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[00:00:00] Africa's participation in this summit, which aims,
[00:00:03] among other things, to promote a direct and frank dialogue
[00:00:06] as well as visions and avenues for work and
[00:00:09] action around high-level speeches,
[00:00:13] as a solution country, this, of course, announcements and workshops. This
[00:00:15] third panel, titled "Vision of African Leaders for
[00:00:19] Space," led by Presidents Paul Kagame of
[00:00:22] Rwanda, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, and the
[00:00:25] representative of President Ismaël Omar Guelleh of Djibouti,
[00:00:29] is based on continental sovereignty,
[00:00:32] unity of action through the African Space Agency
[00:00:36] and the use of orbital technologies to meet
[00:00:39] the development requirements of Agenda 2063.
[00:00:42] President Denis Sassou Nguesso's presence at
[00:00:45] the International Space Summit is not by chance,
[00:00:49] while major powers discuss the future and
[00:00:53] orbital regulation, Congo intends to
[00:00:56] make its mark. First of all, I would like to thank
[00:01:00] President Emmanuel Macron
[00:01:01] and some coming from as well as the
[00:01:05] French and
[00:01:08] of German authorities for organizing this summit and for
[00:01:13] to the consultative council nation and for the President ecological the invitation addressed to the Republic of
[00:01:15] Congo.
[00:01:18] We are gathered today around a
[00:01:21] subject that may seem to
[00:01:23] belong to major
[00:01:26] powers
[00:01:28] honored, it is the entire and tomorrow's technologies.
[00:01:31] and to
[00:01:33] to embark on careers in the space, but allow me
[00:01:35] to
[00:01:38] the field of artificial intelligence, in the field of share a simple and profound
[00:01:41] conviction: space is
[00:01:45] no longer a distant horizon for Africa and Congo,
[00:01:49] my country, it has
[00:01:54] issues related to environmental become an essential platform for our
[00:01:56] development, for our security,
[00:02:00] and for our
[00:02:03] space summit highlighted sovereignty, for Africa and Congo,
[00:02:08] safety, availability the question is no
[00:02:09] you that longer whether
[00:02:10] the important contribution of we should invest
[00:02:14] in
[00:02:14] space,
[00:02:18] the real question
[00:02:21] is, what vision do we
[00:02:24] want to pursue
[00:02:27] to make space an instrument
[00:02:30] in the service of the development
[00:02:33] of our continent, the Republic
[00:02:37] of Congo is favorable to the development
[00:02:40] of the space economy,
[00:02:43] the Vice Prime Minister, Minister to science, to innovation and technological
[00:02:45] progress.
[00:02:48] We have, particularly at the
[00:02:52] African Union level, where we have
[00:02:56] contributed to the creation of a framework.
[00:03:00] institutional, political and
[00:03:04] strategic common
[00:03:07] through the
[00:03:08] law, following decisions of our
[00:03:11] Union:
[00:03:15] energies and environmental firstly, the founding decision in
[00:03:18] 2016 by the adoption of the
[00:03:22] African Space Policy and Strategy
[00:03:26] by the Heads of State and Government of the African
[00:03:30] Union,
[00:03:32] Africa Hugan Kaya Mikala secondly, the creation of the African
[00:03:36] Space Agency
[00:03:40] in 2018 by decision of
[00:03:44] the UN. Excellencies,
[00:03:47] Ladies and Gentlemen,
[00:03:49] there is perfect
[00:03:51] coherence between the
[00:03:55] priorities of the African Union and
[00:03:58] State is the aspect of the interests of the Republic of Congo in
[00:04:02] space matters, that is
[00:04:05] why we rely on
[00:04:09] African
[00:04:12] of the Sino-Congolese cooperation and integration in space policy,
[00:04:14] because in this competitive
[00:04:17] sector we must
[00:04:21] avoid building
[00:04:24] 54 isolated space
[00:04:26] Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic, Head of policies, when we can...
