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00:00:00in France, the stated objective is to transform economic
00:00:03advisors into real negotiators facing
00:00:06investors. They will act as leading relays for the
00:00:10the commitment of the private sector alongside PPI, a vision of the agency led by its general director Anique
00:00:14Patricia Mongo, who announced it during
00:00:16infrastructure and the improvement this preliminary exchange with the Congolese ambassador to
00:00:20cultural traditions of France, Rodolphe Adada, which allowed for the framing
00:00:23Minister of Agriculture and of political and technical alignment between the agency
00:00:26and the diplomatic representation. During several hours of
00:00:29work, diplomats were informed about the current
00:00:32realities of the business climate, the main axes of development
00:00:36policy and sectoral opportunities, and the role
00:00:39and mission of the agency. Economic advisors now have precise
00:00:44directors of agriculture, inaugurated this Saturday by the Head of language elements to
00:00:46livestock, and fisheries of answer investors' questions to approach French employers,
00:00:48chambers of commerce, and the
00:00:52dynamic Congolese diaspora, happy
00:00:55to undertake in Congo. We have a positive outlook and at
00:00:58the request of Mr. Lombard, Ambassador Rodolphe Adada, we had a
00:01:02working session with the general director of the Investment Promotion
00:01:06Agency.
00:01:09Congo on the occasion of the opening It was interesting because she provided us with the language
00:01:12first the will of the head of of modernity, dignity, the Malian Minister of elements
00:01:17received this morning by the Minister and healthcare that will allow us, particularly at the embassy, to promote the economic potential of our country. So we are more than satisfied to
00:01:21have had this working session with the general
00:01:25director of API. We believe these elements can serve our embassy,
00:01:29at the level of the especially the economic advisor, to promote the
00:01:31economic potential of our country to chambers of commerce, to
00:01:35investors who want to invest in the country and to connect them
00:01:39was that of the Ministry of with API. After the Parisian stage, this
00:01:42itinerant training program will continue
00:01:46in other strategic capitals, particularly
00:01:49in Europe, Asia,
00:01:52Ettou Alali, president of America, and Africa.
00:01:54In Congo, the tractor assembly
00:01:57Arlette Sudonono, Minister of plant installed in the Malouku industrial zone will be
00:02:00inaugurated on August 11th by the Head of State Denis
00:02:03Asungeso. This plant has a
00:02:17central pillar of the economic diversification strategy
00:02:20driven by the President of the Republic, Denis
00:02:23Sasungeso. Faced with the country's
00:02:27remains a major player in dependence on oil, the Head of State has made agriculture
00:02:29one of the absolute priorities of his development
00:02:33program. This political ambition is based on
00:02:36mechanization to reduce the arduousness of
00:02:39working the land, settle rural populations, and make
00:02:43less a Ministry in charge of agricultural professions attractive for
00:02:46youth. Eco Kamaco, a mixed
00:02:48Sino-Congolese public limited company,
00:02:51specialized in the assembly and manufacture of tractors
00:02:54and agricultural equipment, perfectly
00:02:57embodies
00:03:02of Congo will honor Republic, Head of State, the church, the day of... the initiative of the Head of State,
00:03:03youth Denis Sasungesso, who places mechanization at the heart of his agricultural
00:03:08atmosphere on this second day jointly by the Minister of Health and policy. The factory is located in the Malouku industrial and
00:03:11commercial park within the special economic zone,
00:03:15a factory designed to
00:03:17we thought that within the framework assemble 10 tractors per
00:03:19of agroforestry, within the framework day, intended for the Congolese market, but also for
00:03:22export to Central Africa. Engineer
00:03:25Liu Zio Jung explains the process
00:03:28of the chain.
00:04:30national in order to increase
00:04:32Minister of Sports, Youth and productivity and reduce food imports,
00:04:36agricultural machinery engineer Elima Somba calls on
00:04:40this Thursday, the department agricultural operators, it's really, given the price,
00:04:43it's a tractor that won't be too expensive, it will practically be within the reach
00:04:47of Congolese people who want to do agricultural mechanization. We have three
00:04:50qualities of tractors here, the first quality at 75
00:04:53horsepower, then 100
00:04:57eye of the Minister of horsepower and 120 horsepower, and so with these powers, you are capable
00:05:01of mechanizing agricultural work correctly, whether it's, well, it all depends on the
00:05:04pedology. When you're in the plateau, it's sand, so any tractor
00:05:08can work in the plateau, but at the level of Buanza, the Niari, it's from 100
00:05:12horsepower and 120 horsepower, and these tractors are also available at Ikokamako
00:05:16here. This assembly plant was officially
00:05:19received by the government in April 2023
00:05:22and the company was formally approved
00:05:25under the special economic zone
00:05:28regime in May 2026 for a renewable
00:05:32period of 15 years. It is a
00:05:34public-private partnership.
