Thursday May 23, 2024 in Brazzaville, Mr. Jean-Bapiste ONDAYE, Congolese Minister of Economy and Finance, had a working session with the Centerview Partners Cabinet, led by its Managing Director, Mr. Hamouda Shekir. The two parties discussed a “debt-for-nature swap” operation, linked to questions of financing development objectives and the climate transition, as well as issues relating to the preservation of biodiversity.

Monday May 13, 2024, in the meeting room of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, in Brazzaville, Mr. Jean-Baptiste ONDAYE, the leader of the said ministry, spoke with a delegation from the World Bank, led by Mr. Luc RAZAFIMANDIMBY, principal economist in charge of debt management issues for Congo.

From Tuesday April 16 to Thursday April 18, 2024 in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo), Expertise France-Groupe Agence française de développement (AFD) is organizing, in collaboration with the National Committee for the Initiative for Transparency in the Extractive Industries (CN-ITIE ) of this country, a “Training workshop on the new EITI Standard and the use of EITI data”

Tuesday April 9, 2024 in Brazzaville, Mr. Jean-Baptiste ONDAYE, Congolese Minister of Economy and Finance, launched the popularization campaign of two instructions for the application of the new tax provisions contained in law n°39-2023 of 29 December 2023, relating to the 2024 finance law. The ceremony took place in the presence of Messrs. Ludovic NGATSE, Minister of the Budget, public accounts and public portfolio, Ludovic ITOUA, Director General of Taxes and Domains, Administration executives tax, representatives of Congolese employers and taxpayers.

Thursday April 4, 2024 in Brazzaville, Mr. Jean-Baptiste ONDAYE Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Congo, opened then closed, in his capacity as co-President, the work of the 7th session of the Steering Committee and Monitoring (COS), governance body of the Debt Reduction - Development Contract (C2D) which links France and Congo.

Thursday April 4, 2024 in Brazzaville, Mr. Jean-Baptiste ONDAYE, Minister of Economy and Finance, made a communication to the Directors General of financial authorities and establishments under supervision. The purpose of this communication was to immerse its collaborators in the exercise of the journey towards the quest for better performance in the economic and financial governance of the Congo.

Lénine MBIYE, Director of Airtel Money, and Jean Bosco NKUSI, Director of MTN Mobile Money (MoMo), signed, Thursday March 28, 2024, in the meeting room of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, in Brazzaville (Congo) , the Statutes and the Internal Regulations which establish the Professional Association of Payment Institutions (APEP). This act was accomplished in the presence of Jean-Pierre Nonault, Director General of national financial institutions. 

From Thursday March 21 to Friday March 22, 2024 in Brazzaville, the Ministry of Economy and Finance organized the first annual Conference for programming and implementation of its activities, in the context of the pilot implementation of Budget management of the State in program mode. The work was opened and closed by Mr. Jean-Baptiste ONDAYE, responsible minister, assisted by two Government colleagues concerned by this implementation. In this case, MM.Ludovic NGATSE, in charge of the Budget, public accounts and public portfolio, and Gilbert Mokoki, Health and population.

The National Economic and Financial Committee of Congo (CNEF) held its first ordinary meeting of the current year, Friday March 15, 2024, at the national headquarters of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), in Brazzaville, underthe presidency of Mr. Jean-Baptiste ONDAYE, Congolese Minister of Economy and Finance. This session was attended by Ms. Ingrid Olga Ghislaine EBOUKA-BABACKAS, Minister of Planning, Statistics and Regional Integration, Mr. Ludovic NGATSE, Minister of the Budget, Public Accounts and Public Portfolio and by videoconference, Mr. Yvon SANA BANGUI, Governor of the BEAC, of ​​Central African nationality. The Committee noted an 11.1% increase in outstanding gross credits to the economy, to 1,635.5 billion CFA francs, and a slight increase in overdue debts of 1.4% to 256.1 billion CFA francs. 

“The four days of meetings allowed us to prepare additional technical sheets for 6 priority integrative projects (PIP) of the 2nd cycle; to examine the state of implementation of the 2 remaining 1st cycle Projects; and to refine the financial arrangements for 5 second cycle projects”.