In the DRC, the Federation of Congolese Enterprises (FEC), the country’s main employers’ organization, has a new president at the head of its Board of Directors. Following a vote organized on November 27, 2023 in Kinshasa, businessman Robert Malumba was elected to replace Albert Yuma, a former close friend of ex-President Joseph Kabila, who remained for eighteen years. to this position.
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With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa
Robert Malumba, businessman, made his fortune in the building and public works sector. Supported by major contributors, he overtook Lény Ilondo, representative of the industry sector, to take the head of the FEC.
Among the challenges awaiting Robert Malumba, improving the business climate in Congo: “ We also have our own strategies to ensure that the business climate becomes much more favorable », insisted the person concerned.
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Robert Malumba succeeds Albert Yuma, 68, who spent a quarter of his life at the head of Congolese employers. He passes his hand, the feeling of duty accomplished: “ I deserve a pension, right? I am truly leaving with joy. The challenges will be the same. We are, I think, the privileged interlocutor, even if sometimes we are not considered, of the government. The major challenge is to improve the conditions and the business climate in our country to attract investors, but first and foremost national investors. »
The ex-boss of the bosses is also subject to legal proceedings. He is prohibited from leaving the territory. His assets were frozen by the Court of Auditors pending the outcome of an investigation into the embezzlement of 25 million US dollars within Gecamines, the main mining company of the State, of which Albert Yuma was the boss until end of 2021.
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