AUDA-NEPAD opens Country Office in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a ceremony presided by His Excellency Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo
The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) today opened its Country Office in the Democratic Republic of Congo, extending the Agency's presence into one of the continent's most strategically significant economies and bringing continental technical expertise directly alongside national planning institutions.
AUDA-NEPAD, the African Union Development Agency for Infrastructure and Renewable Energy, has opened a Country Office in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a ceremony attended by President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo. The Host Country Agreement was signed by Nardos Bekele-Thomas, the CEO of AUDA-NEPAD, and Julien Paluku Kahongya, Minister of Foreign Trade and Personal representative of the President.
The Minister emphasized that the DRC's development now depends not only on the country itself but also on the continent's resources and potential. The AUDA-NEPAD Country Office in Kinshasa marks the agency's formal presence in the DRC and its partnership with national institutions, focusing on industrialisation, infrastructure development, digital transformation, human capital, and institutional development.
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