00:05:38In the department of Kenia Lima, a brand new infrastructure
00:05:41is also about to be completed: a new reference hospital
00:05:44built in Olombo, named Ibara Mbembe.
00:05:48This hospital is the result of a partnership between the government and
00:05:52the oil company Perenco. It will be
00:06:09architecture and designed to meet modern
00:06:13hospital standards, the Olombo reference hospital, named
00:06:16Ibarambembe in homage to one of the dignitaries of this
00:06:19district, now stands as a new health hub
00:06:23in the Keni department in Lima. Ibarambi,
00:06:27it must be said, was a patriarch who lived in
00:06:30Gagna, he was a chief of canton
00:06:34and tribe, already at that time, and so
00:06:38he was born in 1895,
00:06:41he died in 1.
00:07:13And people, well, we thought that behind the house for someone
00:07:16of his stature, we couldn't do it, they
00:07:19buried him in front of his house, and then
00:07:23the tree that was behind the house, where he had asked to be buried under that
00:07:27tree, we don't understand how it happened, and
00:07:30on his grave, a tree, almost the same
00:07:34tree, came out of his grave and
00:07:37broke everything we had done like tiles and all
00:07:41that, so if you...
00:07:45Yet, just a few years ago, this site
00:07:48housed only an integrated health center providing
00:07:51primary healthcare. Faced with the growing health
00:07:54needs of the population and the government's
00:07:57desire to strengthen the hospital's technical platform in the
00:08:00interior of the country, an ambitious transformation
00:08:04operation was launched. The works, which began in 2024, were
00:08:08completed in January 2026. The facility
00:08:11thus changed its status thanks to Decree No. 29
00:08:15of January 16, 2026, signed
00:08:19Population and the Minister of Interior and
00:08:23Decentralization, concerning the transformation of the Lombo
00:08:26integrated health center into the Ibarambe
00:08:30reference hospital in Olombo. For the hospital to bear his
00:08:33name, it was quite a battle. Some wanted
00:08:37the PCR to be installed in Gagna, others in Olongo,
00:08:41and finally, giving the hospital its name
00:08:45posed a big problem, but I believe it was the President of the Republic who decided, who
00:08:49thought that Ibarambembe was the most
00:08:51distant, the most influential in the area, that's
00:08:55why today the name of this hospital is Ibarambi.
00:08:58This evolution marks a major step
00:09:02in strengthening healthcare provision and will now
00:09:05ensure more comprehensive patient care, while
00:09:09reducing evacuations to major hospital centers. The new
00:09:13hospital is organized around several specialized
00:09:16buildings. It includes a gynecology and
00:09:19maternity ward, a medical pavilion, a fully
00:09:23equipped operating block, a building dedicated to medical
00:09:27imaging and specialized consultations, a hospital
00:09:30kitchen, as well as an administrative block,
00:09:34grouping management offices and meeting
00:09:36rooms. In addition to this infrastructure, there is
00:09:40a pavilion dedicated to postnatal
00:09:42care, awareness sessions for mothers, infant
00:09:46consultations, and vaccination activities,
00:09:49illustrating the importance given to maternal
00:09:53and child health. The establishment has a capacity
00:09:56of approximately 60 beds, thus offering the
00:09:59population optimal conditions for hospitalization and
00:10:03care. The technical equipment also reflects the
00:10:06desire to ensure maximum autonomy of the facility.
