The National Investment Commission (CNI) held its first annual ordinary session on April 12 in Brazzaville. After reviewing the applications submitted for approval, it granted final approvals to nine companies, representing a potential investment of more than 530 billion CFA francs.
For its first session in 2025, chaired by the Chief of Staff of the Minister of the Economy, Sylvain Lékaka, the CNI examined thirteen approval applications submitted by private investors. Nine of these were new and two were under review, stemming from the July session. At the end of the session, it granted approvals to all eleven bidding companies. Four applications that did not meet all the required conditions were rejected.
The accredited companies intend to invest in the port services, industry, agriculture, services, and agro-pastoral sectors. If all these projects are completed, they will represent a total investment of nearly 534 billion CFA francs and could generate more than 3,772 direct jobs.
Having obtained their investment approvals, these companies will now benefit from administrative relief and special advantages from the government, as provided for in the investment charter. The privileges resulting from these facilities include, among other things, the reduction of customs duties, corporate tax, and many other special tax benefits.
In accordance with this investment charter, accredited companies are required to prioritize hiring Congolese nationals and must register them with social security. This text also requires these companies to process their raw materials on Congolese soil in order to support economic diversification.
It should be noted that the CNI is an executive body for the government’s investment promotion policy. It has approximately twenty permanent members from various public and private administrations, as well as several institutions. Its primary mission is to review applications for approvals submitted by companies.