[00:04:31] certain infrastructures,
[00:04:34] certain data, certain
[00:04:36] skills and certain
[00:04:40] the future of investments, space can therefore
[00:04:44] respond to some of Africa's great emergencies and
[00:04:48] priorities, particularly
[00:04:51] that of food
[00:04:53] security
[00:04:55] and the protection of our
[00:04:57] environment.
[00:05:00] Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
[00:05:04] this vision takes on a particular
[00:05:07] dimension for Congo, because it also
[00:05:11] concerns: the Congo Basin,
[00:05:15] one of the great natural
[00:05:17] regulators of the
[00:05:19] global climate,
[00:05:21] the countries that protect this territory must be able to
[00:05:25] access data,
[00:05:29] have the capacity to
[00:05:32] process it and train
[00:05:36] scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs
[00:05:38] capable of meeting these challenges.
[00:05:44] That is why the
[00:05:47] Republic of Congo proposes,
[00:05:50] starting from this Paris summit, the
[00:05:54] creation of a space partnership
[00:05:57] for the Congo Basin,
[00:06:01] this partnership, in a
[00:06:05] dynamic of shared
[00:06:07] responsibility,
[00:06:09] will aim to provide data.
[00:06:13] and the power of space technologies
[00:06:17] for the preservation
[00:06:21] one of humanity's great
[00:06:25] heritage sites, the Congo
[00:06:27] Basin. In this
[00:06:30] context, the Republic of Congo,
[00:06:34] strong in its legitimacy, the
[00:06:37] President of the Congo Basin Climate
[00:06:40] Commission,
[00:07:12] innovate and
[00:07:14] share.
[00:07:17] Our second proposal
[00:07:20] concerns
[00:07:23] space to the issue of peace
[00:07:27] and security.
[00:07:30] Space technologies can improve
[00:07:33] territorial knowledge,
[00:07:36] facilitate the prevention of incidents,
[00:07:40] conflicts and contribute
[00:07:43] to better border
[00:07:47] management, Congo, which
[00:07:50] shares more than
[00:07:53] 5500 km of borders
[00:07:57] with its neighbors, is particularly
[00:08:01] attentive to this issue,
[00:08:04] we therefore call for making space
[00:08:07] a tool for prevention
[00:08:10] and peaceful resolution of
[00:08:14] disputes,
[00:08:16] in full respect of international
[00:08:21] sovereignty and territorial
[00:08:25] integrity of states.
[00:08:28] Excellencies, ladies and
[00:08:29] gentlemen,
[00:08:32] an Africa that depends entirely on
[00:08:35] others to observe its
[00:08:39] territory, communicate,
[00:08:42] provide data or anticipate these
[00:08:46] crises, remains a vulnerable
[00:08:49] Africa, we must
[00:08:52] progressively
[00:08:55] build our own capabilities,
[00:08:58] hence our ambition for technological
[00:09:02] sovereignty,
[00:09:05] this is the whole meaning of ambitious
[00:09:09] and futuristic cooperation. This is what my
[00:09:13] country, the Republic of Congo, has
[00:09:16] initiated with the Republic of
[00:09:19] Kazakhstan in the space
[00:09:22] sector.
[00:09:25] Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
[00:09:29] our vision must be
[00:09:31] ambitious.
[00:09:34] We must project ourselves
[00:09:38] into an Africa recognized as a key player in
[00:09:42] the global space economy,
[00:09:46] it is up to us, leaders, to ensure this with
[00:09:49] strength and conviction,
[00:09:53] Africa is not built only
[00:09:57] on Earth, it is also
[00:10:00] built from space, and I thank
[00:10:03] you.
[00:10:05] In Paris, Africa refuses to remain a mere consumer
[00:10:09] of technology. The continent aspires
[00:10:13] actor in the space race and economy.
[00:10:16] Space is no longer an horizon reserved for a few major powers.
[00:10:20] It becomes a tool for
[00:10:24] development, sovereignty and the
[00:10:27] protection of our planet. For Congo and the countries of the Congo
[00:10:30] Basin, space technologies can help us
[00:10:33] better protect our forests, anticipate climatic
[00:10:36] risks, strengthen our agriculture and better
[00:10:40] understand our territory.