00:10:10The carefully landscaped green spaces
00:10:13contribute to creating a welcoming environment conducive to the
00:10:17recovery of patients. Beyond its architectural
00:10:20dimension, this hospital constitutes a strategic
00:10:23investment in public health. The construction of
00:10:27this infrastructure was financed by the
00:10:31oil company Perenco, illustrating
00:10:35the Congolese state in the development of health
00:10:41of access to care for the population. 24
00:10:43hours before its official inauguration by the head of state,
00:10:47the site is buzzing with activity. Technical
00:10:50teams are working tirelessly, installing marquees,
00:10:53setting up VIP stands, and arranging spaces
00:10:57reserved for officials and distinguished guests. Across the entire
00:11:01hospital perimeter, cleaning and finishing operations
00:11:04continue with rigor. The alleys are meticulously
00:11:08cleaned, the buildings polished, the green
00:11:10spaces maintained, and the final adjustments
00:11:14made to the infrastructure to perfect the overall
00:11:18aesthetic of the site. In an atmosphere that
00:11:21is both studious and festive, every detail is
00:11:24meticulously controlled to ensure
00:11:27flawless organization. Everything
00:11:30now seems ready for a solemn opening
00:11:33placed under the sign
00:11:39excellence.
00:11:40Thank
00:11:52the launch of the 2nd Grand Fair. The 2nd edition
00:11:56of the Grand Agricultural Fair of Congo in Bambou
00:11:59Mingali in the department of Duelefini, among the stands
00:12:04Environment, Sustainable Development, and the Congo Basin.
00:12:07The head of this ministerial department, Arlett
00:12:11Sudononono, took this opportunity
00:12:22Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin,
00:12:26welcoming the initiative of her colleague,
00:12:29Livestock, for the organization of the
00:12:32GFAC, the Grand Agricultural Fair of Congo, did
00:12:36not hold back in making the connection between her ministry in
00:12:39charge of the environment, sustainable development, and the Congo
00:12:43Basin. How, through industrialized agriculture,
00:12:46where it is necessary to go within the framework of environmental
00:12:50and social impact studies that provide orientations
00:12:53and recommendations to farmers for choosing
00:12:57seeds, all these natural bridges, so that today,
00:13:00we cannot talk about agriculture
00:13:04without a Ministry of Environment, and even
00:13:08sustainable development, the guardian of the environment,
00:13:11sustainable development, and the Congo Basin, in the
00:13:14government of the Republic of Congo, several
00:13:18targets are expected in order to implement the
00:13:21vision of the President of the
00:13:25on climate issues, at the center of the Head of State's
00:13:29societal project, it must be remembered, it is
00:13:32agriculture in the broad sense, it is the household
00:13:35basket, it has a direct impact on the cycle of
00:13:39seasons, for example, fertilizers that pollute the soil,
00:13:42you see, so we have, through the documents
00:13:45that we present to the government, one of
00:13:49the most transversal documents that exists,
00:13:53which allows to establish sustainable agriculture
00:13:56today, it is the nationally determined contribution.
00:14:00Beyond the questions concerning her ministry,
00:14:03Arlette Sudonono makes an appeal. All those who make a
00:14:07living from the land today need it so that this is
00:14:10truly taken into account in the specifications, so that we don't
00:14:13find ourselves again, as the Minister of Agriculture himself said
00:14:17once, with partners who
00:14:20arrive with goods that even before
00:14:24opening had molded and then are a bit
00:14:28abandoned to themselves, who do not know, who do not have a commercial
00:14:31approach, but it is already very good that they understood that we
00:14:35have this great agricultural exhibition and we will continue to support
00:14:38and accompany them daily. The second edition of the GFAC
00:14:422026 thus launched, Arlette Sudonono,
00:14:45Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo
00:14:49Basin, gathered around the same table several
00:14:52actors, partners of her ministry,
00:14:55including the resident representative of UNDP in
00:14:58Congo. And since we're talking about the Grand
00:15:02Agricultural Fair of Congo,
00:15:05of Likouala was honored as part of a special day
00:15:09dedicated to its agricultural potential, local
00:15:12products, local know-how, cultural traditions, and
00:15:16investment opportunities were presented at the Grand Agricultural
00:15:19Fair under the watchful
00:15:22Agriculture and Livestock,
00:15:31department of Lalikuala is honored this Thursday, August 6th, at the
00:15:342nd edition of the Grand Agricultural Fair of...
