00] 75 horsepower, there is that of... horsepower and 120
[00:29:03] horsepower and so with these powers you are able to
[00:29:07] mechanize agricultural work correctly, whether it is, well, it
[00:29:10] all depends on the pedology, when you are on the plateau it's sand so
[00:29:14] any tractor can work on the plateau but in the Buenza, the
[00:29:18] Niari, it's from 100 horsepower and 120 horsepower and these tractors are
[00:29:21] also available at Eco Kamako here. This assembly
[00:29:24] plant was officially received by the
[00:29:28] government in April 2023 and the
[00:29:31] company was officially approved under the special
[00:29:34] economic zones regime in May
[00:29:37] 2026 for a period of 15 years,
[00:29:39] renewable. It's a public-private
[00:29:43] partnership. Editor-in-chief Amene
[00:29:46] Ayesa, from tomorrow Galilee Moussa will be on this set to inform
[00:29:50] you. This is the end of this edition, thank you for watching,
[00:29:54] I'll see you very
[00:29:55] soon.
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