LUBUMBASHI, DRC, Sept 15 – Equity Group has taken more than 50 delegates from 16 countries on a five-day trade and investment mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), targeting business opportunities in the mining-rich Katanga region.
The mission, which has also drawn 120 Congolese delegates, will for the first time extend to Kolwezi, a key hub for copper and tin mining.
Delegates include entrepreneurs from Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Poland, Germany, and the United States, seeking partnerships in sectors ranging from mining equipment to real estate, energy, and construction.
Equity says it has conducted over 40 inbound and outbound trade missions in the last four years, 15 of them to the DRC, as part of efforts to ease cross-border business links.
Among participants is Kenyan businessman John Wainaina, who registered Beracah Enterprises in Lubumbashi after attending a previous mission. He now plans to explore supply opportunities in Kolwezi.
For Tanzanian entrepreneur Daniel Lwanji, attending for the first time, the mission is a chance to tap into DRC’s fast-growing mining sector. “Congo mines every kind of mineral, and we bring solutions to help the nation mine better, faster, and more efficiently,” he said.
South Sudanese investor Thomas Muto Lo’Buda, representing Bros Group of Companies, said his firm was eyeing a return to the DRC after earlier ventures collapsed two decades ago. He is now targeting renewable energy projects.
The trade mission comes as the DRC continues to attract interest from regional and global businesses due to its vast mineral wealth and growing demand for infrastructure and energy solutions.