[00:10:44] For the Republic of Congo, space technologies are now
[00:10:47] seen as indispensable tools for environmental
[00:10:51] monitoring, for improving the preservation of forests.
[00:10:55] Congo Basin, the second ecological lung of the planet,
[00:10:58] facing the challenge of climate change, the development
[00:11:02] of telecommunications to connect rural areas and
[00:11:05] stimulate the national digital economy, training and
[00:11:09] innovation, and the establishment of partnerships to integrate
[00:11:13] executives into the high-tech sector, following the example
[00:11:17] of Elli Biquet Yudo Nangu, a young
[00:11:20] Congolese, aeronautical and space
[00:11:23] engineer. The presence of President Sassou Nguesso,
[00:11:26] therefore President of the Republic of Congo,
[00:11:29] recalls and marks the fact that space is an
[00:11:33] important subject for our
[00:11:38] of the Republic. It is therefore an appeal to young people, an
[00:11:41] appeal to all stakeholders who can operate in
[00:11:45] this sector to proudly represent
[00:11:48] our nation and take part in activities that take place in
[00:11:52] space. This young patriot invites the Congolese
[00:11:58] aerospace sector, the call I am making is to take an interest in
[00:12:03] space, not to set limits
[00:12:07] because in fact they are accessible
[00:12:10] contrary to what we see, you should not
[00:12:14] prevent yourself from trying because the doors are open, they are
[00:12:17] accessible to broaden your horizons in
[00:12:21] fields that in reality are not reserved for others but are accessible to everyone,
[00:12:25] all when the first international
[00:12:28] Africa's role as an essential future
[00:12:32] partner for the health and innovation
[00:12:34] of space.
[00:12:42] On the sidelines of the International Space Summit, the President of the
[00:12:45] Republic, Denis Sassou Nguesso, held discussions with his counterpart
[00:12:49] from Rwanda, Paul Kagame. The two heads of state took a close
[00:12:52] look at the major issues that
[00:12:55] link the two countries, which maintain excellent cooperation
[00:12:58] relations in several areas, including the framework
[00:13:01] agreement for economic partnership and cooperation
[00:13:05] signed in 2022, with
[00:13:08] of Artificial Intelligence,
[00:13:11] Digitalization and Space of Kazakhstan,
[00:13:14] Zhaslan Madiyev, it was about space
[00:13:17] cooperation between Congo and Kazakhstan, which has reached
[00:13:21] a historic milestone in that the two countries are collaborating
[00:13:25] actively on technological development and
[00:13:28] Earth observation.
[00:13:32] we had a special visit of your
[00:13:34] president. We started working with the
[00:13:38] Republic of Congo after the state visit of His Excellency President
[00:13:41] Denis Sassou to Kazakhstan. The two presidents signed
[00:13:44] several agreements, including an agreement on the
[00:13:47] development of space products and vehicles. We are here
[00:13:51] symbolically at the space summit and we
[00:13:55] are working together in this area for the launch of the first
[00:13:58] vehicle belonging to Congo, a first observation satellite that will better
[00:14:01] monitor forest aspects, agriculture, but
[00:14:05] also everything related to floods and everything related
[00:14:08] to mines, the mining sector. We can supervise all these things with the
[00:14:12] satellite that we will launch in a few years with the Republic
[00:14:16] of Congo, which will have its own satellite. The other aspect that
[00:14:19] we discussed with His Excellency the Head of
[00:14:23] digitalization and executive training. We
[00:14:26] must work together to help the country digitalize
[00:14:30] the various government sectors, but he also
[00:14:34] placed particular emphasis on the training of executives in
[00:14:37] Kazakhstan. We have a training program on artificial intelligence that
[00:14:41] we will share with the Republic of Congo to train all
[00:14:44] executives in this transformation on artificial intelligence. We have set
[00:14:48] up a working team between the two countries in
[00:14:51] the various areas that are space, digital
[00:14:55] transformation, cryptocurrencies as
[00:14:58] well, which the president spoke about during our
[00:15:02] interview, and especially the aspects that can accompany
[00:15:04] digital transformation and capacity building, and these
[00:15:08] teams will work to bring all these projects to
[00:15:11] fruition.
