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The DR Congo Draws the Line: A New Era for Africa’s Most Strategic Mining Powerhouse

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At the heart of Congo’s mining turning point: what Louis Watum Kabamba really said in Toronto — and why it matters. In early March 2026, at one of the world’s most important mining gatherings — the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toronto — Louis Watum Kabamba, Minister of Mines of the Democratic

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0.3% Revenue Allocation: Louis Watum Reveals His Vision

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On 13 March 2026, before members of parliament and senators, his colleague the Minister of State in charge of Social Affairs and National Solidarity and Co-Chair of the Supervisory and Monitoring Committee for the management of specialised bodies, members of the Court of Auditors and various guests, the Minister of Mines Louis Watum revealed his

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Six months that have begun to reshape the mining sector of Congo

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March 2026 When Louis Watum Kabamba was appointed Minister of Mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 2025, the message from Kinshasa was clear: the government wanted a technocrat who understood the mining industry from the inside. Watum Kabamba was not a political outsider entering the sector. He was a mining industry

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Louis K. Watum, The DR Congo’s Minister of Mines as a Strategic Actor in the Emerging U.S.-DRC Critical Minerals Partnership

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February 2026 As global competition over critical minerals intensifies, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has emerged as one of the most strategically significant actors in the international minerals economy. Home to the world’s largest cobalt reserves, alongside substantial deposits of copper, lithium, manganese, iron ore, and rare earth elements, the DRC occupies a pivotal

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Financial Modelling Recommended to Strengthen Supervision and Regulation of the Congolese Mining Sector

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November 2025 Kinshasa hosted on Tuesday 25 November, at the Pullman Chapiteau, a high-level Forum on the refinement and strengthening of the macroeconomic framework model through the inclusion of forecasts of budgetary revenues from the extractive sector. As a member of the high-level panel, the National Minister of Mines, Louis Watum Kabamba, spoke on “The

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