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Adewale Adeosun, Chairman and CEO of Kuramo Capital Management, the majority shareholder of Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), has been named as « Limited Partner Person of the Year, Africa », at the 2024 Private Equity Africa Awards in London, United Kingdom. Mr. Adeosun has been instrumental in the growth of Kuramo’s investment portfolio since inception. […]

At the 20th Indonesian Palm Oil Conference (IPOC 2024), Monique Gieskes, Managing Director of Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), outlined PHC’s vision and commitments for the sustainable development of the palm oil industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As the country’s largest palm oil producer, PHC aims to position the DRC as […]

PHC has announced, on October 16,  the launch of the Bonobo project implemented by the PHC Foundation in partnership with the Centre for Research in Ecology and Forestry (CREF) and its commitment to green and inclusive growth. In this context, PHC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the organization SAVE TOMORROW, which will assist […]

The impressive transformation of Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) since 2021 was highlighted as a success story at a roundtable on education and growth in sub-Saharan Africa, organized by the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF). The event took place on September 27 at the prestigious Harvard Club in New York, on the sidelines of […]

Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC), the largest private employer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), announced on Thursday September 19 the appointment of Jean Muntuabu Luabeya as Chairman of the Board of Directors (PCA), in accordance with the company’s articles of association and the OHADA (Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des […]

The Guinean will take up this newly-created position of World Bank Group Joint Resident Representative for Namibia, from October 1, 2024. This newly created position provides a single point of contact for access to the full breadth of World Bank Group products and services and will enhance the institution’s ability to address global challenges, and […]

Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and associate dean of engineering at Central Piedmont Community College, Professor Miatudila was one of six personalities honored by the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte at the Alumni Awards 2024 ceremony, held at the UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The […]

As the largest private employer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC) is supporting the Congolese government’s efforts to make a significant contribution to the national effort to contain the epidemic. The Equateur, Mongala and Tshopo provinces, where PHC is a major economic player, are among those hardest hit […]

Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tania Bishola Tshitenge,32, trained as a molecular biologist, is currently a research scientist with the German multinational Bayer, which operates in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical sectors.  She is also an associate professor at the University of Kinshasa, co-founder of the Academy of Sciences for Young People in the […]

Convinced that African SMEs must be at the heart of all sector strategies, in 2016 Khadija Idrissi Janati launched Ifrane Forum, the African trade and investment summit, an annual event bringing together African economic and political operators, whose 7th edition took place from December 6 to 8 in the Moroccan town of Ifrane. Ifrane Forum’s […]

Léonard Pongo is a Belgian-Congolese visual artist and photography teacher at the Kinshasa Academy of Fine Arts, as well as a film director. His first monograph, “The Uncanny”, was recently published by Gostbooks, an independent publishing house specializing in visual arts and photography, based in London. The Uncanny is a photographic project carried out between […]