[00:15:17] Note that Congo and Kazakhstan have signed a bilateral investment
[00:15:21] agreement for the creation of a space system and
[00:15:25] high-resolution Earth observation.
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[00:19:23] In Pointe-Noire, the economic capital and main
[00:19:27] oil center of Congo, the Sino-Congolese investment
[00:19:30] company is entering the petroleum product
[00:19:33] distribution sector with the opening of its first
[00:19:37] service station, a step that comes only 5 months
[00:19:41] after its distribution and marketing
[00:19:44] agreement for petroleum products. The deployment
[00:19:49] investment distribution network,
[00:19:52] only 5 months after obtaining its distribution and
[00:19:55] marketing agreement for petroleum products,
[00:19:58] is part of the vision of His Excellency, Mr. Denis
[00:20:03] State, implemented by the government under the authority
[00:20:07] of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Mr. Anatole Collinet
[00:20:11] Makosso. In the hydrocarbon
[00:20:13] sector, this vision recommends that
[00:20:17] we sustainably guarantee the availability and
[00:20:19] accessibility of petroleum products throughout
[00:20:23] the national territory, while promoting the
[00:20:26] modernization and expansion of our distribution
[00:20:30] capacities. The event is not limited to the opening of a
[00:20:33] new station, the infrastructure introduces
[00:20:36] an unprecedented offer in Congo, natural
[00:20:39] gas for vehicles, an innovation highlighted
[00:20:43] by the Minister of Hydrocarbons, Steve Simplice Onanga.
[00:20:46] This new station also presents a particularity.
[00:20:50] the introduction of a new concept in the ecosystem of
[00:20:54] the distribution and marketing of petroleum products in the Republic of Congo,
[00:20:58] that of the marketing of liquefied
[00:21:01] natural gas fuel, LNG
[00:21:04] fuel. Its use, particularly in
[00:21:08] heavy transport, presents several
[00:21:10] advantages. An alternative to
[00:21:14] conventional fuel, LNG
[00:21:16] fuel offers better cost
[00:21:20] control for transport, while
[00:21:23] allowing for the reduction of certain polluting
[00:21:26] emissions, but for our country, its
[00:21:29] interest goes further, Congo
[00:21:32] is a gas-producing country, our
[00:21:35] ambition is in its uses and to increase the value
[00:21:39] created in our territory. The development
[00:21:42] of LNG fuel is fully in line with
[00:21:45] this perspective, opening a new path for
[00:21:49] After the traditional blessing and the symbolic
[00:21:53] ribbon cutting by the minister, it's time for the
[00:21:56] demonstration: a truck is refueled with natural gas,
[00:22:00] concretely illustrating this new energy
[00:22:03] solution. This ceremony is much
[00:22:07] more than the opening of a new commercial
[00:22:10] infrastructure, it marks an important step in our
[00:22:14] common will to contribute to the development of the energy sector, to the
[00:22:18] modernization of infrastructures
[00:22:21] the improvement of services to the population,
[00:22:25] businesses and various economic actors, the
[00:22:28] realization of this station translates above all an
[00:22:32] option, energy is one of the essential
[00:22:36] foundations of economic and social development,
[00:22:39] in an environment where the needs for mobility,
[00:22:42] transport and energy are constantly growing,
[00:22:45] it is our responsibility to develop
[00:22:49] infrastructures capable of supporting this
[00:22:52] dynamic, while meeting modern requirements
[00:22:55] of quality,
[00:22:58] and respect for the environment. The dynamic
[00:23:02] has been launched, after Pointe-Noire, the
[00:23:05] SCI announces new stations in Dolisie,
[00:23:08] Brazzaville and Oyo. For the Minister of
[00:23:11] Hydrocarbons, the challenge is also to support the expansion
[00:23:15] of the distribution network and the emergence of new
[00:23:18] energy offers in Congo.
