DRC / FINANCE, MINING POLICY & RISK
We follow the DRC’s public finances, banking, mining policy and political risk at the source, in French, and tell English-speaking decision-makers what changed and what it means for their operations and capital.
At the source.
Regulatory and fiscal changes are published in French and often reach English-speaking boards late.
Fact and analysis kept apart.
Every item separates what was published from what we think it means.
Answerable.
Every claim is sourced and dated, and we answer your follow-up questions directly.
Public finance and taxation
Budget laws, revenue measures and tax administration.
Mining policy and regulation
Export measures, quotas, royalties and by-product taxation, and how they add up.
Banking, currency and reserves
The policy rate, the franc, reserves and anti-money-laundering reform.
Political and security risk
The economic consequences of the security situation in the east.
August 2026
Reserves rebounded to 8.01 billion USD, but a new by-product mining tax adds to the export ban and the overall outlook eases to 6.2 out of 10. We track the open items for the next edition.
We are an independent intelligence firm based in Ottawa, Canada, focused on the Democratic Republic of Congo. We follow the country’s regulatory, fiscal and financial developments at the source, in French, and explain what they mean for mining operators, investors and lenders.
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