On November 24th, local time, the Congo (DRC) African Business Forum kicked off at the People's Palace. The conference will be held for two days and end on November 25th.

The theme of this meeting is "Promoting the development of battery, electric vehicles and renewable energy value chains and markets in Africa”，Bringing together various high-level stakeholders,Finding Africa's place in the battery, electric vehicle and renewable energy value chain through dialogue to promote investment。

The global transition to green energy and carbon neutrality presents significant opportunities for Africa. It spurred demand for electric vehicles and investment in battery-powered storage systems, especially expanding the deployment of solar and wind energy. Because of its own natural resource endowments, especially strategic minerals that are part of lithium-ion batteries, DRC can play a key role in global energy storage and the energy transition for electric vehicles.

 The main participants of this meeting are:

African governments

Mining companies: National Mining Company Jakemin, etc.

Development Banks: African Finance Corporation, African Export-Import Bank, African Development Bank, World Bank, etc.

Private Financial Institutions and Pan-African Banks

Confederation of Congolese Enterprises

African Business Network: Makutano et al.

Ministry of Mines

African business and industry leaders

Global industrialists in the battery, electric vehicle and renewable energy industries: Johnson Matthey, Umicore, BASF, CATL, LG Chem, Panasonic, Tesla, BMW, etc.

Congo (Kinshasa) government and relevant public institutions: Investment Promotion Agency, etc.

Other international partners: International Energy Agency, etc.

African Automobile Manufacturers Association.

Excerpted from — DRC Highlights