00:15:38an opportunity for this department to highlight the diversity of products
00:15:42from its various districts, including
00:15:44bananas, cassava, foufou, palm oil,
00:15:48cocoa, yams, and many other agricultural products,
00:15:52a day marked by a festive atmosphere, punctuated by the dances and
00:15:57Alikula, in the presence of the
00:16:00Livestock, Paul Valentin Gobo. We brought many
00:16:04products from our region, such as corn. that you see
00:16:08out there, a lot of palm oil, we see
00:16:11seniles, we also brought bananas from our region, there's
00:16:15honey, especially, there's smoked fish. This day
00:16:18also allowed the departmental
00:16:23Aliquala to present the investment opportunities offered by the
00:16:27department in the agricultural sector. Our
00:16:30department really offers opportunities because we have
00:16:34first the Feubangui,
00:16:37we have the Motaba, we have the Likouala with its herbs,
00:16:41lakes and rivers. You realize, the head of state came yesterday
00:16:45to inaugurate it. The head of state who moves, you have to see
00:16:50state, but when the chief moves, we, the children, also have
00:16:53to move, so they come in droves, we will settle
00:16:56everything, even if today, for example, there is a scarcity of
00:16:59fish, that's why I talked about off-ground fish
00:17:02farming, so we want investors
00:17:06Likouala department. It is a department
00:17:10among the largest in the country and which has an enormous
00:17:13position with its subsoil, with its balanced
00:17:16climate, and with the floodplains that
00:17:20can be used for cultivation. At this
00:17:23short time, we loved what is
00:17:26happening here, bringing many products, it's because in
00:17:30our department the soil is so rich and we push
00:17:33a lot. Shortly before this presentation dedicated to the Likouala, the Minister
00:17:37Paul Valentin Gobó explained the rationale for this integrated
00:17:41scientific dimension at the Grand Agricultural Fair of Congo, the heart
00:17:45of this building is this room, or this site, we could
00:17:48say, it is also this room, it is
00:17:52here that we discuss subjects concerning our sector.
00:17:55This time, he estimated that we should have
00:17:59days, we should also have training on agricultural entrepreneurship,
00:18:03but before that, there will
00:18:06be questions. Economically, we ask ourselves how to reconcile all these
00:18:10macroeconomic questions of the sector that we address every morning,
00:18:13informing
00:18:15the choices that the participants, the young people, the candidates
00:18:19for the agricultural entrepreneurship academy
00:18:22will address. In the morning, we ask
00:18:25these questions, we debate, we exchange, we are free,
00:18:28and these ideas can also feed the choices of our
00:18:32future entrepreneurs. Tomorrow, August
00:18:357, the Grand Agricultural Fair
00:18:39the Sanga department.
00:18:42Let's talk now about the particular
00:18:46of the GFAC, from the Congo Terroir pavilion, which showcases
00:18:50agricultural products from the 15 departments. Between
00:18:54lively stands and brisk transactions, the pavilion
00:18:57is never empty, as shown by Herman Babiessa and Primices
00:19:01Ngakana in this
00:19:02report.
00:19:08Here at the Congo Terroir pavilion, the agriculture festival is
00:19:12beautiful, the agricultural potential is showcased, we find quality
00:19:16products that are being sold at affordable
00:19:18prices. These products from Lapua in the Ngabé
00:19:22district, in the Duel and Fini department, are sold from
00:19:26250 CFA francs, a policy much appreciated by these
00:19:29agricultural actors. Before, we used to
00:19:32work by hand, but nowadays we are working
00:19:36hundreds of hectares. Minister Ngobo comes with the initiative
00:19:40of ZAP, if you have 200, 300 hectares,
00:19:43do it for free, you will still make it expensive, that's why
00:19:47we sell everything cheaper thanks to the ZAP initiative,
00:19:51a large 250 here in
00:19:54Brazzaville we sell it for 50,000 francs, but
00:19:57here at the fair we sell it for 250, everything is
00:20:00cheaper. These bags of foufou presented in all the stands of
00:20:03the terroir are sold at prices that vary between 10 and 2000
00:20:08CFA francs. This is the foufou from Ngo, the good foufou,
00:20:11of better quality, it is white and it is really
00:20:14appetizing. So the small bag here is
00:20:1713,000, this is the big bag here is
00:20:2115,000. We also have white corn where the bag
00:20:25is 25,000, we have yellow corn also the
00:20:29bag at 15,000. Here are the foufous that come from
00:20:32Boemba, the long bag there is 15,000.
00:20:3611. After making her purchases, Mrs.
