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“$AVZ$AZZVF Julien Paluku: with the next DRC-Africa Business Forum, the DRC will take the leadership of the electric vehicle and clean energy market in Africa and in the world”

Julien Paluku, Minister of Industry during an interview with Rdio Okapi. Photo Alain Irung.

Great Interview this weekend receives Julien Paluku Kahongya, Minister of Industry. Interviewed jointly by Alain Irung and Michel Kifinda, he speaks about the organisation of the next DRC Africa Business Forum.

According to the Minister of Industry, who presented to the Council of Ministers, the theme of the DRC - Africa Business Forum's organisational project will be: "to develop a regional value chain around the electric battery industry in the electric vehicle and clean energy market". Julien Paluku's objective of this event is to bring together some African Governments, entrepreneurs, development partners, institutional investors, negotiators, industrialists and the domestic and foreign private sector to dialogue, identify opportunities and facilitate investments, in order to increase Africa's share of the battery, electric vehicles and renewable energy value chain.”