IMF Office in the Republic of the Congo News Archive

December 3, 2019

Article related to the SSA REO Presentation  

Article in French from La Semaine africaine

December 2, 2019

IMF Brazzaville Office Retreat  

On December 2, the IMF Brazzaville office went on a retreat led by Ms. Alice Rwigema on ways to make the office more effective. Ms. Rwigema has many years’ experience in leading teams in West and Central Africa covering issues such as clarifying organizational objectives and creating clear pathways for achieving them, individual accountability and team performance. It is now up to the office to put these elements in practice.

November 26, 2019

Article related to the SSA REO, and the Domestic Arrears Situation  

Article in French from La Dépêche de Brazzaville

October 15, 2019

Presentation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the New IMF Program  

The IMF Res Rep was invited to launch the second annual series of discussions and reflections at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the topic of the recently agreed three year Fund-supported Extended Credit Facility with the Congo. The meeting was presided by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the World Bank representative Madame Ouatarra provided her views on the nature of World Bank support to the Congo.

September 12, 2019

The Fifth China-Africa Forum Took Place in Republic of Congo (September 10-12)  

During three days (September 10-12), the fifth China-Africa Investment Forum took place in Kintele International Conference Center, about 20 minutes north of the Congo capital Brazzaville. Five Presidents were present for the first few sessions (Angola, DRC, CAR, Equatorial Guinea, and Rwanda) in addition to the host President Sassou-Nguesso. The IMF mission chief Alex Segura was a panelist in a session on the future of work in a digitized Africa. Many discussions took place on the margins of the forum looking to enhance investment opportunities in the Republic of Congo and in other African countries.

June 6, 2019

Debt Sustainability  

Interview by CNBC Africa

June 4, 2019

IMF’s Economic Outlook for Congo  

Press article from La Semaine africaine (No. 3887)

May 27, 2019

Presentation of Spring Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Economies, Brazzaville  

May 27, 2019

The Monetary Policy of CEMAC  

Power Point Presentation Given in Brazzaville

May 23, 2019

Reflections on a Visit to the Pierre Savorgan de Brazza Memorial  

Article published by Agence d'information d'Afrique centrale (in French)