00:20:39Aurélie Kokombi, a businesswoman, rejoices, "I came
00:20:43to buy to sell, to resell it. I
00:20:46bought plantains, sweet bananas."
00:21:01but here it's piles of bananas produced in the Congo Ubongi department and
00:21:04significant quantities of Niam from Bounji
00:21:07are also sold at affordable
00:21:10prices. Bananas have a short shelf
00:21:13life, so customers need to come and buy quickly
00:21:17so that the bananas don't rot. We had
00:21:21launched a WhatsApp message on the first day so that the
00:21:24restaurants in the Congo department would come and buy cassava,
00:21:28foufou, bananas, including fish. Buying
00:21:32these products from far away is encouraging these farmers to
00:21:35produce more to ensure food self-sufficiency in
00:21:39Congo. Note that thanks to the mobility of buses, purchases at the
00:21:43GFAC are made until the evening.
00:21:46So, you are all invited to go and stock up at the
00:21:50GFAC. Forest cooperation between Congo and
00:21:54Mali is about to take a new turn. Visiting
00:21:59of the 2nd edition of the GFAC,
00:22:02Agriculture and Forests Ibrahimma Samake was
00:22:07of Forest Economy Rosalie Matondo. The objective of this
00:22:11meeting: to support Mali, a country with
00:22:14an arid tropical climate, in the sustainable preservation
00:22:17of its forest ecosystems within the framework of the United
00:22:30minister requested a meeting with his Congolese counterpart. On the
00:22:33table for discussion was the political will to establish a framework
00:22:37of cooperation between Congo and Mali.
00:22:40The problem of climate change is real, you know, when you look
00:22:44at forests, natural resources, they
00:22:47are exhaustible. And the pressure from...
00:22:51is enormous. Today there is what we call an ecological debt,
00:22:54meaning the pressure today is stronger than
00:22:57nature can give. So without that, tomorrow
00:23:01there will be problems of climate change, problems like
00:23:05diseases. Without the forest, without the
00:23:09trees that are threatening us, we must join
00:23:12hands to try to support the forest, to try to
00:23:16restore, to try to prevent what we call the extinction
00:23:20of certain species. Perhaps Congo is not affected by that,
00:23:24Mali today, when we look at the fauna and flora, practically
00:23:28the flora, many tree species no longer exist,
00:23:31they are gone. We have come to see what Congo, Madam, with its
00:23:34department and its technicians, if it manages to
00:23:38put in place at least a model of convention, a memorandum
00:23:41of understanding, how our country can benefit from Congo.
00:23:44For the Congolese government, which in partnership with Pinude had just
00:23:48launched the national program for the development of non-timber forest products
00:23:52for the benefit of 2300 members of local communities
00:23:55and indigenous peoples, this framework of cooperation is very
00:23:58beneficial. Mali also has extensive experience in
00:24:02livestock, in fruit production, and
00:24:09of valuing non-timber forest products with our center,
00:24:13within the framework of training, and I am happy to know that he is also
00:24:16a colleague who is a researcher within the framework of...
00:24:20with our universities, training centers, we can
00:24:24indeed develop a win-win partnership
00:24:27agreement, as we wish, so that we can exchange
00:24:30our experiences and why not go further, exchange
00:24:34plant material and knowledge. The two
00:24:37countries, each with its expertise, will soon
00:24:40establish this framework of cooperation to thus translate
00:24:43into action the will to
00:24:46achieve. policy of their respective
00:24:50heads of state.
00:24:53A model that attracts beyond Congolese borders, the
00:24:57Minister in charge of Youth of the Democratic
00:25:00Republic of Congo, Grace Coutinho, expressed her
00:25:04satisfaction with the system for integrating
00:25:08out-of-school youth established in Obéville in the Bowenza
00:25:12department, a system that she deems worthy of being
00:25:15replicated for African youth, a statement made
00:25:19after leaving the office of the
00:25:31the Republic of Congo, the Minister in charge of Youth of the
00:25:35Democratic Republic of Congo, Grace Coutinho, could not
00:25:38start her series of visits to the various
00:25:41public administrations without meeting her counterpart, the Minister of Youth of
00:25:45Congo, Hugo Gulondeli. Sharing the two
00:25:49closest capitals in the world with almost the
00:25:52same social realities, the two personalities discussed
00:25:56several bilateral issues in favor of
00:25:59young people. It was truly a pleasure to have been received by Minister Goland.