[00:24:00] "The opening ceremony of the high-level international conference on renewable
[00:24:05] preservation, which will be held in Paris, France, on October
[00:24:08] 1st, will be sponsored by the permanent secretary of the consultative
[00:24:12] council of civil society and non-governmental organizations,
[00:24:15] Mr. J. The official invitation was
[00:24:18] sent by the president of
[00:24:22] during the audience granted to him on September 18, 2020.
[00:24:26] This conference will bring together political decision-makers, climate
[00:24:29] experts, investors, researchers and civil society
[00:24:33] leaders from Africa and Europe around the central
[00:24:36] theme: accelerating a just and sustainable energy
[00:24:40] transition, financing, innovation and citizen engagement. We are already
[00:24:44] very proud, I spoke of satisfaction because the permanent secretary truly
[00:24:47] showed enthusiasm and eagerness to
[00:24:51] attend this great event. It should be noted that he will open the proceedings of this
[00:24:55] conference, and for us it is a source of pride because we have the institutional
[00:24:58] support of the consultative council, this awakens
[00:25:02] and clearly demonstrates how Congo is committed to being a major player and the
[00:25:05] consultative council of civil society is the interface par excellence between
[00:25:09] active citizen forces and public authorities, and we believe
[00:25:12] that the support of the permanent secretary is truly
[00:25:16] a source of pride and also of success for this great event. This conference is a dialogue between
[00:25:20] experts from Central Africa, particularly Congo, it will simply
[00:25:23] highlight the energy transition and the benefits
[00:25:26] of sustainable development by integrating the systemic
[00:25:30] issues of the Republic of Congo, the organizers are already from France, it should
[00:25:33] be noted that France hosted COP21 in 2015 on
[00:25:37] climate change and today France is a major partner
[00:25:40] for sustainable development in Central African countries,
[00:25:44] particularly the Republic of Congo. We will discuss artificial intelligence and sustainable
[00:25:48] development, but we are also preparing for COP31, which will
[00:25:52] be held in Antalya, Turkey, and it should be noted that this
[00:25:55] great event comes at a good time almost a month before
[00:25:58] COP31, and the scientific conclusions and recommendations
[00:26:02] of this event for us a roadmap for
[00:26:05] migrating to renewable energies and integrating the UN 2030
[00:26:09] agenda on sustainable development, Congo is today positioning itself
[00:26:15] given the commitment of the Head of State and President of the Republic to climate
[00:26:19] change, he has always been here the great defender of ecosystem
[00:26:22] issues and sustainable development challenges in Central
[00:26:25] Africa. Permanent Secretary Owanga welcomes
[00:26:28] this mark of trust and international recognition.
[00:26:32] Our satisfaction firstly is to
[00:26:36] see and note the value given to Congolese civil society
[00:26:39] today on an international scale in
[00:26:42] this conference you will have
[00:26:45] personalities from science for Paris, from major
[00:26:49] American, Belgian, Swiss,
[00:26:51] Italian universities, there will be organizations
[00:26:55] from civil society of renown from France
[00:26:58] and other countries in Europe,
[00:27:04] Africa and particularly from Central Africa, and a
[00:27:07] conference of this nature and magnitude, that the responsibility
[00:27:11] be given
[00:27:15] of civil society and NGOs through its permanent secretary to
[00:27:19] oversee the opening ceremony, I think it is a
[00:27:23] great feeling of pride on more than one count, what is essential is
[00:27:26] that beyond our modest person
[00:27:30] Congolese civil society that is honored.
[00:27:33] "It is the country, the Republic of Congo that is honored and particularly
[00:27:36] His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou, President of the Republic,
[00:27:40] Head of State, who today, through this
[00:27:42] gesture, marks a recognition by civil society organizations
[00:27:46] internationally to commend his efforts, to commend his
[00:27:49] commitments, to commend the actions that the President of the Republic
[00:27:53] is undertaking to ensure that
[00:27:56] preservation occupy the first place
[00:27:59] in public policy agendas for development of
[00:28:03] states, including by excellence managing
[00:28:06] cooperation at the multilateral level, I would like to remind
[00:28:11] during the great conference.