00:26:03Uh, we discussed the ties we have between our two
00:26:06countries, seeing how we can strengthen our
00:26:09relations in order to bring concrete results
00:26:13for our two youths, and we hope that in the coming days
00:26:16some of the projects that we have in common will come to
00:26:20fruition. We are discussing the youth advantage card that we have
00:26:24already launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which should be put in
00:26:27place by October or November, but also to ensure
00:26:31that here. Uh, in Congo Brazzaville, that this advantage
00:26:35card is also there, so that young people from Brazzaville
00:26:38can feel at home when they come to the Democratic
00:26:41Republic of Congo, and that young people from Kinshasa can feel at home
00:26:45and also benefit from the advantages when they come here. The
00:26:49socio-professional integration project for young people developed in Obéville in
00:26:52Bowenza is already attracting admiration
00:26:55from outside Congolese borders. The reintegration centers
00:26:59that we are also launching in the DRC have already started. Here
00:27:02also in Brazzaville, so it was truly a good exchange,
00:27:06but above all the objective is to strengthen our relations, as our two
00:27:10presidents do so well, with the hope of seeing each other
00:27:13very soon, the two personalities agreed to continue their
00:27:16discussion under the blessing of the two heads of state, Félix Antoine
00:27:20Tisekedi Tulumbo and Denis Sasu
00:27:22Ngesu.
00:27:26It has been 75 years since the Kimbanguist Youth Union
00:27:30was founded. To commemorate this historic
00:27:33date, a service was organized at the Kimbanguist
00:27:36temple of Plateau des 15 Ans, a moment of reflection that
00:27:40allowed the faithful of this religious denomination to remember
00:27:43the missions of this platform, called to defend the interests of the
00:27:47religion and to carry its message around the world. The
00:27:50ceremony was held in the presence of Armel
00:27:54the Papa
00:28:03the temple of the Kimbanguist parish of Plateau des 15 Ans, marks
00:28:07the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Kimbanguist
00:28:10Youth Union. This celebration highlights
00:28:14the spiritual fervor and commitment of youth
00:28:18within the church since its creation in
00:28:211951. 75 years after its
00:28:24foundation, the Kimbanguist Youth Union
00:28:29evangelization and social actions of the church. The
00:28:33youth, stand up,
00:28:35work, the land belongs to you, Youth
00:28:38Day is the day when we talk about
00:28:42vision, discipline, and when we
00:28:45put all that into practice, prayer is the strength
00:28:48of youth, working the land is now a youthful
00:28:52mission, the faithful of this religious denomination
00:28:55expressed their joy and their attachment to the values of
00:29:00four represents a foundation for
00:29:06to accompany the work of Papa Simon
00:29:09the contribution of youth is to be able to
00:29:13mobilize and also go and work in this
00:29:16field in Mandombé. It turns out that
00:29:20uh, to start planting, you would first have
00:29:23to prepare the soil, so that will require labor, and the labor will be
00:29:27youth. Another highlight of this service was the official presentation
00:29:30to the church of a agricultural tractor intended for
00:29:34the work of the Mandombé agro-pastoral center in the
00:29:37Pool department. This gift from
00:29:40Koriki aims to strengthen the center's production capacities,
00:29:44while encouraging Kimbanguist youth to invest
00:29:48more in agricultural activities. The spiritual leader
00:29:51noted that the rice we cultivate is beautiful and
00:29:55consumed by Congolese, but it is organic rice without
00:29:59chemical fertilizers, without chemical input, so.
00:30:02He said, why not do that in the Pool
00:30:06so that we strengthen
00:30:10okay, the production to
00:30:13reduce imports also. The Papa
00:30:16Simon Kimbangu Foundation, through its president, presented a check
00:30:20for 2 million CFA francs to start the work of the Mandombé
00:30:24agro-pastoral center. On the same occasion, a parade was
00:30:27organized by the faithful to celebrate
00:30:30with enthusiasm the day of August 4th, dedicated to Kimbanguist
00:30:34youth by the first spiritual leader and
00:30:37legal representative Josephinda,
00:30:41the fraternal visits to
00:30:47accounting firms and expertise launched yesterday continued
00:30:50today. The teams from the Order of Chartered
00:30:53Accountants of Congo visited several firms in the
00:30:57capital with the aim of
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